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La Brea Fire
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Published August 13, 2009
Smoke from the La Brea Fire spills out over the Santa Barbara Channel in this natural-color image from August 12, 2009.
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Wildfire at Okanagan Lake, British Columbia
A large burned area that is part of the Terrace Mountain Fire near Okanagan Lake is visible beneath patchy clouds in this natural-color iamge from August 9, 2009.
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Drought on the Canadian Prairie
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All vegetation—crops and natural vegetation—on Canada’s central prairie was growing less than average, as indicated by the predominant shade of brown in these vegetation index images from July 2009.
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Fires in southern California
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Hurricane Guillermo (10E) in the eastern Pacific Ocean
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Fresh Craters on the Moon and Earth
Throughout their histories, both the Moon and Earth have been bombarded by meteorites and asteroids, which often leave behind dramatic impact craters.
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Smoke from Fires in Russia and Alaska
Published August 12, 2009
This false-color image shows where airborne particles absorbed sunlight over the Arctic on August 1-2, 2009. The aerosols resulted from multiple large fires in the region.
Drought in Texas
Most of Texas is brown in this vegetation index image, revealing the negative impact drought had on plants in August 2009.
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Burn Scars Near Confluence of Yukon and Tanana Rivers, Alaska
Published August 11, 2009
Rainy weather moderated fire activity in interior Alaska, and when the clouds cleared on August 9, 2009, several large burn scars were visible.
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Inverness, Scotland
A Landsat 7 pan image of Inverness, Scotland acquired on July 17, 2000.
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Slow-Moving Typhoon Morakot Inundates Taiwan
A bull’s eye of heavy rain from Typhoon Morakot engulfs southern Taiwan in this rainfall accumulation image spanning August 3 to 9, 2009.
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Plume from Bagana
Published August 10, 2009
Acquired August 9, 2009, this true-color image shows a faint plume from Bagana Volcano on the island of Bougainville blowing toward the northeast, over the Pacific Ocean.
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