Photos of Haiti Before and After the Earthquake

A false-color image of Haiti shows the fault that caused the earthquake as a straight line through the mountains, highlighted here with red arrows. The data for this image is ten years old – it was recorded by a radar array on the space shuttle Endeavour in February 2000. Scientists have known for decades that stress was building along the Plantain Garden fault that passes just a few miles south of Port-au-Prince. (NASA/JPL)