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Suez, March 2021: ship freed. Queue gone?. Does reopening the canal also clear the waiting ships? Follow the dated images.

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First, locate the scene. This is the northern Gulf of Suez. The coastline anchors both views to the same place.

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First clue: small marks on the water. Compare the same water area across the moving divider. More ship-shaped traces appear on the 27 March side.

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What can this image not count?. Clouds and tiny marks limit counting. We do not derive a reliable total number of ships here.

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A second record: lights at night. Now switch to night lights. This sensor records light, not a ship’s name.

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Separate coastal lights from lights at sea. Bright areas on land are cities. Scattered points within the gulf form a different pattern.

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27 March: accumulation in both records. Daytime ship traces and night lights support the same interpretation: vessels have accumulated.

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29 March notice: read beyond the headline. The authority’s notice also describes remaining manoeuvres. Its headline does not say all traffic has passed.

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The 29 March record still shows lights at sea. Compare the points inside the gulf. Accumulation is still visible in the record from reopening day.

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The same date does not mean the same time. Do not read these records as hourly traffic tracking. We have not identified every light as a vessel.

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Finding: reopening and recovery are different stages. NASA’s image analysis and dated accounts support a queue that did not disappear all at once.

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Limit: visible traces, not identities or a full count. CSINT compared dates and matching areas. NASA processed the satellite data. Original sources accompany the article.