Your Imagery Work Break – Thanksgiving Day 2023, Central Park, NYC

(Image Courtesy: Airbus. Processed by Apollo Mapping for improved grey-scale accuracy and clarity.)

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While mom’s in the kitchen basting the turkey for Thanksgiving, kids pile on the couch and tune in to the televised annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade held in New York City. On this holiday in 2023, Central Park bordered the first leg of the 97th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Under sunny autumn skies, the procession kicked off at 8:30AM from West 77th Street and glided down Central Park West alongside the park, turned at Columbus Circle then headed down Central Park South.

Spectators packed the west side of Central Park West between 75th and 61st streets to view the start of this Thanksgiving tradition. New that year to the parade were Beagle Scout Snoopy, Monkey D. Luffy and Kung Fu Panda’s Po.

For this month’s Imagery Work Break, we have a 30-cm color Pléiades Neo 3 image taken midday the morning of November 23, 2023 which was Thanksgiving Day in 2023. In the image, we can the beautiful fall foliage dotting Central Park in New York City. The richly hued colors of fall burst out of the frame and boats can be seen floating down below and docked along the shore. People are milling about, presumably enjoying the sunny day after the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade wrapped up.

Have a great rest of your workday! 😊