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Go to topicThe IKONOS 1-metre resolution image, acquired on 14 August 2004, shows the Guba Clinic within Al Fashir, the capital of north Darfur state and distribution point for food and supplies. The image was made available to relief groups by the RESPOND GMES consortium.
(Copyrights - IKONOS data: Space Imaging 2004)