In this monthly article, we travel the world to check out unique, fun and sometimes a bit weird 30-centimeter (cm) color imagery samples from the WorldView constellation. In August, we looked at the Rock Restaurant in Zanzibar. For this edition of the 30-cm Color WorldView Image of the Month, we feature an image of Ovnipuerto in Cachi, Argentina.
If you believe in another realm, spaceships, and earthly creatures, then this particular image will intrigue you. Ovnipuerto in Cachi, Salta, is a unique landmark created by a Swiss citizen, Terry Werner Jaisli, who claimed to be in telepathic communication with extraterrestrials. Built as a landing space for UFOs, it features large, multi-pointed star patterns made of rocks, offering visitors a glimpse into his unusual vision. According to reports, it took Jaisli four years to build his vision, coined the “UFOPORT” by locals. It stretches for approximately four blocks and is formally called Estrella de la Esperanza, or Star of Hope. It consists of 12 stars, drawn on the ground painted with lime and marked with stones. The largest is a white star with 36 points and 48 meters in diameter, it is the lighthouse of the port UFO. Inside, there is another smaller one, of the same color, but with 12 points. In an interview with local media, Werner told the story of how he and a neighbor saw two objects arrive from the mountains with lights on. They settled above the river. The artist said that he raised his arms to call the UFOs and they descended toward him. The objects hovered near the pair, and, according to Werner, directed him to make a sign, a giant star. In the image featured here, the shapes of the sun and stars appear to be magically etched into the ground with bright white and darker shades interplaying throughout. This 30-cm WorldView Legion image was collected on May 21, 2025, and has custom processing and color balance applied by Apollo Mapping. (Satellite Imagery © 2026 Vantor)Do you enjoy the high-resolution satellite imagery we post monthly in this article and elsewhere in The Geospatial Times? If so, head over to our Reddit subgroup, HighResSatelliteImage, where we post some our favorite high-resolution satellite images on a weekly basis.
30-cm WorldView-3 (WV3) launched in late 2014, WorldView-4 (WV4) launched in late 2016 and then the first WorldView Legion satellites launched in 2024. Taken together, this is the most advanced satellite constellation the commercial marketplace has ever had access to. Here are a few of the features that really set these satellites apart from the competition:
- Improved Resolution
- Higher resolution means you can see more detail in WorldView imagery.
- Data collected at nadir will have 31-centimeter (cm) panchromatic, 1.24-meter (m) visible and near infrared, 3.7-m SWIR (WV3 only) and 30-m CAVIS (WV3 only) bands.
- Additional Spectral Bands
- If spectral analysis is part of your project, then no other satellite can match WorldView-3 and WorldView Legion with their 8 bands of visible and near-infrared data; and then 8 shortwave infrared bands (WV3 only) which are crucial for geological studies.
- Better Positional Accuracy
- With accuracies of 3.5-m CE90% or better (without ground control even!), the 30-cm WorldView constellation has no rivals for its enhanced positional accuracy.
- Daily Revisits
- With multiple WorldView-3 and WorldView Legion satellites orbiting our planet, daily revisits are available for most locations.
- WV4 is no longer collecting new imagery.
- Increased Collection Capacity
- WV3/4 feature 13.1-km swath widths (at nadir) with the ability to collect up to 680,000 square kilometers (sq km) of high-resolution data per day per satellite (though WV4 is dead now).
- WorldView Legion features six 30-cm satellites, significantly boosting the collection capacity of this leading high-resolution constellation.
If you are interested in WorldView-3, WorldView-4 and/or WorldView Legion imagery for your next project, please let us know by phone, 303-993-3863, or by email, sales@apollomapping.com.
You can also find more WV3 samples and technical information on our website here; WV4 samples and information can be found here; and then finally here is more information about WorldView Legion.
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