Modern military intelligence satellites have a resolution of 5-10cm per pixel (2-4 inches), so most things are big enough that you can see them from space. "Wow, that's a big tomato" "Yep, it's so big that you can see it from space"
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Are there any declassified full resolution/quality examples of what that imagery looks like? Must be wild. I've only seen the very downscaled KH-11 ones
Yes, there is, courtesy of the former president. https://www.npr.org/2019/09/05/758038714/can-president-trump-really-tweet-a-highly-classified-satellite-photo-yep-he-can … Looks similar to what you'd normally get from a surveillance aircraft
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That's the KH-11 one I meant. Would be neat to see it in full quality. Unless there's an uncompressed version out there I haven't seen
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