Pictures of Earth from Space: Disasters
Satellites in space show the beautiful landscapes of Earth, but they can also reveal the times when Earth unleashes its fury on the puny humans on the planet. Here are some satellite pictures of disasters.
The crew of the International Space Station took this photograph of Hurricane Catarina, which struck the coast of Brazil in 2004. Very few hurricanes have ever developed this far south, just a few tropical storms.
This is a pic of New York City after the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001. The image was captured by NASA's Landsat 7 satellite on September 12th at 11:30am. At this point, the twin towers had fallen, and smoke was still pouring out of the region.
NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of fires ravaging Greece in the summer of 2007. More than 60 people were killed, and hundreds of homes were burned. Thousands had to evacuate the affected regions.
When the 146,000-ton tanker, Hebei Spirit, ran aground off the coast of South Korea, it leaked a tremendous amount of oil into the surrounding ocean. This is an image captured by ESA's Envisat Earth Observation satellite showing the size of the oil spill.
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