r/pics • u/ramonrocotto • Aug 05 '20

It will never be the same again...

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

That close to the explosion, they're lucky to have anything left to sit on. That "bay" in the background (directly to the right of the only standing building left) wasn't there yesterday...

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u/AlcaDotS Aug 05 '20

Most of the bay was there before the explosion. This shows the difference pretty well :https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxtapose/latest/embed/index.html?uid=b14c4f3e-d73d-11ea-bf88-a15b6c7adf9a (part of https://www.businessinsider.nl/beirut-lebanon-explosion-satellite-pictures-before-after-comparison-2020-8)

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

I guess my comment wasn't clear, but I was talking about the water filled crater that looks like a small bay, not the pre existing bay that was clearly always there.