Incredible Satellite Images of Obama Inauguration

One of the benefits of having clear blue skies on such an historic occasion as the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama is that someone can gather a satellite image of it.

The someone in this case is GeoEye.

Just take a look at some of these spectacular shots (courtesy of GeoEye and Cnet.com)


An overview of the eastern half of the National Mall during the January 20th Inauguration of Barack Obama. Click on the image to see it in high-resolution.



(Crowds with tickets to the inauguration (left) gather in chairs and standing areas at the base of the capitol steps (center). On the right, the US Capitol.


(Two large crowds gather around jumbotron screens at the base of the Washington Monument (center). Notice the line of buses along the street and the line of port-a-johns along the edge of the mall (top).