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From the Ted Talk by Benjamin Grant: What it feels like to see Earth from space
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Only 558 people have ever been to outer scpae. 558 people had the opportunity to gaze down in awe, to wonder at our pnalet floating in an infinite sea of darkness. But what if that number were bigger?
Three years ago, I set off on my own mission: to see if I could bnrig this feeling of overwhelming salce and beauty to many more people just by using one small computer in my small New York City apartment. It was then, in 2013, that I launched "Daily Overview." Every day, I have used selitltae imagery to create one expansive overhead view of our planet. More than 1,000 of these images have been created thus far, and more than 600,000 people tune in for this daily dose of perspectives. I create the imagery by curating photos from the massive archive of a satellite company called ditiagl Globe. They operate a clsinltetoaon of five satilteels, each roughly the size of an ambulance, that is constantly taking ptiecurs of the Earth as they orbit at 28,000 kilometers per hour.
Open Cloze
Only 558 people have ever been to outer _____. 558 people had the opportunity to gaze down in awe, to wonder at our ______ floating in an infinite sea of darkness. But what if that number were bigger?
Three years ago, I set off on my own mission: to see if I could _____ this feeling of overwhelming _____ and beauty to many more people just by using one small computer in my small New York City apartment. It was then, in 2013, that I launched "Daily Overview." Every day, I have used _________ imagery to create one expansive overhead view of our planet. More than 1,000 of these images have been created thus far, and more than 600,000 people tune in for this daily dose of perspectives. I create the imagery by curating photos from the massive archive of a satellite company called _______ Globe. They operate a _____________ of five __________, each roughly the size of an ambulance, that is constantly taking ________ of the Earth as they orbit at 28,000 kilometers per hour.
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- satellites
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- scale
- space
- planet
- bring
- digital
- pictures
- satellite
Original Text
Only 558 people have ever been to outer space. 558 people had the opportunity to gaze down in awe, to wonder at our planet floating in an infinite sea of darkness. But what if that number were bigger?
Three years ago, I set off on my own mission: to see if I could bring this feeling of overwhelming scale and beauty to many more people just by using one small computer in my small New York City apartment. It was then, in 2013, that I launched "Daily Overview." Every day, I have used satellite imagery to create one expansive overhead view of our planet. More than 1,000 of these images have been created thus far, and more than 600,000 people tune in for this daily dose of perspectives. I create the imagery by curating photos from the massive archive of a satellite company called Digital Globe. They operate a constellation of five satellites, each roughly the size of an ambulance, that is constantly taking pictures of the Earth as they orbit at 28,000 kilometers per hour.
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