These two images show New York City in the aftermath of the World Trade center attack in 2001.
Above, is a true-color image taken from the Landsat 7 satellite using the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Sept. 12, 2001, at roughly 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
Image courtesy USGS Landsat 7 team, at the EROS Data Center. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory.
Below is the perspective seen from the International Space Station on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
"It's horrible to see smoke pouring from wounds in your own country from such a fantastic vantage point. The dichotomy of being on a spacecraft dedicated to improving life on the earth and watching life being destroyed by such willful, terrible acts is jolting to the psyche, no matter who you are," said ISS Commander Frank Culbertson of Expedition 3.
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Discovery News
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