Saturday, August 05, 2006

Wiped off the Map

Beirut, before and after. By way of Juan Cole

3 comments:

  1. It's real. Here's the Yahoo News link.

    It's amazing what you can do with an unwillingness to believe facts that contradict your pre-conceptions isn't it?

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  2. I spent some time on Google Earth trying to find the neighbourhood that your photo shows. I've have not found it, could you please share the Latitude & Longitude with us?

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  3. My understanding is that it is the Harat Hurayk neighborhood in the southern suburbs of the city - and that Google Earth doesn't have real time updates.

    This photo is from GeoEye originally.

    'Bud' may have thought this was the discredited Reuters photo with photoshopped smoke. It isn't.

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