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Democracy Bridge Damaged by Earthquake

The day after a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook Honduras, Taiwan’s Formosat-2 satellite captured this detailed, photo-like image showing the collapsed span of the earthquake-damaged Democracy bridge.


Formosat-2 image provided by Dr. Cheng-Chien Liu, National Cheng-Kung University (NCKU) and Dr. An-Ming Wu of the National Space Organization (NSPO) of Taiwan. Image processing also provided by Emil Cherrington, Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America & the Caribbean (CATHALAC). Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published June 3, 2009
Data acquired May 30, 2009

Sources:
FORMOSAT-2
FORMOSAT-2 > RSI