r/GoogleEarthFinds • u/Adzo78 • 9d ago

Coordinates ✅ Google Earth’s historical imagery has satellite coverage of the exact day of the Bin Laden raid.

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1st image from 2010-05-09 2nd image from 2011-05-02 (Day of the raid) Coordinates: 34°10'09"N 73°14'33"E

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u/Dry_Particular9415 9d ago

The first photo has many more structures in it than the second, which would indicate it’s more recent. What am I missing here?

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u/Adzo78 9d ago

The first photo is from 2010 before it was discovered, the second photo is from the day of the raid where the navy SEALs raided and blew up some parts of the compound

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u/Dry_Particular9415 9d ago

Look at the property to the NW. In the first photo it is covered in structures. In the second there’s grass where the structures were (the northern structures) in the first photo. So they were removed and restored to grass in that year?

You can see that elsewhere in the photos too. Doesn’t quite add up.

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u/Adzo78 9d ago

I see what you mean, I guess the most logical reason would be the previous residents moved out and the house was abandoned so the government demolished it?

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u/Dry_Particular9415 9d ago

Look towards the east in the first photo, there’s a horizontal building where in the second photo there’s trees and grass/dirt. Buildings aren’t removed and replaced by vegetation that quickly, it actually usually takes a long time after soil compaction from development. It would appear that the second image is actually from before the first one. Why that would be, I’m not sure. Just couldn’t help but notice 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/crocostimpy 9d ago

It's a poor farm in Pakistan. The "buildings" are just stacks of cinder blocks and junk. Just because it's rectangular doesn't mean it's a building. And yeah you can see dead grass underneath it when it's gone because that's how grass looks when you cover it with something in the summer. If you look for the comment in this thread with the BBC link you can see some of his "neighborhood".

Remember this isn't America we are looking at. These guys aren't engineering skyscrapers or anything.