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Landsat Records Historic World Trade Center Attack

By Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
A view from Landsat 7 satellite of 9/11 smoke across the land.
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Detailed Description

This true-color image was taken by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) sensor aboard the Landsat 7 satellite on September 12, 2001, at roughly 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time. A day after the attack, smoke continues to billow out of the collapsed Twin Towers.

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Public Domain.

Land Remote Sensing Image of the Week September 9, 2016