Interesting. I was thrown off by their characterization of the images as "grainy 16-bit grayscale satellite pictures" as the word grainy seems to connote poor

Interesting. I was thrown off by their characterization of the images as "grainy 16-bit grayscale satellite pictures" as the word grainy seems to connote poor image quality, while 16 bits of gray is excellent. Perhaps what they are (confusingly) trying to say is a very good scan of grainy film.