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🚨Southeast Asia is facing another haze crisis. NASA's fire map shows large hotspots across Indonesia. Satellite imagery shows smoke and active fires. Hotspot Map 🔥: tinyurl.com/mpnpjdsj Satellite 🛰: tinyurl.com/bdh6dc7m #Indonesia #Singapore #Kalimantan

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 19h

An entire stretch of Nepal’s Budhi Gandaki River was transformed by floodwaters. New false-colour satellite imagery shows the land affected by the devastating flood on 11 October 2026. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/39yuur8b #Nepal #BudhiGandaki #Landslide

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 23h

✈💥Could another airport have been targeted? Satellite imagery from Oct 13 appears to show damage to the main terminal roof at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/4eyu48m5 #SaudiArabia #MiddleEast #Houthi

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

🌋Did you know, just off the coast of Tasmania lies a cluster of extinct underwater volcanoes? They're called Huon Seamounts! Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/2hsyntev This bathymetric map reveals the fascinating terrain of these ancient volcanoes hidden beneath the ocean.

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

How much of Australia’s seafloor have we actually mapped in detail? This map, compiled by the University of Tasmaniain in 2023, shows exactly where the seabed has been surveyed. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/2htnf85e #Australia #Bathymetry

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Is Iran shifting more of its trade towards the Caspian Sea? Shipping activity in the Caspian reportedly rose from 127 Russian and Iranian-flagged vessels in February to 211 in March 2026. Nowshahr Port: tinyurl.com/yhykyszs Bandar Anzali: tinyurl.com/yc4acsrc

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

💥Satellite imagery of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh appears to show a possible hole in the roof of Terminal 3. The image follows reports of a Houthi missile attack. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/39k7ek7s #MiddleEast #SaudiArabia #Houthi

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This historic map of Cairo in 1920 shows the city more than a century ago. Already a major urban centre, Cairo has since expanded dramatically, with sprawling suburbs, new residential districts and major road networks. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/4327fku3 #Egypt #Cairo

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🚨Satellite imagery shows extensive emergency flaring at Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq oil processing facility. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/yjp7jh73 Any major disruption here could have significant implications for global energy markets. The cause of the increased flaring remains unconfirmed.

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🚨🔥Satellite imagery shows significant damage across tank facilities at the Rabigh industrial complex in Saudi Arabia on Oct 7. Several storage units were affected, including one that's destroyed. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/mrkxff2w #SaudiArabia #Oil

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

💥Satellite imagery appears to show destruction to a heavily reinforced shelter at Khamis Mushait Air Base in southwestern Saudi Arabia, following a reported Houthi ballistic missile strike. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/3fadpkfw #SaudiArabia #MiddleEast #Houthi

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🚨Satellite imagery appears to show vehicle tracks cutting across the terrain around Dhubab Airport in western Yemen, near the Bab al-Mandab Strait. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/sdsdxzts A great find from @tombike.bsky.social 🙏 #Yemen #Houthi #MiddleEast #SaudiArabia

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

☢This vintage satellite map from 1976 shows Chernobyl a decade before a nuclear disaster. Towns that were once visible have totally disappeared beneath forests and vegetation. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/39haakfj #Ukraine #Chernobyl #Nuclear

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🚨🔥New satellite imagery shows further damage at a Saudi Aramco facility south of Riyadh. A fuel storage tank appears destroyed, with a dark stain to the right, potentially indicating an oil spill. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/nnn9k9tj #SaudiArabia #MiddleEast #Riyadh

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Watch a $50B AI megaproject get constructed. This timelapse shows Meta's Hyperion data centre in Louisiana taking shape between December 2024 and September 2026. It's planned to cover nearly 10 million sq ft. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/3mpv5tc6 #DataCenter #Meta #AI

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

💥🔥Satellite imagery from Oct 6 appears to show damage at an AESSCO facility at King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh. The warehouse is dark with a faint trail of possible smoke coming from it. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/mry3hrr5 #SaudiArabia #MiddleEast #Riyadh

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Watch Lake Dukan, Iraq, come back to life. 🔍 Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/f2tsr4r2 This satellite timelapse shows the reservoir rapidly filling between January and June 2026, as heavy rainfall and runoff pushed water levels dramatically higher. #Iraq #MiddleEast

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yesterday, imagery showed smoke coming from Pumping Station 2, following a reported strike nearby at the Riyadh Refinery. New, clearer imagery gives us a better picture, with smoke appearing to come from flare stacks outside the main station.

