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madokie

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Tue Jul 22, 2014, 04:39 AM Jul 2014

MH17 Plane Crash Site Seen from Space

Satellites have captured images of the scattered debris and charred wreckage from last week's crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine that killed all 298 people on board.

DigitalGlobe, a Colorado-based company, programmed three of the five Earth-watching satellites in its commercial fleet to look at the crash site shortly after the plane was shot down by a missile on Thursday, July 17. Cloud cover obscured images of the ground that day. DigitalGlobe was finally able to capture clear, high-resolution images of the crash site yesterday (July 20) and today (July 21).

In the top half of the image, the main debris field can be seen inside a blackened splotch of earth near the village of Hrabove in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, which has been embroiled in conflict as Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists fight for control of the region. Other crash fragments and white pieces of the plane, which broke apart in the air, are visible in the lower half of the image, littering farmland along the road that cuts from north to south.

The crash site has become a focal point for outrage over the attack on MH17, which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Pro-Russian rebels had obstructed a team of international investigators from getting close to the wreckage for days and are suspected to have tampered with evidence and hastily handled bodies at the site, according to news reports.



http://www.livescience.com/46904-mh17-crash-site-from-space-photo.html
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MH17 Plane Crash Site Seen from Space (Original Post) madokie Jul 2014 OP
Here is a picture: Sheldon Cooper Jul 2014 #1
Pretty close to homes /nt jakeXT Jul 2014 #2
It was reported bodies were falling from the sky into backyards. mnhtnbb Jul 2014 #3
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