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SKYTRUTH: THE VIEW FROM ABOVE

JOHN AMOS, PRESIDENT WVAGP-EPAN ANNUAL MEETING – JUNE 15, 2011

A picture is worth 1,000 words.

A picture is worth 1,000 words.

A picture is worth 1,000 words.

A picture is worth 1,000 words.

Images of beauty.

Open-pit mine, Peru

SKYTRUTH

SATELLITE IMAGES AND MAPPING TO INVESTIGATE AND ILLUSTRATE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

• Oil and gas drilling

• Coal mining

• Hardrock mining

• Deforestation / forest change

• Urban growth

• Pollution

• Climate change

Images of beauty.

1986

Images of beauty.

2008

OVEC / SouthWings

Hurricane Katrina Gulf of Mexico, 2005

Hurricane Ike – Gulf of Mexico, 2008

Montara Blowout and Spill - 2009

SouthWings

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Active oil and gas production platforms and pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico, 2011

GULF MONITORING CONSORTIUM

Investigating DIY Imaging for monitoring gas-drilling activity

SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP

FIRST BALLOON PIC! APRIL 6, 2011

SKYTRUTH: THE VIEW FROM ABOVE

www.skytruth.org

info@skytruth.org

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