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  "id": 6300144,
  "title": "NASA Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/nasa-technique-for-manipulating-satellite-photos-now-reveals-ancient-6300144",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-08T15:15:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NASA Science",
    "slug": "nasa-science",
    "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/technology/tech-transfer-spinoffs/nasa-technique-for-manipulating-satellite-photos-now-reveals-ancient-images/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ancient Cambodian temple Angkor Wat reveals hidden images through NASA technique. Thousands of visitors overlook faded paintings depicting horseback riders and musical ensemble. NASA's decorrelation stretch technique highlights contrasts in digital imagery, making features easier to spot. NASA technique applied to Martian surface images led Jon Harman to apply it to ancient rock art. Harman, a retired medical imaging expert, developed a plug-in for ImageJ, an open-source program developed by NIH, to apply the technique.",
  "summary": "Algorithm NASA first applied to satellite imagery is now used to peer into antiquity The post NASA Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images appeared first on NASA Science .",
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        "outlet": "NASA",
        "title": "NASA Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/nasa-technique-for-manipulating-satellite-photos-now-reveals-ancient",
        "published": "2026-09-08T15:15:56.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "NASA technique for manipulating satellite photos now reveals ancient images",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/nasa-technique-for-manipulating-satellite-photos-now-reveals-ancient-6329349",
        "published": "2026-09-08T21:20:10.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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