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'''[[Valerie Thomas]]''' (born 1943) is an American scientist and inventor. She invented the [[illusion transmitter]], for which she received a [[patent]] in 1980, and was responsible for developing [[digital image processing]] systems used in the early years of the [[Landsat program]], a [[satellite imagery|satellite-imagery]] program run by [[NASA]] and the [[United States Geological Survey]]. This photograph, taken in 1979, depicts Thomas standing next to a stack of early Landsat computer compatible tapes.
<p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: [[NASA]]; restored by [[User:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]]</small></p>
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