QuickBird satellite images provide a new perspective

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[Zacs Mom]

The high-resolution QuickBird satellite images of the tsunami impact on Sri Lanka are just a few of the images on the Digital Globe web site that made me stop and say "Wow!" For example, check out the images on the links below:

[ArrogantBustard]

That pic is really horrifying ... and it's going to be a MAJOR public health problem for the survivors.

[Lando Lincoln]

I recently visited Machu Picchu....It is simply breathtaking - at over 14,000 feet in elevation it can be literally breathtaking.

Lando

[Lando Lincoln]

ping........

Lando

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Lando, I'll add it to the catalog, but not ping the list. :') That link to the MP image will have to be added to the various MP topics on GGG. (':

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[Clara Lou]

I recently visited Machu Picchu.
I envy you. Peru is second on my list of places I'd love to visit-- after Australia.

[Zacs Mom]

Machu Picchu is definately on my short list of places in South America I'd really love to see!

I also want to see:

1) Angel Falls in Southeastern Venezuela

2) Iguaçú Falls at the border of Brazil and Argentina

[Teacher317]

[Teacher317]

[BloodScarletMinnesota]

Thanks for the link. It's killer for dial up but well worth the wait!

[BloodScarletMinnesota]

Wasn't the B-57 originally a RAF bird; English Electric 'Canberra' I think?

[TXnMA]

The "Boneyard" pic contains a pair of aircraft that were seldom seen together -- if at all. They are in the single row of left-facing aircraft --near the bottom.

The eighth aircraft up from the bottom is a B-57 Canberra, a British twin-jet medium/light bomber. The plane immediately below it (#7 from the bottom) is a rare -- and once highly classified -- RB57-F reconnaissance ("spy") plane.

The RB-57F is a radical modification of the B-57. The wings were extended to approximately double-length, and the original engines were replaced with huge turbofans. The last time I checked, the actual operating ceiling of the RB-57F was classified -- but let's just say that it gave the U-2 a run for its money...while carrying a much larger payload.

There weren't very many of the "stretched" RB-57 F (and G) models built -- but I expect their lifetimes included some awfully interesting missions! At any rate, this is the first photo I've seen that clearly shows how radically the old B-57 was modified to perform its "spook" role...

Thanks for the links!

[ArrogantBustard]

It was ... USAF used them for low-level bombing early on in Viet Nam ... they got shot up pretty badly.

[gswilder]

Are there links to other photos and videos of the tsumanmi devastation? I like to collect photo's to keep. Seems like over time, many of the early photos are lost or censored. For example, I have 600+ photo's that I saved in the days after 9-11. Now the media won't show them anymore. Anyway, if someone has links, please post. Thanks.....

[MeekOneGOP]

Check out the link/pic in #15. Thanks, TG.

And thanks for the link from the other thread, Zacs Mom.

[TomGuy]

Digitalglobe.com has satellite pix of before, during and after.

This thread has some video links:

Video of Killer Wave (Post your pics and videos here for one thread collection)

Posted by BJungNan On News/Activism 12/28/2004 3:58:44 PM CST · 126 replies · 10,030+ views US | Decemeber 28, 2004 | US Thought I would try setting up a thread for the posting of pics and videos of the killer tital waves and the aftermath. Add them here and we may end up with a pic/video collection in one place.http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/20 Click on these words when you get to the link (site not in English). Dermed kan du selv se hvor sterke vannmassene var da den andre bølgen kom.

[engrpat]

bump for when their sever isn't so busy

[BurbankKarl]

Dec 28 2004

June 23 2004

[lainie]

Amazing. The buildings are gone -- the land is gone too, in some cases.

[steve86]

The Mecca image is the first time I have ever been able to make out individual people on a satellite image (you have to zoom in).