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Phytoplankton Bloom in the Great Barrier Reef
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Published August 20, 2011
“The Sea in many places is here cover’d with a kind of a brown scum,” observed Captain Cook of the Coral Sea near Australia. Aqua MODIS made the same observation on August 9, 2011.
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Phytoplankton bloom off New York and New Jersey
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Puyehue-Cordón Caulle
Published August 19, 2011
Ash cloud and fresh lava flow near Puyehue Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex, Chile.
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Eruption of Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano, Chile
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First Map of Antarctica’s Moving Ice
Scientists mapped the motion of Antarctica’s ice sheets and revealed unexpected patterns.
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Flooding in Southern Pakistan
Published August 18, 2011
Acquired August 18, 2011, and July 17, 2011, these false-color images compare conditions in southern Pakistan, which experienced severe flooding in August.
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Puyehue-Cordón Caulle
Two and a half months after its violent initial eruption, Puyehue Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex has settled into a pattern of mild, continuous emissions of gas and ash.
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Bloom in the Barents Sea
MODIS caught a clear view of an explosion of phytoplankton—a rare treat since the Barents Sea is cloud-covered roughly 80 percent of the summer.
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Activity at Nabro volcano, Eritrea
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Fires in Western Idaho
Published August 17, 2011
Smoke hangs over charred land in this image, taken two days after a summer lightning storm ignited a series of fires in southwestern Idaho.
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Looking Down on a Shooting Star
Astronauts captured this unusual view of a Perseid meteor descending into Earth's atmosphere in August 2011.
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Phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea
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