SPOT Releases Satellite Image of World Trade Center
Fires SPOT - Reston, VA--SPOT released a satellite image
of Manhattan, acquired on September 11 at 11:55 AM EST,
3 hours after two planes crashed into the World Trade
Center (see URLs below). The colors result from the use of
infrared bands to identify the actual fire hot spots (see red
spots near the base of the smoke plume). The .tif and .jpg
files were created with SPOT 20 meter resolution imagery.
The SPOT satellites orbit at an altitude of 822 km.
http://www.spot.com/home/news/NYC-091101.jpg
http://www.spot.com/home/news/NYC-091101.tif This
copyrighted image may be used free of charge, with the
appropriate copyright attribution, as follows: CNES/SPOT
Image 2001 For further information: Clark Nelson
(703.715.3131) or nelson@spot.com