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Fires in western Iceland
Published April 5, 2006
A brush fire burns several farms in this image of western Iceland acquired on March 30, 2004. According to various news reports, the fires began when dry grasses ignited – the cause of which is currently unknown. The fire had consumed at least 50 square...
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Snow and ice covering the Great Lakes region
Published April 4, 2006
Snow and ice covered the Great Lakes region when this image was acquired on March 26, 2006. Snow and ice, both on the land and in the oceans (as well as fresh-water lakes and rivers), comprise the global cryosphere, from the Greek word 'kruos' or frost. Other components of the cryosphere include ice sheets, caps, and shelves,...
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Lake Natron, Tanzania
Published April 3, 2006
The Serengeti Plain of Tanzania and Kenya dominate this image of Southeastern Africa. The savanna (grassland with sparse trees) region is renowned for its biological diversity, especially the so-called “big five”: elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos, and Cape buffalo. Some of the oldest fossils...
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Crete
Published April 2, 2006
Crete, the largest island belonging to Greece, is featured in this image acquired on March 28, 2006. The mainland portion of Greece, numerous other Greek isles, and Turkey are also visible in the image, distributed across the top of the image from left to right, respectively. A small portion of Africa (Libya’s Banghazi region)...
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Floods in Western Australia
Published March 6, 2006
As cyclones go, Cyclone Emma was weak, forming just before coming ashore with winds gusting to less than 49 knots or 56 miles per hour (1 knot = 1.15 mph). The storm did, however, drape itself over the whole of Western Australia on March 1, 2006, bringing a deluge of rain. In the midst of its wet season...
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Tropical Cyclone Carina
Published March 5, 2006
Tropical Cyclone Carina appears as a tightly wound spiral in the Indian Ocean in this satellite view of the storm, obtained by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite on February 27, 2006. Carina had become an organized storm system four days earlier, and built rapidly into a powerful cyclone. By the time MODIS obtained this observation of Carina...
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Afghanistan
Published March 4, 2006
A dense pack of snow and ice covers the rugged, mountainous landscape of Afghanistan in this image acquired on February 27, 2006. MODIS images such as this one are an important tool used to measure snowfall; snow melt from the mountains of Afghanistan is an important source of the country’s fresh water supply. Snow is also a major natural hazard in this region...
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Tropical Cyclone Emma
Published March 3, 2006
Tropical Cyclone Emma formed as a low-intensity storm system and built to cyclone strength only briefly. But Emma’s brief cyclone status belied its size and rainfall. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) instrument on the Aqua observed the storm system as it was losing strength, and hence its tropical cyclone status, on February 28, 2006, at 5:55 UTC (1:55 p.m. local time). At this time...
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Dust storm in North Africa
Published March 2, 2006
Massive dust storms continue to sweep across North Africa in this image acquired on February 24, 2006. Dust, which appears grayish-pink, is being picked up by wind from the “Great Sand Sea” region of the Sahara (and points South) and transported across the Mediterranean into Southern Europe. The verdant oasis of the Nile Delta...
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Fires in Myanmar and India
Published March 1, 2006
Hundreds of fires, outlined in red, burn across Myanmar and India in this image acquired on February 27, 2006. Also visible are portions of Bangladesh (far left) and Thailand (far right); the Bay of Bengal dominates the lower left of the image. The grayish plumes of smoke blowing from left to right...
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The Sierra Madre
Published February 28, 2006
The towering peaks of the Sierra Madre of Mexico dominate this image acquired by Aqua on February 15, 2006. The “Occidental” or western portion of this fabled mountain range appears as a dark brownish band running along the left side of the image, bracketed by the lush, green oasis of the Pacific coast to the left and the much lower elevation “altiplano” or high plain to the right. The top of the “Oriental” or eastern portion of the range...
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Dust storm in north Africa
Published February 27, 2006
Massive dust storms sweep across North Africa in this image acquired on February 23, 2006. Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya (from left to right) are shown here. The upper right corner of the image shows the “Great Sand Sea” region of the Sahara, while the Rebiana Sand Sea is located in the lower right portion of the image. The left side of the image shows the Algerian section of the Sahara...
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