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An unusually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria. (slrpnk.net)

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[–] rimu@piefed.social 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Ahh, so maybe on Google Maps that's just a copyright statement rather than really when the imagery was taken. So I'm looking at quite old information.

[–] LikeableLime@piefed.social 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

That may be correct, I always thought that was the date the imagery was taken, but I typically go to Earth first because you can easily scrub back and forth along the timeline. Interestingly, if you go back to the 2023 images you can see that 2024 was a big year for solar already. That pace continuing into 2025 and 2026 could definitely result in the area looking like the image in the OP. Wish we had location data from the original so we could see when and where it was taken as I'm super curious now. And its a slow day at work so I have time to dig around lol

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

There's this photo from the same location in a Aljazeera article on the area. Apparently they are the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods.

[–] LikeableLime@piefed.social 3 points 19 hours ago

Oh thank you, and that's from Jan this year. Haven't found the exact location yet but those neighborhoods are very close to where I was looking