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Re:Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps? by grayfaced on Monday May 17, 2021 @05:55PM (#27188915)
Rough numbers, back of envelope calculation: 500 trillion square meters on earth * 50 pixels per square meter * 3 byte pixel depth = 75 petabytes uncompressed. Assume 90% image compression and remove the 71% of earth that is oceans and you're down to a little over 2PB.

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