This Is How 9/11 Looked From Space

Taken by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus camera on NASA’s Landsat 8, this image shows the 9/11 attack site. If you think that this is not impressive, think again: it was taken the next day, September 12 at 11.30am.

The image shows New York and the smoke from the World Trade Center in true colour. [NASA Goddard Flickr]

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    Wardski

    Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    So this was taken on the 12th not 11th. So this isn’t what the 11th looked like afterall….

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    paul

    Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    why do we get lied to….On the internet ~!

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    jasonalex

    Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    i thought it was pretty obvious that ’9/11′ referred to the event, rather than the actual date.

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