{"id":30904,"date":"2019-05-07T05:55:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T05:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=30904"},"modified":"2019-05-07T05:55:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T05:55:51","slug":"bajo-llojeta-landslide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2019\/05\/07\/bajo-llojeta-landslide\/","title":{"rendered":"Bajo Llojeta landslide: a high resolution Planet Labs SkySat image"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bajo Llojeta landslide: a high resolution Planet Labs SkySat image<\/h4>\n

Last week I featured the remarkable and dramatic Bajo Llojeta landslide in La Paz, Bolivia, which destroyed many houses<\/a>.\u00a0 Planet Labs<\/a> have kindly tasked a SkySat satellite to collect a high resolution image.\u00a0 This was obtained on 4th May 2019:-<\/p>\n

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Planet Labs<\/a> SkySat image of the site of the Bajo Llojeta landslide in Bolivia. Image collected by Planet Labs<\/a> SkySat, used with permission. \u00a9 Planet Labs<\/a> 2019.<\/p><\/div>\n

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It is worth comparing this image with the Google Earth imagery of the site prior to the landslide.\u00a0 I have tried to capture the same area:-<\/p>\n

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Google Earth image of the site of the Bajo Llojeta landslide in Bolivia. Image collected by Digital Globe on 13th February 2013. \u00a9 Google Earth \/ Digital Globe 2019.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The image captures the\u00a0 scale of the landslide and the level of destruction to the buildings. The landslide is clearly an earthflow type event, with a retrogressive rotational back scarp, showing multiple phases of movement. The deposit on the road at the toe has been cleared away, and earth moving equipment can be seen on the southern edge of the landslide near to the toe. A substantial number of properties are at severe risk in the vicinity of the head scarp.<\/p>\n

An article on Los Tiempos indicates<\/a> that an additional 22 houses in the headscarp area will need to be demolished, in addition to the 68 homes lost in the Bajo Llojeta landslide.\u00a0 In total this affects at least 180 families<\/a> and 431 people.\u00a0 The local government has apparently promised to rehouse the affected people, and I very much hope that this will happen.\u00a0 In my experience such promises are often not delivered, unfortunately.<\/p>\n

Reference and acknowledgement<\/h4>\n

Planet Team (2019). Planet Application Program Interface: In Space for Life on Earth<\/a>. San Francisco, CA.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Robert Simmon for help in acquiring the SkySat image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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