Most Recent Satellite Images Of Puerto Rico
Puerto rico landscape ravaged by hurricane maria.
Most recent satellite images of puerto rico. Puerto rico consists of the main island of puerto rico along with over 140 smaller islands. About 2 000 quakes have shaken puerto rico since late december with the most powerful a 6 4. East coast canada northern atlantic ocean caribbean gulf of mexico puerto rico tropical atlantic ocean eastern pacific ocean mexico central america south. Satellite images taken at night are shedding light on just how much of puerto rico doesn t have any power.
Puerto rico s extensive power loss in the wake of hurricane maria has been captured in newly released images from one of nasa s earth orbiting satellites. Google earth is a free program from google that allows you to explore satellite images showing the cities and landscapes of puerto rico and all of the caribbean in fantastic detail. Type in an address or place name enter coordinates or click the map to define your search area for advanced map tools view the help documentation and or choose a date range. Published sep 28 2017 image of the day land water severe storms human presence remote sensing.
Explore puerto rico using google earth. Click on a region to view images and animations for that region. The intense category 4 storm left. The image that reveals the devastation hurricane maria caused in puerto rico.
One of the first clear government satellite views of the island shows a landscape browned with muddy water and destroyed vegetation. Story at a glance. Coverage area depictions are approximate. Nasa reported friday that the quakes had moved the land in parts of southern puerto rico as much as 5 5 inches 14 centimeters based on satellite images before and after the temblors.
More than 1 000 earthquakes have shaken puerto rico since the beginning of the year. The swarm of earthquakes that have rocked puerto rico recently left marks that are visible from space. Nasa releases satellite damage map damage proxy map covers area of 105 by 60 miles around capital city san juan. Some may be without it for over a year.
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