This one-meter resolution, satellite image of the Bushehr Reactor, Iran was collected by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite at approximately 10:30 a.m. on March 1, 2001. The image shows the Iranian Nuclear facility located approximately 17 kilometers south of the city of Bushehr. The reactor complex occupies a 2.5 Square Kilometer site area, which includes assembly halls, a concrete channel for cooling water that runs from the reactors to the Gulf, and a the harbor which supports loading and unloading of foreign materials needed for construction and reactor operation. There are two reactor buildings at Bushehr, one is in an advanced stage of completion while the other has remained dormant for some time

Credit: Space Imaging