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Rising Water along the Ganga River
Published August 31, 2011
Acquired August 30, 2011, and June 23, 2011, these false-color images show changes to part of the Ganga, or Ganges, River.
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Flooding in North Carolina after Hurricane Irene
Published August 30, 2011
Acquired August 28, 2011, and August 16, 2011, these false-color images compare conditions in North Carolina before and after Hurricane Irene flooded parts of the state.
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Hurricane Irene Dampens Great Dismal Swamp Fire
Published August 29, 2011
These detailed images from August 15 show a large, hard-to-access wildfire burning in Virginia’s Great Dismal Swamp. Firefighters hoped that rain from Hurricane Irene would slow the fire.
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Flooding along the Mekong River
Acquired August 24, 2011, and August 26, 2010, these false-color images compare conditions in Cambodia. Flooding occurred along the Mekong River, Tônlé Sab, and around Phnum Penh in 2011.
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Flooding in Nigeria
Published August 27, 2011
Acquired August 21, 2011, and July 18, 2011, these false-color images compare conditions in northeastern Nigeria, which experienced severe flooding in August.
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Flooding in the Missouri Basin
Published August 23, 2011
Acquired August 17, 2011, and August 1, 2011, these false-color images document the slow retreat of flood waters along the Missouri River near Blair, Nebraska.
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Flooding in India and Bangladesh
Published August 21, 2011
Acquired August 20, 2011, and May 28, 2011, these natural-color images compare conditions along the Brahmaputra River.
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Runoff Raises Lake Powell
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Published August 12, 2011
Surging with fresh water from heavy winter snow melt, Lake Powell rose significantly in the summer of 2011 after many years of low levels.
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Winter and Summer in the Tarim Basin
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Published August 10, 2011
Acquired January 26, 2011, and August 6, 2011, these images compare conditions in China’s Tarim Basin in winter and summer.
Lingering Floods in Eastern Nebraska
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Published August 5, 2011
Accessed August 1, 2011, these images provide false- and natural-color views of lingering floods along the Missouri River around Blair, Nebraska.
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Tsunami flooding near Sendai, Japan
Published March 13, 2011
Skies over northeastern Japan were entirely cloud-free on March 13, 2011, providing a clear view of tsunami flooding along the coastline.
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Dallas
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Published February 7, 2010
This pair of images shows explosively growing suburbs—“boomburbs”—north of Dallas, Texas.
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