California quakes left a crack in the Earth so big it can be seen from space

[mfcorey1]

The two massive earthquakes that rocked Southern California last week, not only damaged roads and sparked fires, but also left a fissure in the Earth so large it could be seen from space.

Planet Labs Inc. captured before and after satellite photos on July 4 and 6 that show a rupture in the Earth's surface near the epicenter of Friday's 7.1 magnitude quake, which was 11 miles north-northeast of Ridgecrest, California. The photos were shared on Twitter by Will Marshal, CEO of the San Francisco-based Earth imaging company.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-quakes-left-a-crack-in-the-earth-so-big-it-can-be-seen-from-space/ar-AAE4Sr5?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

[Wounded Bear]

1. "Can be seen from space" is no longer really meaningful...

optics and cameras have improved so much that it kind of a rhetorical adjective.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. my little tractor can be seen from space

The CIA could probably read the gauges from space.



Switch to satellite view in google maps, zoom in, and you can see which parts of my yard I skipped mowing. It's easy to see the "fissure" left from digging a water line trench.

[Wounded Bear]

3. IKR...

It used to be only the spy satellites had that kind of optics. Now, it's pretty common.