
This half-meter resolution satellite image shows the Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the area on Jan. 12. The image clearly shows multiple aircraft, supplies and personnel on the ground. According to news reports, massive humanitarian relief efforts are being staged from the airport. The image was taken by the GeoEye-1 satellite from 423 miles in space at 10:37 a.m. EST on Jan. 16, 2010 as it moved from north to south over the Caribbean at a speed of 4 miles per second. (click to download)
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