Satellite Imagery

Syria: New Satellite Images Show Homs Shelling

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Satellite Imagery, Russia, Syria, Baba Amr, China, Bashar Al-Assad, Homs, Syria Violence, World News

New satellite imagery and eyewitness accounts reveal that the bombardment of the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs has inflicted widespread destruction and a large number of deaths and severe injuries of civilians.

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PHOTOS: Amazing Images Of The 2012 Solar Storm

Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Photography, Satellite Imagery, Nasa, Hubble Telescope, Solar Flares, Space, Science, Exposure, Sun, Space Photos, Solar Storms, Radiation, Science News

A solar storm created a dazzling light show in the northern latitudes of Earth on Tuesday. The storm also bombarded the Earth with radiation in the fo...

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PHOTOS: Plot Thickens In Mystery Of Giant Structures In China

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: China Desert Structures, Satellite Imagery, China Spy Satellites, Video, Crop Circles, China Spying, China Crop Circles, China Desert, Google Maps, China, World News

The plot has thickened in the mystery of the giant structures in the Chinese desert. Earlier this week, images from Google Maps surfaced showing a ...

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NASA IMAGES: 32 Inches Of Snow Cover Driest Place On Earth

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Atacama, Satellite Imagery, South America, Nasa, Chile Atacama Desert Snow, Atacama Desert Snow, Desert Snow, Nasa Images, Atacama Desert Snow Photos, Atacama Desert, Nasa Atacama Satellite Photos, Satellite Photos, Green News

Extreme weather is in the air. The following satellite photo shows South America's Atacama Desert region -- known as one of the driest places on Ea...

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As Cholera Spreads Through Developing Countries, Satellites Offer Hope

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Puerto Rico, Satellite Imagery, Bangladesh, Water, Haiti, Cholera, The Infection Loop, Epidemic, Climate Change, Prediction, Satellite, Green News

As cholera continues to ravage parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America -- reportedly reaching Puerto Rico and Hong Kong this week --...

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Satellite View of Military Response to Crisis in Egypt (VIDEO)

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Satellite Imagery, Stratfor, Intelligence, Egypt Military, Egypt, Satellite, World News

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New NGA Chief Becomes First Woman To Lead Major U.S. Intel Agency

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carrie Bachner, Satellite Imagery, Women's Rights, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Intelligence, Nga, Letitia Long, Navy, Technology, Politics News

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Letitia A. Long became the first woman director of a major U.S. intelligence agency Monday, taking her post as chief of the ...

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Iceland Volcano Satellite Image: NASA's Stunning Photo

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Satellite Imagery, Iceland Volcano Photo, Iceland Volcano Satellite Image, Iceland Volcano Satellite, Iceland Volcano Satellite Photo, Iceland Volcanic Ash, Iceland Volcano, World News

A new Iceland volcano satellite image posted by NASA offers an incredible view of this event. Ash from the Iceland volcano has halted flights across ...

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Pakistan's triple threat against civilians:Taleban, Pakistani army and U.S. Drone strikes

Amnesty International | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Satellite Imagery, Amnesty International, Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch, Drones, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Pakistan Drone Attacks, Politics News

By Larry Cox , Amnesty International USA Executive Director "I lost my sense when I reached the door of my house and saw and heard the crying of my ...

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Saving the Gulf with Helium, String and a Digital Camera

Colin Delany | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Satellite Imagery, British Petroleum, Digital Photography, Gulf Oil Spill, Citizen Journalism, Crowdsourcing, Technology News

Originally published on Epolitics.com On top of the online reporting system for damage from the BP spill we looked at earlier, here's more crowdsourci...

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Using Google Earth to Take a Walk on Mars

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

In addition to being able to see the surface of the Earth you can now experience global changes, space explorations and discover the ocean's secrets with Google Earth.

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Devastation and Inspiration in Haiti

Akhtar Badshah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nethope, Satellite Imagery, Bing-Maps, Haiti Earthquake, Microsoft, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Microsoft Bing, Impact News

This is not the right time to empty your basement or closets to send clothes or unused materials to Haiti.

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Satellite Imagery Proves Catastrophic Failure of Joint Rwanda/Congo Military Exercises

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Satellite Imagery, Rwanda, Rape, Fdlr, Hrw, Joseph Kabila, Fardc, Kimia II, Huffington Post, Umoja Wetu, Truth, American Association of the Advancement of Science, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burning, Cndp, Africom, Hillary Clinton, Laurent Nkunda, World News

Reported have said that joint military operations between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been a catastrophic failure. Now satellite imagery of the Busurungi area in North Kivu clearly shows burned villages.

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Electronics and Atrocities: Tech Supply Chains Must Do No Harm

David Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda, War Crimes, Satellite Imagery, Sexual Violence, Conflict Minerals, Human Rights, Defense Authorization Act, President Obama, Science, Cell Phones, Congo, Electronics, Technology News

Electronics companies should commit resources to trace supply chains back to the point of extraction, conduct audits, and check assurances for fraud to certify electronics products as conflict-free.

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The Graveyards of Sri Lanka's War Zone

Amnesty International | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Science, Sri Lanka Civil War, Human Rights, Technology, Sri Lanka, Satellite Imagery, Sri Lanka War, Human Shields, World News

New satellite images reveal two new alarming features of an inaccessible Sri Lankan conflict zone: Large gravesites and evidence of mortars used in and around the so-called civilian save zone.

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Conservation Via Google Earth: Now Anyone Can Do It

e360.yale.edu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Satellite Imagery, Google Earth, Green Technology, Google, Congo, Indonesia, Brazil, Green News

The use of Google Earth to make a virtual discovery, which then led to an actual one, is just the latest example of how the spread of satellite tech...

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