American scientists unearth lost 1960s polar satellite images worth billions

[knocker]

A team of American scientists has recovered billions of dollars’ worth of “dark data†from the 1960s, pushing back the modern satellite record of sea ice extent by 17 years.

 

http://barentsobserver.com/en/2014/10/american-scientists-unearth-lost-1960s-polar-satellite-images-worth-billions-14-10#.VD2Hi_esqRs.twitter

[chubbyfan]

amazing what can be found on all those reels of film that have been in the vaults since before the beginning of time.

[Midlands Ice Age]

Knocker..

 

A very good find.

It will give us a chance to go back to the 60's with some real visual data.

Lets hope that it is kept as a a valuable data resource. It looks very good so far, with this guy. Lets hope that  it seen as a valuable data resource and not a threat.

Time will tell......

 

MIA