The AdvancedLandImager (ALI) on NASA’s EarthObserving-1 (EO-1) satellitecapturedthis natural-color image of Persepolisandthe surroundingregionon January5, 2004.
In January2004 it confessed to the problem, eventually slicing 4.5 billion barrels of oil-and-gas equivalents off proved reserves, which now stand at 11.5 billion barrels.