On June 3, 2007 a massive mudslide has destroyed a part of Eurasia's only geyser valley in the remote Kamchatka peninsular in Russia's Far East. About one half of geysers are now buried under the mudslide and new lake formed by the dammed river. Estimated volume of the mudslide is several dozens of millions of cubic meters. Length is about 2 km, maximal height 60 m.



BBC text:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6723567.stm

CCTV video:
http://www.cctv.com/video/worldwidewatch/2007/06/worldwidewatch_128_20070605_1.shtml

WWF photos (see the bottom of the page):
http://wiki.web.ru/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%...%80%D0%BE%D0%B2

Photos of Igor Shpilenok:
http://www.shpilenok.com/new/index.htm

Description with photos and maps:
http://spanishflyer.livejournal.com/7519.html

There is an urgent need for high resolution satellite image data for this area before disaster.

Any ideas where to get it?
Any chance to add it to Google Earth soon?

Thanks for the help.

Dr. Andrei Leonov
spanishflyer@gmail.com