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    Beruit's port before (left) and after Tuesday's explosion (right).
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    Satellite Images Show Aftermath Of Beirut Blast

    Aug 05, 2020
    The massive explosion leveled the city's port and scattered debris across a road thousands of feet away. The blast killed at least 100 people and injured thousands more.
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    A Spy Agency's Challenge: How To Sort A Million Photos A Day

    Mar 12, 2020
    The Earth's entire land mass is being photographed by satellites every single day. Trying to make sense of all these images falls to a U.S. spy agency many have never heard of.315
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    Middle East
    Satellite images released by Save the Children show an undisclosed area in Idlib province in July 2018 (left), and after apparent aerial bombardment in May 2019.
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    'There's Nothing Left': Satellite Images Show Razed Villages In Idlib, Syria

    Mar 04, 2020
    New images show the scale of the destruction in the rebel stronghold of Idlib, where the United Nations says nearly a million people have been displaced in the last three months.
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    A bicyclist pedals past signs promoting the 2010 census outside homes in Rolling Fork, Miss., in 2010.
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    Here's Why The Census Bureau May Be In Your Neighborhood Before The 2020 Count

    Aug 12, 2019
    Census Bureau workers are spreading out across the U.S. to make sure they have a list of every home address for next year's head count. Getting left out could lead to an inaccurate 2020 census.
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    Environment
    This oblique view of the Himalayan landscape was captured by a KH-9 Hexagon satellite on Dec. 20, 1975, on the border between eastern Nepal and Sikkim, India.
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    I Spy, Via Spy Satellite: Melting Himalayan Glaciers

    Jun 19, 2019
    Scientists are using old spy satellite images to measure the effects of climate change. They're finding that glaciers in the Himalayas are melting twice as fast as they were a few decades earlier.
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    Goats and Soda
    The circles on the map pinpoint the location of thousands of Chinese-funded development projects. The bigger the circle, the bigger the investment. The largest circles represent projects in the multibillion-dollar range.
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    China's Building Spree In Poor Nations: Does It Really Help The Local Economy?

    Nov 13, 2018
    There are a lot of state secrets when it comes to the billions of dollars worth of roads, hospitals and more. Satellite images of night lights may offer some insights into their value.
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    Goats and Soda
    A nighttime satellite image offers some information about pockets of poverty — that's where electricity isn't lighting things up.
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    To Help The Poorest Of The Poor, First You Have To Find Them

    Dec 06, 2016
    A new project uses computers to analyze daytime satellite pictures for signs of extreme poverty. Does it work?
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