Maha Kumbh Mela This tightly-cropped,
one-meter resolution, satellite image of the Maha Kumbh Mela was
collected by GeoEye's IKONOS satellite at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 23, 2001 at
the start of the most sacred and busiest bathing day (Mauni Amavasya)
of the festival. IKONOS is the world's highest resolution, commercial
Earth imaging satellite. The image clearly shows masses of worshipers
bathing in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers. Also notice that the shape
of the sand banks in the river has changed from the before image.
A reported 30 million people bathed in the rivers during the day
to wash away their sins. (Read
the press release).
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