A Bird’s Eye View Of The Inauguration (First Satellite Image)

No, those aren't giant ants swarming 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. All those clumps of people in between the Washington Monument and teh Capitol are clustered around Jumbotron screens. The image was taken from 423 miles in space and shows objects as small as a half-meter.