A picture released today by the satellite company, Digital Globe, captures the extent of the Waldo Canyon wildfire near Colorado Springs. You’ll want to click the image for a bigger version.
Google’s crisis maps is using Digital Globe’s infrared imagery to help people determine if they’ve lost their homes.
Unseen from space, however, is the breathtaking randomness of what burned and what didn’t …
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins