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The first inaugural images are in from GeoEye 1 Satellite, as we mentioned earlier this week.  They show the swarming masses around the Washington Monument all the way up to the U.S. Capitol Building. This is the first satellite image of the inauguration taken at 11:19 AM EST today by the GeoEye-1 Satellite. This is the same satellite that supplies Google with images for Google Maps and Google Earth, so we may see this image show up there one day as well.

geoeye inauguration Geoeye 1 Satellite Captures Inaugural Crowd from Above

The people in between the Washington Monument and the Capitol are actually clustered around Jumbotron screens. The image was taken from by the GeoEye 1 Satellite 423 miles in space and shows objects as small as a half-meter.

Below are two cropped images showing more detail:

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geoeye wash mon Geoeye 1 Satellite Captures Inaugural Crowd from Above

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