We’re used to seeing every news event from every angle, and the media can’t stop waiting for a satellite image of what everything looks like from that perspective. If Spain experiences heavy snowfall, as Filomena did, we won’t be able to see the extent of it until we see a satellite image of half the peninsula covered in white.

In situations such as the war in Ukraine, satellite imagery not only provides context and dimension to the situation, but also serves as evidence of war crimes. Maxara has released some of the images it took over the course of the year at locations around the world that required its cameras to focus for various reasons.



  • Share

Entrenched War

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a very bloody year, but with more established positions on the ground. The trenches at the front are a sign marking the positions between both countries. In the image you can see trenches in the shape of a “dragon’s tooth”.

  • Share

Hamas attacks

The Hamas terrorist attack on October 7 left visible traces of chaos from space. In Maksar’s photo you can see the stacked cars of participants in the Nova festival, where Hamas killed hundreds of people and kidnapped dozens of young people.

  • Share

Cult of the leader

In this night image you can see a large military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. This is a parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Korean People’s Army. A large North Korean flag is visible, and thousands of people have gathered in the square. Kim Il Sung.

  • Share

In April 2023, rival Sudanese army factions destroyed the planes at Khartoum International Airport. The conflict, which received little media coverage, claimed more than 10,000 lives.

  • Share

Refugees

Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip and its systematic destruction forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flee south. In this November 17 photo, masses of people can be seen running south through the ruins of buildings in the Gaza Strip.

  • Share

Maksar

Hell in Greece

This summer, the Greek islands of Corfu and Rhodes were hit by severe fires. An infrared image of Maxar shows a fire passing over Gennadi in Rhodes on July 24. Black areas are burned vegetation.

  • Share

medic

This summer, the heat of the Mediterranean Sea has wreaked havoc, causing torrential rain in all the countries it washes. But the hardest hit was the Libyan city of Derna, where thousands of people died in flooding caused by the failure of two dams that could not withstand heavy rain brought on by Hurricane Daniel, which became Medican.

  • Share

Unexpected Hurricane

The Mexican city of Acapulco was hit by an unexpected Category 5 Hurricane Otis. It was considered a tropical storm 24 hours earlier, but due to very hot Pacific waters, it intensified into a Category 5 storm and the public could not be notified. The photo shows the GNP Arena being flooded by Otis on October 25.