US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence
29 Apr 2026, 21:12 GMT
Topic: NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Source URL: https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/us-indian-spacecraft-captures-mexico-city-subsidence/
Description A scientist produced this map of land subsidence (sinking) in Mexico City using data from the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission captured between Oct. 25, 2025, and Jan. 17, 2026. The region has been a well-known hot spot of subsidence for decades, and images like this help confirm that NISAR is performing as