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Re:Prospecting for gold by looking in leaves has proven itse... by Cognitron on Friday May 24, 2019 @10:02PM (#20006670)
Yeah, same. I thought they would be using satellite imagery. Archaeologists have found Mayan ruins that way because the ruins have a ton of lime plaster and the trees growing above them absorb it the same way. The leaves of the trees above the ruins reflect specific frequencies differently than the other surrounding trees and you can see blotches where the ruins are in the images (when shifted into the visible spectrum). I always wondered if you could find other things that way.
Re:Prospecting for gold by looking in leaves has proven itse... by cyphar on Saturday May 25, 2019 @06:50AM (#20008259)
From memory, this is how Gina Rhineheart's (Australia's mining magnate) father discovered the location for the Pilbara (the world's largest iron deposit) -- by flying overhead and noticing how red the soil was[1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lang_Hancock

Re:Prospecting for gold by looking in leaves has proven itse... by tehlike on Saturday May 25, 2019 @02:30AM (#20007444)
Similar techniques for viking sites in canada.