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Dust storm off West Africa
Published January 5, 2005
Dust storms blowing out of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa are quite common, and from November to February every year are often driven by the harmattan winds. These winds interrupt the NE trade winds in the North African Atlantic, and often appear yellow from the dust they carry. This true-color Terra MODIS image from January 7, 2005, shows a large cloud of...
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Resuspended bottom sediments off Florida
The distinct and vibrant colors seen in this image of South Florida are caused by sedimentation. Runoff from the land surface carries eroded materials into the Gulf of Mexico; this is exacerbated by the flooding associated with hurricanes and other major storm events. The water here is very shallow by ocean standards...
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Freezing Great Lakes Region
The race is on to see which will freeze first: the northeastern offshoot of Lake Huron—Georgian Bay—or Lake Erie. These images of the five Great Lakes—(left to right) Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario—show ice beginning to build up around the shores of each of the lakes...
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Typhoon Kai-Tak approaching Vietnam
Typhoon Kai-Tak was approaching Vietnam when this image was captured on October 30, 2005. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 74 knots or 85 miles per hour (1 knot = 1.15 mph), making it a Category 1 typhoon. However, it was projected to lose strength...
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Southern Norway
The renowned fjords of Norway dominate this image acquired on October 17, 2005. Norway is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and Sweden to the East; it also shares borders with The Russian Federation and Finland in the North. Norway has a very long coastline...
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Breakup of B-15A iceberg in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
A series of images highlights depicts the breakup of a giant iceberg in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. The first image, seen when you first open this page, was acquired on October 27, 2005, before the breakup. If you place your mouse over the image,...
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Dust Storm in Australia
Plumes of greyish-tan dust streak across the Great Artesian Basin in this true-color Aqua MODIS image from February 2, 2005. Northern Territory, Queensland, and South Australia's deserts are painted in shades of salmon, brown, tan, green, and white under the veils, while bright...
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Snow over Northern Africa
Winter weather descended on Northern Africa on January 26 and 27, 2005, leaving parts of Algeria and Morroco white with snow. This rare storm—the worst in over 50 years—brought chaos to the roadways of the normally arid region. As the clouds began to move away on January 28, the Terra MODIS instrument captured these images of the snow. The top image shows the region in true color, as the human eye would see it. In this image...
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Volcanic haze from Sierra Negra Volcano, Galapagos Islands
Ash from eruptions of the Sierra Negra volcano obscures this image of the Galapagos Islands. The ash appears hazy, as opposed to the more solid-looking white and whitish-grey features (which are clouds). Sierra Negra is a shield volcano...
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Taklimakan Desert, Western China
The light tans of the Taklimakan Desert are bounded by the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas in this image of Western China. To the North is the snow-covered Tian Shan Mountain range and to the South are the rugged Kunlun Mountains. The lower left corner of the image is the Karakoram Mountain range...
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Dust Storm off Egypt
A dense plume of tan dust blows out of the Great Sand Sea of northeastern Libya and northwestern Egypt in this true-color Aqua MODIS image from February 28, 2005. The plume extends...
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Dust storm over the Yellow Sea
Dust obscures the emerald and gold waters of the Yellow Sea (Huang Hai) in this image of Eastern China. The Yellow Sea takes its name from the Yellow River, or Huang He, which in turn is named for the yellow silt that colors it. This silt is carried by the river from the Loess Plateau...
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