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483-5111 August 6, 1970
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Photographs taken by an instrumented NASA aircraft of the area of
Peru damaged by the earthquake of May 31 were turned over today to the
Government of Peru in Lima.
The photographs are part of the data obtained by a National Aeronautics
and Space Administration Electra which was dispatched to aid the South
American nation in assessing disaster damage.
Equipped with camera and infrared sensing instruments_ the aircraft
had previously provided r_pid and accurate data on damage done last year
to the United States Gulf Coast by Hurricane Camille and, earlier this
year, by a tornado in Lubbock, Texas. U. S. Geologic Survey geologists
helped in preparing the mLssion, as did the U. S. representative on the
Inter-American Geodetic Survey in Peru.
Plans were coordinated with the Peruvian Military Geographic Znstitute,
the National Aerophotographic Service of the Peruvian Air Force and the
Peruvian National Reconst:uction Committee. Electronic engineers from the
Mexican National Space Commission_ who had previously cooperated with
NASA in a remote sensing program_ also took part.
Processing of the data was completed in Houston, base of the NASA
aircraft, and delivered to Peruvian authorities for analysis and possible
use in restoration of the damaged area.
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NOTE: Photos are available at NASA Headquarters and MSC.