Photo shows San Francisco's Millennium Tower sinking from space

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Tuesday, November 29, 2016
The image provided by the ESA on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, shows the Millennium Tower in San Francisco on the base of modified Copernicus Sentinel satellite data.
The image provided by the ESA on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, shows the Millennium Tower in San Francisco on the base of modified Copernicus Sentinel satellite data.
ESA SEOM INSARAP study/ESA via AP

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The European Space Agency released photos that show San Francisco's Millennium Tower sinking from space.

The 58-story building has sunk 16 inches since it opened in 2009.

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Photos show that building with red dots, which represent the tilt.

The satellite data shows the tower sunk 1.6 to 1.8 inches over a recent one-year period.

Two homeowners and the city have filed lawsuits claiming the developer knew the building was sinking.

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