Disaster · Before and after

Altadena, Los Angeles (Eaton fire)

Two dated satellite photos of the same spot, 16 Apr 2024 and 5 Sep 2025. Open them in GeoWhisperer to swipe between them, check the pair and read what changed.

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What changed

Major change. Widespread removal of residential structures and tree canopy across almost the entire area, leaving bare brown ground, foundation footprints, and open lots.

• Square A1high confidence
  Residential houses and dense tree canopy no longer visible, replaced by bare ground
  Before: Dense green tree canopy covering numerous residential houses with visible roofs After: Bare brown ground and open lots with missing structures and tree canopy
• Square A2high confidence
  Structures and green vegetation removed, leaving bare ground
  Before: Residential buildings surrounded by green trees along streets After: Cleared brown lots and missing vegetation around street layout
• Square A3high confidence
  Neighborhood trees and houses missing, revealing cleared earth
  Before: Houses and dense green trees on residential lots After: Bare brown soil and empty building footprints
• Square B1high confidence
  Residential structures and vegetation gone across the neighborhood
  Before: Streets lined with houses, mature trees, and foliage After: Exposed ground lots with trees and houses no longer visible
• Square B3high confidence
  Vegetation and buildings cleared to bare ground
  Before: Multiple structures and abundant green trees around roads After: Large patches of bare brown soil where buildings and trees were
• Square C1high confidence
  Residential blocks and trees removed, leaving bare ground and foundations
  Before: Apartment complexes, residential buildings, trees, and pools After: Cleared brown lots with foundation outlines on bare ground
• Square C2high confidence
  Residential lots cleared of trees and structures
  Before: Residential and commercial structures intermixed with trees After: Cleared brown ground where residential buildings and foliage stood
• Square C3high confidence
  Entire residential area cleared of homes and trees
  Before: Grid of residential streets lined with trees and houses After: Bare brown earth and empty lots along street grid

The square is split into nine numbered squares, A1 to C3. The changes above sit in A1, A2, A3, B1, B3, C1, C2, C3.

Differences that are not changes

Things that look different in the two photos but do not mean anything changed on the ground:

• Square B2: Road network alignment looks constant despite surrounding loss of trees. Not counted: other: main road intersection remains intact and unchanged.

The photos

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Check it yourself

• This spot on OpenStreetMap
• Sentinel Hub EO Browser, free satellite archive
• Every dated photo of this spot in the Esri archive

The reading above was produced by GeoWhisperer from these two photos and nothing else. It describes what is visible, never why it happened or who did it, and it can miss things or misread shadows, season and viewing angle. Check every line by eye with the slider in the tool. Another OSINT tool by Henk van Ess, www.digitaldigging.org.

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