Imaging horizontally through the atmosphere

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Can a spy satellite see a person through a vertical window, i.e., with line of sight near the horizon?
 
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Potentially yes, at an oblique angle. But the distance and the haze of the atmosphere would be greater.

Line of sight near the horizon? I don't think so: too far and to hazy.
 

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