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Measuring Movement from the Ridgecrest Quake

Remote sensing scientists are getting better at measuring such events and showing how they disrupt and move the land surface.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2) data courtesy of Eric Fielding/NASA JPL and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published July 25, 2019
Data acquired April 16, 2018 - July 8, 2019

Source:
ALOS-2 > PALSAR-2
Collection:
Applied Sciences