i would like to get a picture of myself from space. is this possible???

Answer 1

Not unless you're really, really lucky. Take a look at Google Earth, for example. Zoom in close on a place that has the highest-res photography available (like London) and you'll see that something the size of a human being would be right at the edge of visibility. So even if you were lucky enough to be snapped from space, nobody could tell if it was you or someone else.

Answer 2

No. There are places on the Internet that will give you satellite pictures of anyplace on the ground, but what they don't tell you is the the really detailed pictures were not taken by a satellite, They are ordinary aerial pictures taken from a regular airplane. The web pages, like google maps, just have a big database of satellite and aerial pictures and the software picks the best pictures for any given view. For the really long views, they really are satellite pictures. For the closeup pictures, where you can see the cars on the road, the software always picks normal aerial pictures taken from an airplane at a few thousand feet altitude, not from space. To get that kind of detail from space requires a military spy satellite with a "camera" as big as the Hubble Space Telescope, and those pictures are classified.

And don't believe statements that the CIA has admitted they can see the face on a coin from orbit. First, they never admit anything. Second, seeing the face on a coin would require a "camera" much bigger than the Hubble Space Telescope.

Answer 3

Simple answer is no. Technically there are spy satellites that could do it, supposedly having resolutions in the inches. However, the defense people are not eager to take pictures of civilians. They are too busy watching what the bad guys are up to. The satellite time is too precious to be used for taking pictures of civilians. It is expensive. It is logistically not possible either. Satellites that take pictures are called remote sensing satellites. They go around the earth every 90-100 minutes. Typically this happens between 9 and 12 during the day time. You have to be looking straight up for the satellites to take a picture of you. That is assuming someone told you when those spy satellites are above you so that you can pose. That itself is a top secret stuff. Even if you got extremely lucky and got snapped by a satellite, who is going to give you that picture. The place, a ground station, where they are received and analyzed is again another top secret. Even after that, someone in such a facility need to be able to find your face in the volumes of data that the satellite dumps on them. So, you see the difficulty now?

Answer 4

The CIA has admitted that they have satellite imaging in space that can resolve the face on a nickle on the ground from orbit.

The FBI routinely uses sattelite imaging to resolve license plates from space.

SO, it is entirely possible to get a picture of you from space, though I am afraid it may be particularly difficult unless you happen to hold a very high security clearance!!