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"Drones are already widely-used tools for surveillance. They're routinely sent to spy in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and even on the U.S.-Mexico border. Soon enough, their civilian counterparts could fly over your city too. But drone cameras are still somewhat limited. Not the ARGUS-IS, the highest resolution camera ever made, however. With its 1.8 gigapixels mounted on a drone, its spying power it's equal to 100 Predator drones flying over a mid-sized city. \nThe ARGUS, which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA), has an impressive range. It can cover up to 15 square miles with extreme accuracy. Its resolution allows it to spot objects as small as six inches from 17,500 feet of altitude. \nSEE ALSO: MPAA Wants to Use Drones to Shoot Movies\n\nWith such a high resolution, the ARGUS also requires a lot of storage capacity. In fact, it can stash away 1 million terabytes every day. And it also live streams footage to the ground, allowing an operator to monitor a large area with just one camera. \nIn case you're wondering if the ARGUS camera is currently used either abroad or in the U.S., we're not allowed to know the answer; that information is classified.\nThe ARGUS was featured on the recent PBS Nova special Rise of the Drones. Watch the video above to learn more about this amazing camera.\nPhoto by Ethan Miller/Getty Images\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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