Last week Digital Globe published a series of striking satellite images taken before and after Hurricane Irma. It shows a terrible scale of destruction caused by one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean.
The imagery has been provided for a few affected areas but lets us see the scale of the damage. The landscape after Irma looks like a war zone.*Torn-off roofs, damaged buildings, downed trees.*Take a look at these before -> after images:
[h=4]Codrington Port, Barbuda[/h]
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Credit: Digital Globe[h=4]Parham Town, Tortola[/h]
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Credit: Digital Globe[h=4]Necker Island[/h]
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Credit: Digital Globe[h=4]Key West, Florida[/h]
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Credit: Digital Globe[h=4]Philipsburg, Sint Maarten[/h]
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Credit: Digital Globe[h=4]Providenciales, Turks and Caicos[/h]
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The imagery has been provided for a few affected areas but lets us see the scale of the damage. The landscape after Irma looks like a war zone.*Torn-off roofs, damaged buildings, downed trees.*Take a look at these before -> after images:
[h=4]Codrington Port, Barbuda[/h]
Credit: Digital Globe
Credit: Digital Globe[h=4]Parham Town, Tortola[/h]
Credit: Digital Globe
Credit: Digital Globe[h=4]Necker Island[/h]
Credit: Digital Globe
Credit: Digital Globe[h=4]Key West, Florida[/h]
Credit: Digital Globe
Credit: Digital Globe[h=4]Philipsburg, Sint Maarten[/h]
Credit: Digital Globe
Credit: Digital Globe[h=4]Providenciales, Turks and Caicos[/h]
Credit: Digital Globe
Credit: Digital GlobeThe post Satellite images reveal the scale of devastation of Hurricane Irma appeared first on Geoawesomeness.