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Crack in the Petermann Glacier
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Published September 12, 2008
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of the rift on the Petermann Glacier on September 7, 2008. The rift, which appeared by 2001, is filled with thin ice and covered with snow.
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Cropland and Prairie, Cimarron County, Oklahoma
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Published August 20, 2008
In the second week of August 2008, the western Oklahoma Panhandle got just enough rain to ease the region’s drought status from “exceptional” to “extreme“ according to the U.S. Drought Monitor report from August 12. The scattered August rains may be responsible for some of the vegetation patterns recorded by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite in this image from August 14, 2008.
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Kasatochi, Aleutian Islands
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Published August 16, 2008
Tiny Kasatochi Volcano created a big mess in August 2008, spewing ash and sulfur dioxide over the Aleutian Islands.
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Dolly Floods Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge
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Published August 7, 2008
Hurricane Dolly caused flooding in southernmost Texas when it came ashore over the southern end of South Padre Island and Laguna Madre on July 23, 2008. This pair of false-color images of the area from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite is a before-and-after comparison of the area northeast of the town of Rio Hondo, Texas.
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