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Havana is Cuba’s capital, founded by the Spanish in 1519. This vintage 1962 map offers a view of Havana during a very different period in the city’s history, just three years after the Cuban Revolution. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/4ncjezdc #Cuba #Havana

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🚨 Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline appears to have been hit again! New satellite imagery from Oct 4 shows smoke stretching 50km from Pumping Station No. 2 east of Riyadh. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/5ah2upyu #SaudiArabia #MiddleEast #Oil

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🔥💥Satellite imagery shows a fire at a Saudi Aramco facility on Oct 3rd, amid tensions between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi movement. The group claimed responsibility for the incident. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/4eye8fjp #Houthi #SaudiArabia #MiddleEast #Oil

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Calling all space nerds, we’ve been building a new interactive experience. 🛰 Explore vintage spy satellite maps from the Cold War, compare them with the world today, and pan around our handmade virtual replica of the KH-7 spy satellite that captured them! Coming soon.

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In Inner Mongolia, China, a massive solar farm was constructed between January and July of 2025, with enormous designs of a camel and a traditional fort built into the landscape. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/y3ndu55d #China #Mongolia #solar

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🔥 Just a warehouse fire, or something more? A major fire in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, burned for over 12 hours. It broke amid reports of aerial interceptions & flight diversions over the Saudi capital. Explore and Compare👉: tinyurl.com/3bcnsmr5 #SaudiArabia #Fire #MiddleEast

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🔥 This burn scar in Australia’s Northern Territory is SO BIG it’s literally visible from space. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/kxuhatr9 NASA’s Terra satellite shows the scar on Oct 1, even when viewing the entire country. #Australia #NorthernTerritory #Wildfire

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🌋This timelapse shows Home Reef volcanic island in Tonga changing over time as volcanic activity reshapes the island between 2025 and 2026. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/mubjdwsh Home Reef has repeatedly appeared, disappeared and changed form following eruptions.

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Nathan Ruser @nrg8000.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Israel's GovMaps has now removed this imagery from its map platform. soaratlas.com/maps/asia-is... Here it is, in the full original resolution. The fidelity of aerial imagery really highlights the complete destruction. Thanks to @soaratlas.bsky.social for hosting the imagery.

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

70% of Earth is covered by ocean, yet we rarely get a good look at what's beneath it. 🤔 Explore the map:👉 tinyurl.com/2s3r263c This bathymetry map of Australia shows underwater ridges, trenches, channels, continental shelves and other features hidden beneath the ocean.

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ultra-high-resolution imagery of Northern Gaza was briefly available to view on Israel's GovMap website. It's since been censored. Map 🗺👉: tinyurl.com/nfr6vr4 However, one of our community members @nrg8000.bsky.social preserved the map for anyone to explore, analyse, and compare for themselves.

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Imagery of Beit Hanoun, Gaza was briefly availablethrough the GovMap website, but has since been restricted. Our community has preserved the imagery on Soar Atlas so you can explore the changes for yourself in great detail. Explore and Compare:👉 tinyurl.com/4wuxmaem #Gaza #Israel #MiddleEast

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We recently added support for uploading GIF files on Soar, meaning you can share timelapses such as this. Check it out:👉 tinyurl.com/sex3txcu These are simple image files so they won't support a basemap, but can be zoomed and explored like any other map!

