Baseline

Verifiable Visual Documentation of Our World

All images and videos were captured or imported, and verified with ProofMode. Unless otherwise noted, all content is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. All content below is preserved and published on IPFS and Filecoin using a multi-step, decentralized process that you can replicate with your own proof content.

Hurricane Otis (~3GB) - Acapulco, Mexico - November 2023

A special report from team member Fabiola, originally from Mexico, who returned to her home region to assist in relief efforts. On October 25th, 2023 the city of Acapulco, Mexico was hit by a Category 5 Hurricane named Otis. Otis was the strongest landfalling Pacific hurricane on record. Early reports and images from Acapulco showed catastrophic damage to structures, including many hotels and high-rise buildings, downed trees, severe flooding, and mudslides.

Cape Town 2023 (~20GB) - South Africa - 2023

Musician, Photographer, and Adventurer Roland Albertson documented the beautiful human and nature settings of Cape Town, South Africa, through the year of 2023.

Contributor: Roland Albertson

Indigenous Caravan - Mexico - 2023

CARAVANA AND INTERNATIONAL MEETING “EL SUR RESIST 2023.” The caravan left the Chiapas coast on April 25, toured the Isthmus of Tehuantepec from South to North, continued on the Yucatan peninsula, and ended with a meeting between all the organizations that attended the different events of the tour the day May 5 at CIDECI / Caracol Jacinto Canek in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas.

How to Access and Help Preserve

Above are links to the full “Proof Set” of our source eyewitness - original unmodified photos and videos along with ProofMode verifiable metadata. There are four methods of accessing them:

an interactive visual gallery
a browseable HTTPS link that provides access to view data and download proof pack zip files
an Interplanetary File System (IPFS) “immutable” content identifier link that can be accessed using any IPFS runtime or IPFS-capable web browser
an Interplanetary Name System (IPNS) pointer to this proof set that will remain the same, even if we update the proof set with more content

If you would like to help preserve a proof set, you can do so using the following ipfs pin command on your local computer or server with IPFS installed:

    > ipfs pin add <content id>

If you would like to download the entire proof set, you can use the following command:

    > ipfs get <content id>

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