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Europe and Pacific Northwest Face Record Heat

High-pressure ridges over the oceans drive warm-weather systems over the continents.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Europe and Pacific Northwest Face Record Heat.

NASA Earth Observatory images created by Jesse Allen, using Land Surface Data from the MODIS Science Team. Caption by Michael Carlowicz.

Published July 12, 2015
Data acquired June 30 - July 9, 2015