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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant – Then and Now
/in Incidents /by John AmosYesterday we posted on the deepening crisis at the blast-damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan; our first version of that post compared a March 16 high-resolution satellite image of the plant with what we thought was a March 12 image of the same plant. A couple of alert readers pointed out that the March […]
Damage to Nuclear Reactor Buildings – Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant, Japan
/in Incidents /by John AmosThe situation is steadily getting worse at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by Japan’s earthquake and tsunami. Here’s what it looks like today, on March 16: These hi-resolution satellite images from DigitalGlobe starkly reveal the extent of damage to the outer containment buildings surrounding the reactors. Check out all of the images and […]
Feds Issue 2nd Deepwater Drilling Permit in Gulf
/in BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John AmosBOEMRE, the Federal agency managing offshore energy development, just issued a second permit to allow deepwater drilling to continue in the Gulf of Mexico. Like Noble Energy, recipient of the first permit, BHP Billiton (an Australian company) will resume drilling on a well that had been partly completed when the BP / Deepwater Horizon explosion […]
2011 Japan Quake and Tsunami – Before / After Images
/in Incidents /by John AmosLots of satellite images of this disaster, including very high-resolution images from Geoeye and DigitalGlobe, are now becoming publicly available, showing from above the destructive power of the brutal one-two punch Japan has endured. Here’s a panoramic before/after view of what used to be the pretty little coastal neighborhood of Arahama in the city of […]
Sendai Tsunami – Turbidity and Smoke, March 13
/in Incidents /by John AmosClear skies follow tragedy: this MODIS / Aqua satellite image to the left was taken on March 13, 2011 at about 12:55 pm local time in Japan. Click on it to see a larger version. Striking bright aqua and turquoise patterns in the water reveal turbidity along much of the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan. […]
Smoke and Turbidity – Sendai, Japan
/in Incidents /by John AmosWe’ve done our own processing on a NASA / MODIS satellite image showing a large smoke plume coming from the port city of Sendai. The image was taken from the Aqua satellite at 12:10 pm local time on March 12. The magnitude 8.9 quake struck at 2:46 pm local time on March 11, and tsunami […]