Archaeology Quote by Sarah Parcak

What satellites help to show us is we've actually only found a fraction of a percent of ancient settlements and sites all over the…

— Sarah Parcak

When people initially think of the term 'space archaeologist,' they think, 'Oh, it's someone who uses satellites to look for alien settlements on Mars…

— Sarah Parcak

There are so many previously unknown sites and structures all over the world. And I think most importantly what satellites help to show us…

— Sarah Parcak

Scientists use satellites to track weather, map ice sheet melting, detect diseases, show ecosystem change... the list goes on and on. I think nearly…

— Sarah Parcak

Archaeologists gave the military the idea to use aerial photographs for spying and field survey. We are fortunate that the spatial and spectral resolutions…

— Sarah Parcak

We're using satellites to help map and model cultural features that could never be seen on the ground because they're obscured by modernization, forests,…

— Sarah Parcak

Archaeologists have used aerial photographs to map archaeological sites since the 1920s, while the use of infrared photography started in the 1960s, and satellite…

— Sarah Parcak

The only technology that can 'see' beneath the ground is radar imagery. But satellite imagery also allows scientists to map short- and long-term changes…

— Sarah Parcak

To understand how quickly we're cooking the planet, we need good data. To have good data, we need good satellites.

— Jeff Goodell

In Egypt, I do survey work on the ground. That's really the most important part of using satellite images. You know, it helps us…

— Sarah Parcak

Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want…

— Jim Bishop

There's even an aircraft sensor system that sends down hundreds of thousands of pulses of light measured at different return rates. It allows you…

— Sarah Parcak