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MAP:UPDATE China earthquake lake formation status (satellite image)
03 Jun 2008
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Formosat image © 2008 Dr. Cheng-Chien Liu, National Cheng-Kung University, and Dr. An-Ming Wu, National Space Organization, Taiwan. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

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In late May 2008, a large lake continued to occupy a stretch of landslide-dammed river upstream of the small city of Beichuan, Shichuan Province. Landslides caused by the May 12 earthquake dammed a section of river with rocks and mud, and behind the barrier, the waters continued to rise.


This pair of images from Taiwan's Formosat-2 satellite shows the lake on May 22 (top) and May 26 (bottom). The differences in color (especially the color of the lake) are probably due to the viewing conditions (viewing angle and time of day) during the satellite overpass, and not to actual changes in water clarity. Compared to a previous series of images that documented the filling of the lake, these images show much less change over the four-day period. The lack of obvious change may be an indication that the diversion channels being dug by Chinese engineers and soldiers had begun to drain the dangerous lake.


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A bus drives on a temporary road replacing the original road bridge connecting Yingxiu and Dujiangyan, which collapsed during the May 12 earthquake, in Yingxiu town, Sichuan province June 3, 2008. ...


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