Nepal Landslide 2015 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Nepal Landslide 2015

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This Landsat 8 imagery shows a landslide that occurred on Aug. 2, 2014 when nearly 2 kilometers of hillside collapsed in rugged northern Nepal. The initial slide buried dozens of homes in the village of Jure and caused many fatalities.

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