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HOTSAT-1: ‘World’s thermometer’ sends back first pictures of Earth’s hotspots in ‘milestone for climate monitoring’ | Science & Tech News
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A British-built “flying thermometer” has sent back its first pictures from space of hotspots on Earth. High-resolution thermal images taken by the satellite HOTSAT-1 reveal the sun-baked streets of Las Vegas, a vast oil storage complex in Oklahoma and the intense heat of the Canadian wildfires. HOTSAT-1, which has been dubbed “the world’s thermometer”, was…