Dried-Out Lake Used as Massive White Balance for Satellites [Photography]

Much like when photographers use a bit of white paper to calibrate their cameras, British scientists are using this dried-out Turkish lake to set the white balance of Earth observation satellites.

Lake Tuz, in south Turkey, dries to the stark-white you notice inside the photo above every July – August, joining seven other locations world wide which might be being used by scientists to envision satellites’ cameras are in check.

From the 14th – 25th of August, scientists will probably be analyzing the whiteness and reflectivity of Lake Tuz from the ground, and comparing it to what they’ve snapped up above. [NPL via PopSci]

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