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Drought in New Zealand
Published April 26, 2013
Lush green landscapes in New Zealand’s North Island took on a browner hue in summer 2013, as the area contended with one of the worst droughts in decades.
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Flood Waters along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers
Published April 24, 2013
Acquired April 5 and 20, these images compare conditions along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, where flooding struck in the spring of 2013.
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Flooding in Michigan
Published April 23, 2013
Acquired April 5 and 21, 2013, these images compare conditions between Lake Michigan and Saginaw Bay.
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Best and Worst Time to Start a Fire
Published April 12, 2013
Land managers in the Kimberley region of Australia set low-intensity, controlled fires early in the dry season to protect from destructive blazes later in the year.
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Dust Plumes over the Mediterranean Sea
Published April 9, 2013
Acquired April 7 and 8, 2013, these images show dust plumes over the Mediterranean Sea.
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Ice on the Caspian Sea
Published March 30, 2013
Multiple factors likely contribute to the formation of ice on the northern Caspian Sea.
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Fires in Southeast Asia
Published March 28, 2013
At the end of the dry season, fires are lit throughout agricultural and residential landscapes in Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand. Smoke is usually thickest in March and April.
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Dust Storm on the Arabian Peninsula
Published March 27, 2013
An atmospheric disturbance in March 2013 picked up sand in several parts of the Middle East.
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Clouds over the Southern Indian Ocean
Published March 19, 2013
Marine stratocumulus clouds and an atmospheric eddy could be seen over the southern Indian Ocean in early March 2013.
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Dust in Eastern China
Published March 15, 2013
The dust that arose along the China-Mongolia border had blown over the coastal plain of eastern China by March 14, 2013.
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Catalina Eddy
Published March 10, 2013
Off the Southern California coast, the interaction of winds, weather systems, and coastal topography create atmospheric vortices and eddies.
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Flooding along the De Grey River
Published March 5, 2013
Tropical Cyclone Rusty left flood conditions along the coast of northwestern Australia in early March 2013.
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