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A collection of news stories featuring satellite images and air photos
Increasingly, these images illustrate political, environmental, military and scientific stories of national and international reach. Understanding what you see in satellite images and air photos is crucial to staying informed in today's world.
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Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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Justification for the United States Invasion of Iraq
United Nations Security Council Presentation, Feb 5 2003
Colin Powell used ten satellite images as evidence of the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in his presentation to the United Nations Security Council.
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Sea Floor Damage by Fishing Boats |
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Photos prove damage caused by trawlers
May 10 2007, Globe and Mail
Quickbird satellite images reveal the extent of habitat-destroying mud disturbance from trawlers working the continental shelves near China and worldwide.
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Satellites Turn Eyes Toward Burma |
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Satellites Turn Eyes Toward Burma
Sept 28 2007, Globe and Mail
Satellite photos of destroyed villages and new army camps support eyewitness accounts of human rights abuses in Burma. For more information on this story follow this link.
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Syria Rebuilds on Site Destroyed by Israeli Bombs |
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Syria Rebuilds on Site Destroyed by Israeli Bombs
Jan 12 2008, New York Times
Israeli and American intelligence analysts identify a partly reconstructed nuclear reactor at a site previously bombed by Isreali jets. For more information on this story follow this link.
Israeli and American intelligence analysts identify a partly reconstructed nuclear reactor at a site previously bombed by Isreali jets. For more information on this story follow this link. |
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