French Space Agency @CNES has imaged the #Chamoli disaster.
Scientists including @sgascoin @EtienneBerthie2 have researched the images.
They concluded that a massive rockslope failure released rock & ice that created a devastating flood in the Rishiganga river valley.
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Scientists including @sgascoin @EtienneBerthie2 have researched the images.
They concluded that a massive rockslope failure released rock & ice that created a devastating flood in the Rishiganga river valley.
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These images were captured on Feb 9 and reveal a 550-meter long rupture line.
This is where the rock and ice got detached from the northern face of Ronti, a saddle between the grand Himalayan mountains of Nanda Ghunti and Trishul.
#ChamoliDisaster
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This is where the rock and ice got detached from the northern face of Ronti, a saddle between the grand Himalayan mountains of Nanda Ghunti and Trishul.
#ChamoliDisaster
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Satellite imagery before/after the flood points to widespread snow melt in only 5 days as per @sgascoin
These and other images have led to the rockslope failure conclusion.
Indian scientists are also of the same opinion.
Full report at:
labo.obs-mip.fr/multitemp/plei…
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These and other images have led to the rockslope failure conclusion.
Indian scientists are also of the same opinion.
Full report at:
labo.obs-mip.fr/multitemp/plei…
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