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Burma Military Camp, Before and After

Caption: Before-and-after satellite images show the site of an apparent military encampment in Burma on Nov. 11, 2000, (top), and again on Dec. 13, 2006, (bottom), when new bamboo fencing can be seen. The human rights group, Free Burma Rangers, reported a major expansion of this camp in 2006, corroborated by the AAAS analysis of images. (Lat: 18.42 N Long: 97.23 E.)

Credit: Top image: Copyright GeoEye, Inc (Nasdaq:GEOY). Bottom image: Copyright 2007 DigitalGlobe.

Usage Restrictions: Reporters only may freely use these images, with attribution, in news coverage related to the AAAS technical report.

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