Start Date: End Date: Published Date Data Date
Fires in Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo
337 x 253 87 KB - JPEG
Published June 4, 2006
Hundreds of fires were burning in Angola (left) and Democratic Republic of Congo (upper right) on May 30, 2006, when MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image. MODIS also detected...
Related images:
2084 x 1563 557 KB - JPEG
4168 x 3126 2 MB - JPEG
8335 x 6251 5 MB - JPEG
134 x 102 JPEG
Fires along the Russia-China border
337 x 238 129 KB - JPEG
Published June 2, 2006
Huge forest fires raged across Russia’s Amur region and China’s Heliongjiang region on May 30, 2006. The border between the two countries is made by the Amur River (Heliong Jiang), and massive...
850 x 600 216 KB - JPEG
1700 x 1200 738 KB - JPEG
3400 x 2400 2 MB - JPEG
Phytoplankton Blooms in the Black Sea
337 x 235 77 KB - JPEG
Published June 1, 2006
This image of the Black Sea, acquired on May 30, 2006, by the MODIS on the Aqua satellite, shows swirling blooms of phytoplankton coloring the surface waters blue and green. The large volume of freshwater flowing into the Black Sea...
1277 x 889 381 KB - JPEG
2554 x 1778 1003 KB Bytes - JPEG
5108 x 3556 3 MB - JPEG
Alaskan Peninsula and Aleutian Islands
337 x 265 70 KB - JPEG
Published May 30, 2006
The Aleutian Islands and the Alaskan peninsula are shown in this image acquired by the MODIS on the Terra satellite, on May 25th, 2006. The Aleutians are a chain of more than 300 small volcanic islands forming an island arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean. They extend...
1400 x 1100 308 KB - JPEG
2800 x 2200 1 MB Bytes - JPEG
5600 x 4400 3 MB - JPEG
Fires in the Russian Far East
337 x 253 78 KB - JPEG
Published May 27, 2006
In northeastern Asia, the Amur River (called the Heliong Jiang in Chinese) separates Russia and China. Forest and other wildfires occur in the area nearly every spring, sometimes started by lightning...
675 x 507 223 KB - JPEG
1350 x 1013 546 KB - JPEG
2700 x 2025 2 MB - JPEG
Eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano
270 x 203 70 KB - JPEG
Published May 25, 2006
On Saturday, May 20, 2006, Montserrat’s residents were warned to stay inside as the Soufriere Hills Volcano covered much of the small Caribbean island in 5 to 7 centimeters (2 to 3 inches) of volcanic ash and pebbles. Likewise, air traffic...
337 x 283 54 KB - JPEG
540 x 405 116 KB - JPEG
1080 x 810 407 KB - JPEG
Ash plume from Mt. Cleveland, Chuginadak Island, Aleutian Islands
400 x 300 31 KB - JPEG
Published May 24, 2006
1600 x 1200 290 KB - JPEG
800 x 600 112 KB - JPEG
720 x 480 JPEG
Fires in Southern Mexico
337 x 284 91 KB - JPEG
Published May 21, 2006
On May 14, 2006, the MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite collected this image of numerous fires burning in southern Mexico. The locations of actively burning fires...
1100 x 1100 309 KB - JPEG
2200 x 2200 832 KB - JPEG
4400 x 4400 3 MB - JPEG
Fires in Southern Siberia
337 x 297 97 KB - JPEG
Published May 19, 2006
Near the border of southern Russia and Kazakhstan, northwest of the Russian city of Omsk, dozens of fires were burning across the plains when the MODIS...
1307 x 1112 336 KB - JPEG
2614 x 2224 1 MB Bytes - JPEG
5228 x 4448 3 MB - JPEG
Dust Blowing off the Coast of Pakistan
337 x 253 70 KB - JPEG
Published May 18, 2006
Dust, likely mingled with smoke from agricultural fires, blew off the coast of Pakistan on May 13, 2006. As dust hovered over the coastline, the people of both Pakistan and India struggled with a heat wave...
1728 x 1296 344 KB - JPEG
3455 x 2591 1 MB Bytes - JPEG
6909 x 5182 3 MB - JPEG
Smoke over the Northern Atlantic Ocean
337 x 263 35 KB - JPEG
Published May 15, 2006
Smoke and clouds obscure the Northern Atlantic Ocean and Iceland, in this image acquired by the MODIS on the Aqua satellite, May 9, 2006. The smoke is especially visible between Iceland, and Great Britain...
1600 x 1250 344 KB - JPEG
3200 x 2500 1 MB Bytes - JPEG
6400 x 5000 3 MB - JPEG