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31 Oct 2017

Reflection, transmission and absorption of light is what makes each object on the Earth look different to satellites in orbit. Active sensors illuminate the Earth and record the reflected energy, while passive sensors record the energy naturally emitted from objects as well as the Sun's reflected energy.

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