Spellbinding images captured by ISRO's Earth observation satellites, India's "eyes in the skies"

The images were captured by InSat 3DR, the RiSat-1, ScatSat-1, ResourceSat-2A and the CartoSat 2 series satellites

Tech2 News Staff|Aug 01, 2017, 12:57:25 IST

[caption id="attachment_3880649" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Alexandria in Egypt imaged by the CartoSat 2 series satellite. Image: ISRO[/caption][caption id="attachment_3880651" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Bhiduriya in UP, India imaged by the CartoSat 2 series satellite. Image: ISRO[/caption][caption id="attachment_3880653" align="aligncenter" width="940"] BKC in Mumbai and the Mithi river imaged by the CartoSat 2 series satellite. Image: ISRO[/caption][caption id="attachment_3880655" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Doha, Qatar imaged by the CartoSat 2 series satellite. Image: ISRO[/caption][caption id="attachment_3880657" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Another image of Doha, Qatar imaged by the CartoSat 2 series satellite. Image: ISRO[/caption][caption id="attachment_3880659" align="aligncenter" width="940"] The Earth captured by the InSat 3DR. Image: ISRO[/caption][caption id="attachment_3880661" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Koila, Gayanpur in UP imaged by the CartoSat 2 series satellite. Image: ISRO[/caption][caption id="attachment_3880663" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Daman imaged by the ResourceSat 2A. Image: ISRO[/caption][caption id="attachment_3880665" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Mt. Sinabung in Indonesia captured by the RiSat-1. The blue areas represent fresh lava flows.[/caption][caption id="attachment_3880667" align="aligncenter" width="940"] The Howrah bridge imaged by the RiSat-1[/caption][caption id="attachment_3880669" align="aligncenter" width="940"] A global wind map captured by the ScatSat-1[/caption][caption id="attachment_3880677" align="aligncenter" width="940"] The Antartic imaged by the ScatSat-1[/caption][caption id="attachment_3880679" align="aligncenter" width="940"] The Arctic circle imaged by the ScatSat-1. Image: ISRO[/caption]

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