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The Ever Given, a 1,312-foot cargo ship, has been stuck in the Suez Canal since Tuesday, causing a traffic jam on either side of one of the world’s most active waterways.
By one estimate, it’s costing the global economy about $400 million in losses per hour. Officials in Egypt said it could take days or even weeks to dislodge the ship, giving satellites plenty of time to snap photos showing the massive scale of the ship.
Suez Canal Authority via AP
Backing away from the Ever Given, we can get a better sense of the size of the 1,312-foot Panama-flagged cargo ship.
Mohamed Elshahed/AP Photo
Now let’s jump up to a satellite, which captured this picture of the 224,000-tonne ship blocking the canal.
BlackSky via REUTERS
Here’s another satellite image of the ship, which can hold about 20,000 shipping containers.
European Space Agency Copernicus Sentinel-2 Satellite Image via Maxar Technologies via Reuters
Zooming out a bit, we can see more of the canal, which is mostly empty. The Mediterranean Sea is to the north, toward the upper right-hand corner of this image.
CNES/Airbus DS via Reuters
Zooming out farther adds more context. Below, we can see other cargo ships idling in the Red Sea to the south.
Roscosmos via Reuters
Here’s another satellite view without all the clutter. Those tiny colored lines are ships idling in Red Sea, waiting to pass through the canal. We can just make out the Ever Given in the upper left-hand corner.
Planet Labs Inc. via Reuters
Zoomed out even farther, we can barely see the Ever Given, which is among the largest cargo ships in the world.
European Space Agency Copernicus Sentinel-2 Satellite Image via Maxar Technologies via Reuters
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