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Aerial Photography Aids Haiti Quake Victims

After a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sent aircraft on an aerial photography mission. In a report on February 3, NOAA describes how the photographs are used to map transportation routes through the rubble.

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