Bombing visible from space

Smoke is white against the black background of the ocean.

On 11:30 EDT Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, smoke from the World Trade Center fires blows south toward New Jersey. This near-infra-red image was taken from MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer), an instrument on the Terra (EOS AM-1) satellite. Courtesy Space Science and Engineering Center.

Smoke is white against the black ocean.

The smoke plume at 10:39 a.m. EDT, imaged in visible light by GOES-8, a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration geostationary weather satellite. Gary Wade, a NOAA meteorologist at the Space Science and Engineering Center, graphically enhanced the images. These images have one kilometer resolution -- the satellite "sees" objects no smaller than one kilometer across.

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POSTED 11 SEP 2001
	Images courtesy Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.	On 11:30 EDT Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, smoke from the World Trade Center fires blows south toward New Jersey. This near-infra-red image was taken from MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer), an instrument on the Terra (EOS AM-1) satellite. Courtesy Space Science and Engineering Center. The smoke plume at 10:39 a.m. EDT, imaged in visible light by GOES-8, a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration geostationary weather satellite. Gary Wade, a NOAA meteorologist at the Space Science and Engineering Center, graphically enhanced the images. These images have one kilometer resolution -- the satellite "sees" objects no smaller than one kilometer across. Learn more about New York Attack - Satellite Images.

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