Figure 6. Combined SPOT + TK-350 image for the Kursk 
test site (only a black-and-white copy is presented here). 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
The financial support of the Netherlands Organization for 
Scientific Research (NWO) is gratefully acknowledged. 
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