Clear skies over Houston and eastern Texas are giving satellites in the sky their first direct views of the devastation left by Harvey's torrential rains.
Eastern Texas saw its first rays of sunshine in days on Wednesday. Deadly floodwaters there left by Hurricane Harvey and its stormy remnants are finally beginning to recede.
The open skies gave residents in Houston — an area devastated by record-breaking rainfall and flooding — their first sign of hope for recovery, and also allowed satellites in space clear views of the devastation.
Deimos-1 and Deimos-2, a pair of satellites owned and operated by a company called UrtheCast, have started beaming back their first images of Harvey flooding.
Drag the slider on the interactive below to compare before-and-after images.
The left pane shows a Google Earth image dated to January 2017, and the right pane is an image of the same area taken by Deimos-2 on Wednesday. In addition to visible wavelengths of light, the latter image also includes near-infrared light, which is normally invisible — this makes water appear in a green-blue color and plants as red.
The images show Interstate 69 near Humble, Texas, which is located northeast of Houston. Both cities are part of Harris County, one of the regions hardest-hit by flooding.
A swollen tributary of Lake Houston can be seen overtaking a bridge to the north. Nearby neighborhoods and businesses also appear swamped by floodwaters.
A spokesperson for Deimos Imaging told Business Insider in an email that flooding can be seen much more clearly in near-infrared compared to visible-light images.
"We hope to have better ones in the upcoming days," she said, noting the partial cloud cover.
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