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Smoke and Fires in Southeast Asia
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Published January 5, 2005
Scores of fires clog the sky above Bangladesh, east India, and Myanmar with thick white clouds of smoke. The green forests and plains of southeast Asia support the livelihoods of millions of the region's residents, often in the form of agricultural pursuits. One of the chief methods of ground-clearing for spring planting is fire...
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Growing Ice in the Ross Sea
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Falling temperatures in the Southern Hemisphere mean growing ice in Antactica's Ross Sea, as shown in this true-color Aqua MODIS image from March 21, 2005. Sea ice continues to be blocked in McMurdo Sound by the B-15A iceberg, while the ice...
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Atmospheric gravity waves between Indonesia and Australia
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When the Sun reflects off the surface of the ocean at the same angle that a satellite sensor is viewing the surface, a phenomenon called sunglint occurs. In the affected area of the image, smooth ocean water becomes a silvery mirror, while rougher surface waters appear dark. Sometimes the sunglint region...
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Fires in the Dominican Republic and Haiti
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Smoke pours from fires burning in the Dominican Republic in this Aqua MODIS image taken on March 18, 2005. MODIS detected several fires, which have been marked with red squares, but the most intense are burning in the center of the island. The majority of the fires set on the island are probably agricultural fires set...
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Dust storm in Taklimakan Desert, Western China
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A massive dust storm rages across the Taklimakan Desert in this image of Western China. The Taklimakan is bounded by the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas: to the North by the snow-covered Tian Shan Mountain range and to the South by the rugged Kunlun Mountains. The lower left corner of the image...
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Cloud vortices off Guadalupe Island, near Baja California
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Cloud vortices- the striking patterns seen in this image- are produced by the flow of air in the atmosphere. Clouds are made up of many small droplets of water or ice crystals, formed around what is called a condensation nucleus: a small particle of dust, ash, or smoke. They reflect all visible wavelengths of sunlight...
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Hurricane Epsilon in the North Atlantic
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Hurricane Epsilon was gathering strength when this image was acquired on December 4, 2005. In the early morning hours of December 5, it was located about 950 kilometers (590 miles) West-Southwest of the Azores. The storm´s maximum sustained winds had reached...
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Dust Storm in Western Africa
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A river of pale tan dust sweeps out of northern Africa's deserts and out over the Atlantic Ocean in this true-color Aqua MODIS image from February 12, 2005. Dust storms of this magnitude are common in this part of the world; the lack of extensive vegetation in northern Africa's deserts...
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Haze in northern Italy
A grey veil of haze covers the Po River Valley of northern Italy and stretches out over the Adriatic Sea in this true-color Terra MODIS image from March 17, 2005. The snow-capped Alps to the north help to restrict air flow between northern Italy and the rest of continental Europe, meaning that air pollution in the northern part of the country often...
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Tropical Cyclone Baaz approaching India and Sri Lanka
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ropical Cyclone Baaz was approaching the coast of India and the island of Sri Lanka when this image was acquired on November 29, 2005. As of early morning on December 1, it was moving at a speed of 2 knots or 2.3 miles per hour (1 knot = 1.15 mph) due West. The storm had a maximum sustained wind speed...
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Ash Plume from Kamchatka
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Russia´s Shiveluch and Klyuchevskaya Volcanoes continue to change to erupt and paint their flanks with grey ash, as shown in this set of images from the Terra MODIS instrument acquired on March 17, 2005. Of the two, Shiveluch (near center) has been producing the most ash and smoke, yet in this image it is Klyuvechskaya (lower left) that is producing...
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Eruption of Karthala Volcano
The air around Grand Comore Island is thick with gases and particles from the eruption of the Karthala Volcano. The island is located in the Eastern Indian Ocean, Northwest of Madagascar and East of the coastlines of Tanzania and Mozambique. It is a part of the Union of the Comoros...
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