The twomassive earthquakes that rocked Southern California last week, not only damaged roads and sparked fires, but also left a fissure in the Earth so large it could be seen from space.
Planet Labs Inc. captured before and after satellite photos on July 4 and 6 that show a rupture in the Earth's surface near the epicenter of Friday's 7.1 magnitude quake, which was 11 miles north-northeast of Ridgecrest, California.