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Icebergs in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
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Published January 5, 2005
Summer is drawing to a close in Antarctica, and sea ice that was never released into the Ross Sea because of being blocked by the B-15A iceberg will have to wait until next summer for a chance at escape. This true-color Terra MODIS image from March 12, 2005 shows McMurdo Sound clogged by broken...
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Fog in the Rockies Valleys and Washington
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A series of images show the fog in the Rockies Valleys and the state of Washington. The first image, seen when you first open this page, is a “true color” composite. If you place your mouse over the image...
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Cloud streets in Hudson Bay
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The striking patterns visible in this image are called “cloud streets”. Cloud streets are a regular feature of the middle and high latitudes; these are located within the Hudson Bay in Canada. Cloud streets form...
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Fires in Northern Baja California
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Soldiers from the Mexican army join firefighters in combating two brush fires in Northern Baja California.
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Ash Plume from Soufriere Hills, Montserrat
The Soufriere Hills Volcano on Montserrat continued to produce a plume of ash on November 19, 2005. In this image, a thin plume of volcanic ash drifts westward from the volcano; red lines outline the volcano´s summit. The volcanic ash appears as a lighter...
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Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, called the land of glaciers and volcanoes, is home to two erupting volcanoes: Klyuchevskaya and Shiveluch. Both are on the central eastern side of the peninsula, with Shiveluch to the north, and Klyuchevskaya to the south. This pair of MODIS images - true-color on top and false-color rollover - show the entire peninsula...
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Tropical Cyclone Ingrid
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Tropical Cyclone Ingrid is slowing inching its way west-southwest over the Coral Sea towards Queensland, Australia. The storm developed into a cyclone early on March 6, 2005, and quickly intensified into a massive Category 4 storm within eight hours. On March 7, when the Terra MODIS instrument captured this image, the storm had winds of 121 knots (140 mph)...
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Typhoon Bolaven approaching the Philippines
Typhoon Bolaven was approaching the Philippines when this image was acquired on November 18, 2005. At that time, it was projected to strike the coastline on November 19, 2005. The storm is currently a relatively weak...
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Tasmania
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The vibrant greens in this image depict the forests of Tasmania. The island is a part of Australia, located some 240 kilometers (150 miles) off of its extreme Southeastern tip. Tasmania is fairly large, measuring about 68,000 square kilometers (26,000 miles). Over a third of the island is maintained...
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Dust Storm over Libya and Egypt
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A thin sheet of dust blew northeastward from deserts in northern Africa and out across the Mediterranean Sea (upper right) on March 1, 2005. The orange-colored sands of eastern Algeria are thickly veiled with light-colored dust, which thins as it spreads more widely over Tunisia and Libya. The dust weaves both under and over clouds in different places...
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Cyclone Percy
Cyclone Percy continued its rampage across the South Pacific on March 1, 2005, after battering the Northern Cook Islands with its powerful 260-kilometer-per-hour wind gusts. This Aqua MODIS image, acquired at 2:40 a.m. local time on February 28 (00:40 UTC on March 1), shows that the storm now has a clearly defined eye. When the image was taken, Percy had...
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Dust storm off Alaska
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A massive dust storm of glacial sediments swept off the coast of Alaska on November 5, 2005; this image captured the storm as it dispersed over the Gulf of Alaska. Dust appears as a pale beige plume, standing out from both the snowy landscape and ocean water underneath it. The plume comes from the...
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