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Smog Layer Over Upstate New York
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Published December 10, 2000
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Smoky Air over North Carolina and Virginia
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Published November 18, 2000
This photograph taken from the Space Shuttle Discovery was taken at a slightly oblique look angle to better view air pollution and other atmospheric features. The photograph was taken with the Shuttle in a position over the Atlantic Ocean looking back toward the North Carolina and Virginia coast. On October 23, 2000, high pressure centered over the northeastern U.S. had created a capping inversion for aerosols. Forest fire smoke and industrial air pollution accumulated under the inversion. The inversion pattern is stronger inland, and the aerosols are being banked against the Piedmont. Relatively clear air is flowing from the ocean over the Carolina coastal plain. Small smoke plumes from individual fires can also be seen on the ground stretching from central Virginia to Raleigh, NC.
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3-D Perspective View, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
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Published March 14, 2000
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Perspective view, Landsat overlay San Andreas Fault, Palmdale, California
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Published February 21, 2000
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Stereo Pair: Wellington, New Zealand
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Published February 20, 2000
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Radar Image, Hokkaido, Japan
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Published February 17, 2000
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Perspective View, San Andreas Fault
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Published February 16, 2000