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Christoph Koettl
@ckoettl
@nytimes Visual Investigations journalist, with a weakness for satellite images. Austrian in NYC.
New York, NY
Joined October 2008
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    Breaking: Pentagon admits mistake in Kabul drone strike that killed aid worker and members of his family, confirming findings of the New York Times Visual investigation published last week
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    The words “children” were written in Russian in large white letters in front of & behind the theater that was destroyed in #Mariupol today. These were added around March 12. Video posted on March 10 shows theater packed with sheltering families. @maxar nytimes.com/live/2022/03/1…
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    Satellite image from today captures "We want democracy" on the streets of Mandalay, #Myanmar. 🛰️📷 via @maxar
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    Russian convoy heading towards #Kyiv is now stretched out over at least 17 miles, w breaks in between. 2-3 rows deep in some areas. 20miles north of Antonov Airport. Unclear if it will head straight for the city or join forces w other troops first. @maxar nytimes.com/live/2022/02/2…
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    The videos that came out of Bucha in April are impossible to forget: Dozens of bodies, some with their arms bound behind their backs, strewn along a single street. We set out to uncover who did it: Russia’s 234th Air Assault Regiment
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    Satellite images show large unit of Russian troops near #Kyiv. Hundreds of vehicles, around 40 miles NW of the capital. #Ukraine 🛰️📷@maxar nytimes.com/live/2022/02/2…
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    #Nigeria’s military used a speech by Donald Trump to justify shooting at protesters in October. We investigated what happened and uncovered that an elite battalion fired machine guns into a crowd of unarmed marchers. nyti.ms/2GwdKAW
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    The cargo ship #Rhosus brought 2,750 bags of ammonium nitrate to the port of #Beirut in 2013. I tracked what happened next. The story ends with a massive explosion — and a hidden ship. 🛰️📷 @maxar nytimes.com/2020/08/07/wor…
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    Where’s #KimJongUn? Experts told us about strategies to track #NorthKorea’s secretive leader. Hint: it involves looking at residences, motorcades, train stations, flights — and of course state broadcasts. nytimes.com/video/world/as…
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    We obtained exclusive footage to identify the last movements of Zemari Ahmadi, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in #Kabul. Running office errands & loading canisters of water into his car, the military might have misinterpreted his actions. ​
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    Damage to Kerch Strait Bridge seen in @Maxar satellite image
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    Replying to @ckoettl
    The convoy also seems to be visible in Sentinel-1 radar imagery, showing how it stretches beyond the extent of the optical image. Feb 16 vs. today. @sentinel_hub
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    One way to see the impact of the #coronavirus? Through satellite imagery. Here's what I found. #COVID19 nytimes.com/2020/03/04/wor…
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    This is a first look at the offshore platform in #Russia, which was likely involved in a nuclear explosion last Thursday. The incident is related to a suspected missile test. The platform is about 2.5 miles from the #Nenoksa missile test range. @maxar
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