Cameras aboard Airbus Earth-observation satellites are now available for everybody to make use of to take a picture from outside the planet via a new mobile application.
The new app, which was given the name Spelfie, captures images of users using almost 50 Airbus Earth-observation satellites that are circling around our planet over the height of 400 miles (643 km), according to the Daily Mail.
Images taken by the app do not feature a close view of the user’s face. The app is designed to snap a wider view of event such as climate protest.
For example, activist Isabel Wijsen, a member of an environmental movement called Bye-Bye Plastic Bags, was attending a rally against plastic pollution on the island of Bali in Indonesia and she used Spelfie app to take a picture of the event, where activists spelled out words ‘ACT NOW’ on a polluted beach.
Users of the app can confirm their willingness to attend a registered event in the app and during the event can take selfies using the app. Satellites cameras will take snaps of the event according to a specified place and time.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
