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Satellite image of Pakistan floods before and after
Satellite image of Pakistan floods after
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 10:17
According to NASA the first image is how it looked on July 18th and shows the Indus River in Pakistan before it overflowed. The image taken on August 8 shows when the Indus river flooded affecting up to 12 million people.
The floods caused more damage than the 2005 earthquake already and the monsoon season is only halfway.
According to NASA:
After devastating northwestern Pakistan, floodwaters traveled down the Indus toward the coast in early August 2010. The river overflowed into its floodplain in Punjab and Sindh Provinces as authorities evacuated thousands of residents in Sukkur and other cities. With monsoon season only halfway over, the floods had already caused more damage than the 2005 earthquake.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite captured these images on August 8, 2010, and July 18, 2010 . The images show the lower Indus River, not far from Pakistans coast. Both images use a combination of infrared and visible light to increase the contrast between water and land. Water appears in varying shades of blue. Vegetation is green and bare ground is pinkish brown. Clouds range in color from pale blue-green to bright turquoise.
The difference between mid-July and early August is dramatic. On July 18, the river is a braided stream that almost appears to peter out toward the southwest. On August 8, the river fills the river valley, merging the braided streams into one swollen, raging river. The river narrows near Sukkur, but even to the south, water levels are clearly higher than they had appeared weeks earlier.
Satellite image of Pakistan floods after
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 10:17
According to NASA the first image is how it looked on July 18th and shows the Indus River in Pakistan before it overflowed. The image taken on August 8 shows when the Indus river flooded affecting up to 12 million people.
The floods caused more damage than the 2005 earthquake already and the monsoon season is only halfway.
According to NASA:
After devastating northwestern Pakistan, floodwaters traveled down the Indus toward the coast in early August 2010. The river overflowed into its floodplain in Punjab and Sindh Provinces as authorities evacuated thousands of residents in Sukkur and other cities. With monsoon season only halfway over, the floods had already caused more damage than the 2005 earthquake.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite captured these images on August 8, 2010, and July 18, 2010 . The images show the lower Indus River, not far from Pakistans coast. Both images use a combination of infrared and visible light to increase the contrast between water and land. Water appears in varying shades of blue. Vegetation is green and bare ground is pinkish brown. Clouds range in color from pale blue-green to bright turquoise.
The difference between mid-July and early August is dramatic. On July 18, the river is a braided stream that almost appears to peter out toward the southwest. On August 8, the river fills the river valley, merging the braided streams into one swollen, raging river. The river narrows near Sukkur, but even to the south, water levels are clearly higher than they had appeared weeks earlier.
