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28 September 2009. Add seven photos following.

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The overall view of the Iranian site. The mountain under which the site is built is to the lower right of the image. (Credit: GeoEye satellite image/IHS Jane's analysis)

September 27, 2009 12:34 PM PDT

GeoEye gives look at Iranian nuclear site

by Stephen Shankland

Satellite imagery company GeoEye has released a photo of what it says is the controversial and underground Iranian uranium enrichment site that came to light last week.

The photo, taken Saturday, shows the facility at a military site about 20 miles north-northeast of Qum and 100 miles southwest of Tehran, GeoEye said. An analysis of the photo by IHS Jane's, a defense intelligence consulting firm, said the facility has a primary and several auxiliary entrances, ventilation shafts, a surface-to-air missile site, and quarry and construction equipment.

See the shots below for a view of what the companies say are the main and auxiliary entrances, the ventilation shafts, and an overall view.

The GeoEye-1 satellite took the photo while traveling north 423 miles above the Earth at 4 miles per second relative to the surface of the Earth. The satellite also supplies imagery for Google Maps and Google Earth.

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At lower left in this shot is the main entrance to the facility; near it and to the upper right are two auxiliary access areas, according to an interpretation of the photo by IHS Jane's. (Credit: GeoEye satellite image/IHS Jane's analysis)

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This view shows what IHS Jane's says are ventilation shafts and a possible auxiliary exit from the nuclear site. (Credit: GeoEye satellite image/IHS Jane's analysis)

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In this photo released by the Iranian semi-official Fars News Agency, Revolutionary Guard's Zelzal short-range missiles are prepared to be test-launched in a drill near the city of Qom, 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. Iran said it successfully test-fired short-range missiles during military drills Sunday by the elite Revolutionary Guard, a show of force days after the U.S. warned Tehran over a newly revealed underground nuclear facility it was secretly constructing. AP

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In this photo released by the Iranian semi-official Mehr News Agency, Revolutionary Guard's Zelzal missile is launched in a drill near the city of Qom, 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of Tehran, Iran. Iran said it successfully test-fired short-range missiles during military drills Sunday by the elite Revolutionary Guard, a show of force days after the U.S. warned Tehran over a newly revealed underground nuclear facility it was secretly constructing. AP

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In this photo released by the Iranian semi-official Fars News Agency, Revolutionary Guard's Tondar missile is launched in a drill, Sunday Sept. 27, 2009, near the city of Qom, 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of Tehran, Iran. Iran said it successfully test-fired short-range missiles during military drills Sunday by the elite Revolutionary Guard, a show of force days after the U.S. warned Tehran over a newly revealed underground nuclear facility it was secretly constructing. AP

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In this photo released by the Iranian semi-official Mehr News Agency, Revolutionary Guard's Zelzal missile is launched in a drill, Sunday Sept. 27, 2009, near the city of Qom, 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of Tehran, Iran. Iran said it successfully test-fired short-range missiles during military drills Sunday by the elite Revolutionary Guard, a show of force days after the U.S. warned Tehran over a newly revealed underground nuclear facility it was secretly constructing. AP

26 September 2009. A sends ISIS imagery. Add Digital Globe/Getty images

26 September 2009. A2 sends a tunneling operation (same as the first set of coordinates below):

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.884195,50.997909&z=16&t=h&hl=en

Buildings cover the two tunnel entrances and tunneling spill is piled nearby. Between the two, higher up,
there appears to be remnant of a vertical shaft, often dug earlier to take rock samples and perhaps ventilation.
The shaft may also be used for emergency evacuation.

25 September 2009

This location of the recently disclosed second Iranian uranium enrichment centrifuge facility being built underground
is suggested by news reports of the facility "about 20 miles north of Qom," "on a mountaintop" and at "a former
missile facility." Thanks to A for pointing to the area and for suggesting alternative sites:

34°53'3.77"N, 50°59'50.96"E

34°54'20.03"N, 50°48'1.25"E

The latter coordinates are close to the site below.

Corrections welcomed: cryptome[at]earthlink.net



Iran Second Uranium Enrichment Facility

Eyeball

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=qom,iran&sll=35.337604,50.951672&sspn=0.062105,0.137329&ie=UTF8&ll=34.944629,50.745163&spn=0.124811,0.274658&t=h&z=13

Red line shows perimeter security fence

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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=qom,iran&sll=35.337604,50.951672&sspn=0.062105,0.137329&ie=UTF8&ll=34.943472,50.762699&spn=0.0039,0.008583&t=h&z=18

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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=qom,iran&sll=35.337604,50.951672&sspn=0.062105,0.137329&ie=UTF8&ll=34.94039,50.734123&spn=0.003901,0.008583&t=h&z=18

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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=qom,iran&sll=35.337604,50.951672&sspn=0.062105,0.137329&ie=UTF8&ll=34.937122,50.734531&spn=0.003901,0.008583&t=h&z=18

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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=qom,iran&sll=35.337604,50.951672&sspn=0.062105,0.137329&ie=UTF8&ll=34.925204,50.784243&spn=0.003901,0.008583&t=h&z=18

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Alternative Site

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=34.894168,50.985274&spn=0.031222,0.068665&z=15

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Tunnel Entrances

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=34.884743,50.99721&spn=0.003903,0.008583&z=18

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Base Camp

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=34.902281,50.976133&spn=0.015609,0.034332&z=16

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ISIS Imagery

http://www.isis-online.org/publications/iran/Qom_Imagery_Brief_25Sept2009.pdf

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Digital Globe/Getty Images

http://tinyurl.com/ydedmt4

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QOM, IRAN - UNDATED: In this satellite image, received September 25, 2009 the rumored location of an Uranium enrichment plant is displayed, in Qom. Iran. According to reports this plant is not yet operational and has the facility for 3,000 centrifuges for uranium enrichment. The International Atomic Energy Agency were imformed by Iran of this plant but provided few other details. (Photo DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)

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QOM, IRAN - UNDATED: In this satellite image, received September 25, 2009 the rumored location of an Uranium enrichment plant is displayed, in Qom. Iran. According to reports this plant is not yet operational and has the facility for 3,000 centrifuges for uranium enrichment. The International Atomic Energy Agency were imformed by Iran of this plant but provided few other details. (Photo DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)