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October 30th, 2012

Here's Looking @ Earth... Burmese Burn Out (Imagery—DigitalGlobe)


[SatNews] In Kyaukphyu, Burma, on October 25, 2012—Violence has intensified between...

...Buddhist (Rakhines) and Muslims (Rohingyas) in Burma. Three hundred homes were destroyed and three people died in the Muslim quarter of Kyaukphyu due to rising anti-muslim sentiment. DigitalGlobe's satellite image from October 25th captures the aftermath.


Satellite image is courtesy of DigitalGlobe

Providing a virtual presence is what DigitalGlobe does best, by rapidly delivering shareable, high-resolution imagery of places affected to aid first responders and personnel on the ground.