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Satellite tests its prowess by focusing on Mount Fuji

Japanese Daichi satellite constructs stunning 3-D images.

Japan's sacred Mount Fuji towers here above the towns and rivers of the Kofu basin in one of the first images obtained by the Daichi Earth-observing satellite.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on February 22, 2006 05:49 PM |

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Earthquake prone areas of the world should be covered by 3-D images

Daichi Earth-observing satellite is a breakthrough in Remote sensing applications. It will be very useful if the active fault areas prone to earthquake and tsunami can be covered by the Daichi Earth-observing satellite.

Posted by: Saumitra Mukherjee | February 24, 2006 05:15 PM

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