http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/06/google-maps-gets-a-satellite-makeover-mosaic-700-trillion/488939/
 
43,000 computers were able to de-cloud the earth in less than a week. And amazingly, running JavaScript code.
 
The software does some weird things as you zoom in and transition through the three layers of resolution. Like when it suddenly jumps to street-level view and you're looking at an underground wireframe with stars - a bit like that scene at the end of The Thirteenth Floor.
 
 
 
 

Nice!  Now, if only that software could de-clown the earth... 

So they used cloud computing to get rid of the clouds. I'm thinking they better be careful with that.

Is it still a cloud if they own it and keep it in their back room?

DrLumen
Is it still a cloud if they own it and keep it in their back room?

AKA Dark Cloud?

DrLumen
Is it still a cloud if they own it and keep it in their back room?

Well keep in mind that they apparently think they own the Earth.

They don't own the earth, silly. They merely lease it from the NSA.
 
Only when they begin un-blurring the bits the government doesn't want you to see, then we'll know the transfer of ownership is complete.

I just think it's pretty cool that this technology allowed someone who is basically a non-scientist, non-academic type to discover a new, buried pyramid structure in Egypt.

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Wouldn't it have been easier to just use photos taken on a clear day instead of trying to remove something that was going to eventually disappear anyway?