First satellite PHOTO of fire-ravaged Notre Dame spears online

  18 April 2019    Read: 2006
First satellite PHOTO of fire-ravaged Notre Dame spears online

The priceless Paris landmark went up in flames on Monday evening; the battle to extinguish the blaze took nine hours, Sputnik reports. 

The first snapshot made from space of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after the devastating fire has been posted on Twitter by Copernicus — The European Earth Observation Programme.

"Our colleagues from PlanetLabs (an American company operating satellite remote sensing) who contributed to the Copernicus mission have posted what we consider to be the first public satellite image of Notre Dame after the fire," the report said.

Attached to it is an image from a satellite, and below — Notre Dame before the fire.

A devastating fire broke out at Notre Dame in Paris on Monday evening, causing the collapse of the cathedral's spire and two-thirds of its roof. The blaze was fully extinguished only on Tuesday morning.

The cause of the blaze remains unclear but may have been linked to renovation work. The fire consumed some of the invaluable treasures preserved at the cathedral. The extent of the damage is still being assessed. According to firefighters, the structure of Notre Dame and the main works of art, as well as the precious relics kept in the cathedral, survived the blaze.


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