This true-color image was taken by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) aboard the Landsat 7 satellite on September 12, 2001, at roughly 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
Image courtesy USGS Landsat 7 team, at the EROS Data Center.
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory
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Jessica Kirste 8 months ago | reply
Such a sad day... amazing it could be seen in satelite.
Pyrrhos 8 months ago | reply
Amazing !
moya sanchez 8 months ago | reply
Sobrecogedor instantanea , un dia que por desgracia a nadie se le debe de olvidar, saludos
nnnnaked 7 months ago | reply
even after all this time i think it bought nothing but shame to those evil people who orchestrated that day, and how can anythink their god will reward them with 10 virgin wifes is behond me , A god wants to welcome good people or so we are told not murderers of anykind