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Flooding in Brazil and Uruguay
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Published December 4, 2009
Acquired on December 1, and October 28, 2009, these false-color images show flood waters inundating land around two lagoons: Lagoa dos Patos and Lagoa Mirim.
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Harmful Bloom in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
Published December 3, 2009
Filaments of green scum swirl across the surface of Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán in this photo-like image taken by NASA’s EO-1 satellite on November 27, 2009.
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Ash plume from Ambrym Volcano, Vanuatu
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Erg Iabes, Algeria
This natural-color image from the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus sensor on the Landsat 7 satellite shows the emptiness of the Erg Iabès in western Algeria’s Adrar province.
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Esperanza Fire, California
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Published December 2, 2009
A Landsat 5 image of the Esperanza Fire in San Bernardino National Forest acquired on Oct. 26, 2006. The fire caused a huge smoke plume; here it can be seen reaching roughly 3.3 miles into the sky. The large image is a natural-color composite and the small inset is a false-color composite. The active fire fronts in the false-color image appear bright yellow.
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Dubai, UAE
Southern Dubai in 1973 and in 2006. The famous manmade Palm Islands are easily discernible on the Landsat 7 2006 image.
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Tropical Storm Nida
Acquired December 2, 2009, this true-color image shows Nida, now weakened to a tropical storm. The storm lacks a distinct eye, but does extend long tendrils toward the southwest.
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Drygalski Ice Tongue
The 20-kilometer wide floating slab, known as the Drygalski Ice Tongue, is being pushed into McMurdo Sound, fed by the David Glacier in East Antarctica. Although the sea eats away its ragged sides, the Tongue continues to grow. Drygalski’s 10-kilometer growth over those 14 years is shown in this picture (red line = Tongue in 2002, blue line = Tongue in 1988), and is one measure of how fast some of the Antarctic ice sheet is moving into the sea.
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Haze along the Himalaya
White-gray haze covers the Ganges Plain of northern India in this true-color image from December 2, 2009.
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Death Valley, California
A Landsat 7 image of Death Valley.
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Dust over Southeast Australia
A tan plume of dust swept over southeastern Australia on November 29, 2009.
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Soufriere Hills Volcano Resumes Activity
Published December 1, 2009
Activity at Montserrat’s Soufriére Hills Volcano continues to ebb and flow; a new eruption of ash occurred in late November 2009.
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