I remember someone posting that picture here on FR about the time this article was published.
Breathtaking, to say the least
“It is an aerial view of the border delineating Haiti and the Dominican Republic; on one side are parched “bare-skinned” mountains and on the other a blanket of verdant forest. This now infamous aerial photograph of the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic appeared in National Geographic in 1987.”
This was decades before the earthquake excuse presented itself; incredible.