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Fires in Victoria, Australia
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Published January 23, 2006
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Fires in Western Australia
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Drought on the Serengeti Plain
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Widespread drought in eastern Africa has withered the grass and other vegetation of northern Tanzania’s famous Serengeti Plain in January 2006. The rainy season should have begun around October (2005), but so far, has failed to arrive. According to some news reports...
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Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
Ciudad Guayana lies on the south bank of the Orinoco River, the second largest in South America, at its confluence with the Caroní River (lower left). Islands have developed in the Orinoco in a wide spot opposite the city (upper left). A low barrage (lower left) dams the Caroní as a water supply for the city. The Orinoco River is a muddy brown, carrying sediment produced by erosion of the Andes Mountains far to the southwest. By contrast, the Caroní is clear blue, as it drains the ancient landscapes of the Guyana Highlands, where erosion is much slower. As at the famous confluence of the muddy Amazon and clear Negro rivers in Amazonia, a mixing zone can be seen in the middle of this image. The clear Caroní water produces a less muddy zone for tens of kilometers downstream of the confluence (this part of the Orinoco flows almost due east, left to right).
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The Snow-capped Rockies
Published January 22, 2006
The dendritic (tree-like) pattern shown in this image of the Rocky Mountains gives clues about the underlying geology and topography of the region. The linear features are stream channels, where precipitation has struck the ground and flowed downhill. If a small amount of precipitation strikes a level...
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Bath, England
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Dust storm in Iraq
Published January 21, 2006
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Cyprus and the Middle East
The countries of Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, as well as the island of Cyprus are featured in this image of the Middle East acquired on January 16, 2006. The island of Cyprus is located south of Turkey and northwest of Lebanon in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is 225 kilometers (140 miles) across...
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Widespread drought in eastern Africa has withered the grass and other vegetation of northern Tanzania's famous Serengeti Plain in January 2006.
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Snow in New England
Published January 20, 2006
Melting snow from warm winter temperatures as well as additional rainfall have combined to create small, localized flooding events in the Hudson River valley. During the week of January 17, 2005, temperatures in the region soared to over 15 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit). According to the Associated Press, strong winds...
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Retreat of the Helheim Glacier, Greenland