Sometimes inequality is as clear as lines on a map. 🌎
For today’s gallery, we collaborated with Planet to highlight a few of the places on Earth where the effects of disparity are so potent that they’re imprinted into Earth’s landscape. Check out the full story here:
https://medium.com/@planetsnapshots/issue-82-inequality-8642261cf31b
Images included here include:
1. Caracas, Venezuela - Densely packed barrios surround the greenery-filled apartments in the Palo Verde neighborhood.
2. Monaco - Luxury super-yachts in Port Hercule, Monaco.
3. Atherton, CA vs. Redwood City, CA - Greenery is a reflection of wealth and home prices.
4. La Paz, Bolivia - Gated suburbs collect in the low-elevation parts of the city, while poorer neighborhoods cling to the hills above.
5. A side-by-side comparison of Medina, Washington, U.S.A and Imbaba, Giza, Egypt, with roughly the same area shown.
All imagery captured by Planet SkySat