North Korean crowd images visible from space

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

April 26, 2012 11:42 AM
North Korean crowd images visible from space



In North Korea, the choreography can be part of the geography.

The country is famous for organizing crowds of thousands of people using colored cards to spell out political slogans and images in stadiums or large squares, and the gathering last week to celebrate the 100th birthday of national founder Kim Il Sung was no different.

This time, however, the spelled out message in a central square in the capital of Pyongyang was big enough to be visible from space.

An April 15 image of a celebration taken by a satellite and distributed by DigitalGlobe shows people in red and gold clothing gathered in Kim Il Sung Square and spelling out the word "glory" in Korean.


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[marybourg]

1. Maybe things are verrry large

in N. Korea, but that shot looks like the view from a landing airplane to me.

[KansDem]

2. "...that shot looks like the view from a landing airplane to me."

I thought it was the view from Donald Trump's ego...

[Smedley_3]

3. Shot from landing airplane

That's nothing the military can read the writing on a cigarette pack from space.

[Posteritatis]

8. Even civilian satellite resolution is pretty bonkers these days. (nt)

[AlbertCat]

4. North Korean crowd images visible from space

when outrageously magnified!

[Turbineguy]

5. There's an opportunity in there somewhere!

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Hoaxipedia/Great_Rose_Bowl_Hoax/

[SemperEadem]

6. can't wait to read what

Kim Jong Number Un says about this on twitter...

[4th law of robotics]

7. So they can organize parades that can be seen from space but

their cities are almost entirely dark and invisible at night.

Maybe put more effort in to electricity and less in to parades.

Oh and food production. That's a good one.