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Could satellites save elephants from extinction? – Digital Camera World

Elephants are being counted from space by satellites to aid conservation efforts

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With African elephants at risk of extinction, conservationists are often looking for new ways to track them in nature and the latest method is totally out of this world. A clever algorithm combined with a space satellite is being used to capture images of elephants to help aide conservation efforts. 
Elephants are being photographed by an Earth-observation satellite that’s orbiting above the planets surface. This method is being described as a breakthrough, as it allows scientists to survey an area…

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