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  • Ancient Peru pyramid spotted by satellite

    10/06/2008 10:07:31 AM PDT · by BGHater · 48 replies · 2,338+ views
    Discovery ^ | 06 Oct 2008 | Rossella Lorenzi
    New remote-sensing technology reveals huge structure beneath surface A new remote sensing technology has peeled away layers of mud and rock near Peru's Cahuachi desert to reveal an ancient adobe pyramid, Italian researchers announced on Friday at a satellite imagery conference in Rome. Nicola Masini and Rosa Lasaponara of Italy's National Research Council (CNR) discovered the pyramid by analyzing images from the satellite Quickbird, which they used to penetrate the Peruvian soil. The researchers investigated a test area along the river Nazca. Covered by plants and grass, it was about a mile away from Cahuachi's archaeological site, which contains the...
  • Satellite images of Kalutara, Sri Lanka before and after tsunami

    12/29/2004 5:05:22 AM PST · by Zacs Mom · 49 replies · 15,378+ views
    Click on the links below to see some incredible before and after images of the beach area of Kalutara, Sri Lanka. The images are high-resolution QuickBird satellite images featuring the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka. The before imagery was collected in January 2004 and the after imagery approx 4 hours after earthquake and shortly after the moment of tsunami impact.