Arctic narwhals and beluga whales can be detected and monitored from space, using satellite orbiting 617km high (IMAGE)

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Arctic narwhals and beluga whales can be detected and monitored from space, using satellite orbiting 617km high

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Narwhal (a) and beluga (b) individuals detected from panchromatic WorldView-3 satellite images at a 1:265 scale. Republished under a CC BY license, with permission from Maxar Technologies, original copyright 2017 and 2019.

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