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From: baum@apple.UUCP (Allen J. Baum)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.crypt
Subject: Re: satellites
Message-ID: <7169@apple.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jan 88 02:27:41 GMT
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In article <2209@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> jfc@athena.mit.edu (John F Carr) writes:
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>There are techniques for processing images distorted by the 
>atmosphere or an imperfect lens, but they can not get an image to be 
>better than the diffraction limit.

In fact, it is possible to get better than the diffraction limit, as synthetic
aperature radars have shown. Take several images from different points,(from
a satelite, easily done by just taking a few sequential pictures, since the
stelite is moving) and image-process your little brains out.

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