NASA turned the eye of it’s Moderate Resolution Imagine Spectroradiometer (MODIS) at Pakistan over the weekend, capturing some breathtaking “during” and “after” images of the summer monsoon season’s impact on the Indus River in northern Pakistan.
Monsoon rains fall in Pakistan every summer, but the rains beginning in late July 2010 were unusually heavy. By August 1, 2010, entire villages had washed away, more than 1,100 people had died, and an estimated 2.5 million people were affected, according to news reports. A shortage of safe drinking water and a possible outbreak of cholera were among the most pressing dangers.
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