The two
massive earthquakes that rocked Southern California last week, not only damaged roads and sparked fires, but also left a fissure in the Earth so large it could be seen from space. Planet Labs Inc. captured before and after satellite photos on July 4
and 6 that show a rupture in the Earth's surface near the epicenter
of Friday's 7.1 magnitude quake, which was 11 miles north-northeast of
Ridgecrest, California. The photos were shared on Twitter by Will
Marshal, CEO of the San Francisco-based Earth imaging company. The crack, which stretches through the Mojave Desert and across a highway, has become somewhat of a local attraction,
The San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The rupture was initially about two inches wide and eventually
becomes deep enough for brave spectators to reach their limbs inside,
according to the Chronicle. Friday's quake, which followed Thursday's 6.4 magnitude earthquake,
occurred along a series of small faults unrelated to the San Andreas
Fault, a 750-mile fault line running almost the entire length of
California. They were the strongest to hit the state in two decades...
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