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the ZNPP has remained at the centre of international concern. This detailed interactive map by @AquilaTrenta breaks down how the site has changed during the war, building by building. Explore👉: 🗺️ soaratlas.com/draw/3346

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New high-resolution aerial imagery of northern Gaza from 2025 was left uncensored on Israel’s government GovMap website. The imagery reveals military outposts established by the IDF across parts of northern Gaza in great detail. Explore here: tinyurl.com/3vhcykz6 #Gaza #Israel #MiddleEast #IDF

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

💥A large explosion tore through an ammunition depot in Al-Hadbeh near Aleppo, northern Syria. The cause remains unknown. Satellite imagery shows the depot completely destroyed. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/bdfakpwv #Syria #MiddleEast #Aleppo

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🔥🔥Satellite imagery show damage at several fuel depots within Saudi Aramco’s Central Region storage and distribution facility near King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/mskr3d4z #houthi #saudiarabia #middleeast

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

👇Check out this account that releases maps from the International Space Station, georeferenced and even viewable in 3D Mode. There's already a great bunch of maps available to explore: tinyurl.com/5d2xzxcv #ISS #InternationalSpaceStation #NASA

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🚢Satellite imagery from Sep 20 shows seven large crude oil tankers being loaded simultaneously at Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura and Ju'aymah oil terminals. The vessels could hold around 14 million barrels of crude. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/tk9x4n6z #SaudiArabia #Oil #Houthi

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🔥 Satellite imagery shows an ALPLA warehouse still burning in Moscow following the large-scale Ukrainian strikes on the city. Damage to the nearby refineries are visible. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/yey8wa87 #Ukraine #Russia #Moscow

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

From an empty coastline to one of Türkiye's largest infrastructure projects. This timelapse shows the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant from 2017 to 2026. When done, it will supply around 10% of Türkiye’s power needs. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/4cwe4hv7 #Turkey #Powerplant

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Captured from the International Space Station on June 1, this map shows Amman glowing brightly across the Jordanian landscape, with the darker expanse of the Dead Sea and Jordan Valley standing out nearby. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/4p5j8k29 #Amman #Jordan

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Satellite imagery shows possible new Houthi trenches around Bab al-Mandab. It stretches across the mountain, which could provide defensive positions and observation points overlooking the Red Sea shipping route. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/6m4ektt9 #Houthi #Saudiarabia #MiddleEast

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🔍 New satellite imagery from Vantor shared by Hunterbrook from Sep 16 appears to show workers laying and welding a pair of new pipelines near the pumping station damaged in last week’s attack. Explore the map: tinyurl.com/2tt459ch #SaudiArabia #Oil #Houthi #MiddleEast

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🛠Satellite Imagery shows some progress on cleanup and repairs to Saudi Arabia’s East–West Pipeline following a recent strike. Construction appears to have started to help restore oil flow. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/yw6mfsdx #SaudiArabia #Oil #Houthi #MiddleEast

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Satellite imagery shows possible impacts at a military facility near RSAF King Khalid Air Base, Saudi Arabia. Subtle darkening is visible within the site, which may indicate damage. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/ms4tzy3e #SaudiArabia #Houthi #MiddleEast

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Photos are spreading this morning of a E-3 Sentry plane destroyed at Prince Sultan Air Base. This did happen, BUT it was months ago! We have the satellite imagery of it from March 27th. 👇 Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/ujjc45ae #SaudiArabia #IranWar

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🚨Soar Atlas has made available new high-res imagery to explore, showing the destruction of a building at Abu Musa Island in Iran on Sep 9th. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/23ya282n The cause is still unknown.

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🚨 This is looking MUCH bigger than a single strike on Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline. Satellite imagery shows significant damage at Pump Station 9, with possible damage at Pump Station 8, all along the same critical pipeline. Explore the map yourself: soaratlas.com/draw/3343

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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Satellite imagery shows possible damage at Pump Station 8 along Saudi Arabia’s East-West Crude Oil Pipeline. A dark mark is visible near one of the station’s main crude-oil pump trains. Explore and Compare: tinyurl.com/yfh9z84t #SaudiArabia #Houthi #MiddleEast

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