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Dust storm in Iraq
Published January 25, 2006
A large dust storm was blowing over and obscuring the Tigris and Euphrates rivers when this image was acquired on January 21, 2006. Both rivers originate in Turkey and flow through Syria (the country in the upper left corner of the image) into Iraq; the Tigris is on the right (East) side of the image. A large reservoir...
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North-central Africa
Published January 24, 2006
A series of images shows the extent of vegetation in North-central Africa, including the countries of Nigeria (bottom left), Cameroon (bottom center), Chad (bottom right and right), Niger (left), Algeria (top left), and Libya (top). The dark green patch towards the bottom of the image is Lake Chad. The first image, when you first open the page...
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Drought on the Serengeti Plain
Published January 23, 2006
Widespread drought in eastern Africa has withered the grass and other vegetation of northern Tanzania’s famous Serengeti Plain in January 2006. The rainy season should have begun around October (2005), but so far, has failed to arrive. According to some news reports...
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The Snow-capped Rockies
Published January 22, 2006
The dendritic (tree-like) pattern shown in this image of the Rocky Mountains gives clues about the underlying geology and topography of the region. The linear features are stream channels, where precipitation has struck the ground and flowed downhill. If a small amount of precipitation strikes a level...
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Cyprus and the Middle East
Published January 21, 2006
The countries of Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, as well as the island of Cyprus are featured in this image of the Middle East acquired on January 16, 2006. The island of Cyprus is located south of Turkey and northwest of Lebanon in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is 225 kilometers (140 miles) across...
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Snow in New England
Published January 20, 2006
Melting snow from warm winter temperatures as well as additional rainfall have combined to create small, localized flooding events in the Hudson River valley. During the week of January 17, 2005, temperatures in the region soared to over 15 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit). According to the Associated Press, strong winds...
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Flooding in Western Australia
Published January 19, 2006
Though Cyclone Clare caused little damage when it initially came ashore over northwestern Australia on January 10, 2006, it triggered widespread flooding as it moved south across Western Australia. The floods forced the government to declare disaster areas in at least three communities in southwestern Australia. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite...
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Severe Cold in Southern Asia
Published January 18, 2006
The bitter cold of winter settled ferociously over the interior of Asia during the first week of 2006. A large mass of Siberian air swept as far south as India and as far east as Japan, enveloping much of Asia with uncommonly low temperatures. In many places, the cold weather was accompanied by crippling snow. Among the most severely affected were the...
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Gotland island in the Baltic Sea
Published January 17, 2006
Gotland, an island in the Baltic Sea, is located roughly in the center of this image. To the left (West) is Sweden, of which Gotland is a part. To the right (East) are the countries of Finland...
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Cape Town, South Africa
Published January 16, 2006
Cape Town and the far southwestern tip of South Africa are featured in this image acquired on January 12, 2006. The variety of colors and textures displayed here reveal a complex pattern of land cover and topography. The light tan colored patch at the bottom...
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Heavy Snows in Central Asia
Published January 15, 2006
On October 8, 2005, a large earthquake shook the mountainous Kashmir region near the border of Pakistan and India. Tens of thousands of people died, and many more were isolated in the mountains by damage to roads and bridges as well as by landslides. Heavy winter snowfall poses an additional threat...
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Fires in Southern United States
Published January 14, 2006
The combination of parched vegetation and gusty winds that caused dozens of devastating fires in New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma in the first week of 2006 has brought a similar fate to a wider area of the southern United States in the second week of January. Among the newly affected states is Arkansas. This image shows the southeast corner of the state, near the border with Louisiana. Two large fires were detected...
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