Puerto Rico Satellite Images After Maria

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Puerto rico satellite images after maria. These satellite photos show the difficulty ahead. View metadata for the hurricane maria imagery. Virgin islands teams from noaa s office of marine and aviation operations and noaa s n ational geodetic survey started capturing high definition aerial photos from locations affected by that storm. The approximate ground sample distance gsd for each pixel is 25 cm zoom level 19.
The data provided on this site is for informational and planning purposes only. Just days after hurricane maria passed over puerto rico and the u s. Published sep 28 2017 image of the day land water severe storms human presence remote sensing. The image that reveals the devastation hurricane maria caused in puerto rico.
The nasa satellite images above show a side by side comparison of puerto rico before and after deadly hurricane maria hit the island. Puerto rico is still largely without electricity almost a week after hurricane maria. The before image on the left shows lighting around san juan. One of the first clear government satellite views of the island shows a landscape browned with muddy water and destroyed vegetation.
Nasa releases satellite damage map damage proxy map covers area of 105 by 60 miles around capital city san juan. The national hurricane center reported at 8 00 edt that maria s maximum sustained winds were near 150 mph with higher gusts and that hurricane force winds extended outward up to 60 miles from the storm s. Before and after photos from nasa s suomi npp satellite nasa puerto rico s extensive power loss in the wake of hurricane maria has been captured in newly released images from one of nasa s. Satellite based images of the density of nighttime lights across eastern puerto rico before left and after right hurricane marĂa on september 27 and 28.
As with hurricanes harvey irma and previous storms the images are a crucial tool in determining the extent of the damage.