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Satellite images show scene of 9/11 in New York City 19 years ago - Daily Mail

Satellite images show scene of 9/11 in New York City 19 years ago - Daily Mail

Satellite images show scene of 9/11 in New York City 19 years ago - Daily Mail
Sep 11, 2020 1 min, 48 secs

On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked two planes and crashed them into New York City's Twin Towers in lower Manhattan, killing 2,606 people – and satellites captured the horrifying scene from space. .

A NASA satellite equipped with infrared bands highlighted a number of hot spots blazing surrounding ground zero hours after the attack and another captured white dust still lingering over the devastation the following day.

In honor of the 19th anniversary, the American space agency  shared a satellite images of lower Manhattan as it looks today, along with a shot taken by astronaut Frank Culbertston who witnessed the that fateful day aboard the ISS.

In honor of the 19th anniversary, NASA shared a shot taken by astronaut Frank Culbertston who witnessed 9/11 aboard the ISS 19 years ago - if you swipe right you can see a satellite images of lower Manhattan as it looks today.

The satellite images reveal the attacks on September 11 and the destruction left behind over the next few weeks.

The Spot satellite was flying over Manhattan about three hours after the planes crashed into the towers.

The Landsat 7 satellite captured the scene on September 12 , using its Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus, allowing it to spot smoke flowing up from the ground!

If you swipe right the satellite snapped an image of the same location two years later.

The Landsat 7 satellite captured the scene on September 12, using its Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus, allowing it to spot smoke flowing up from the ground. .

Maxar’s IKONOS satellite snapped an image of ground zero on the same day as Landsat, but with its high-resolution capabilities, the image shows intricate details of the Financial District.

IKONOS took another image on September 15, giving the world an up-close look at ground zero, which was nothing more than debris and dust. .

Maxar’s IKONOS satellite snapped an image of ground zero on the same day as Landsat, but with its high-resolution capabilities, the image shows intricate details of the Financial District?

IKONOS took another image on September 15, giving the world an up-close look at ground zero, which was nothing more than debris and dust.

The NOAA Cessna Citation II jet mapped ground zero using aerial photography, along with LIDAR technology

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