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An Australian “Anti-storm”
Published June 8, 2012
A high near Tasmania left a gaping hole in the clouds.
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Sunny Skies over the Antarctic Peninsula
Published May 1, 2012
Acquired April 24, 2012, these images show part of the Antarctic Peninsula, enjoying sunny skies and warm temperatures after a bout of cloudy weather.
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Spring Paints the Piedmont Green
Published April 19, 2012
The timing of seasons in North America is changing.
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Fog Blankets the Yellow Sea
Published April 7, 2012
A layer of warm, moist air over cooler sea water triggered thick fog along the Korean Coast.
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Greening the Princess Astrid Coast
Published March 18, 2012
Is it colored ice, a plankton bloom, both, or neither?
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Baja California
Published January 8, 2012
Clould-free skies allowed a view of the entire peninsula along Mexico's Pacific Coast.
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Ship Wave Clouds over the North Sea
Published November 25, 2011
An intricate interaction of waves shapes the clouds in the North Sea, making patterns that echo basic principles of nature.
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Fires in Eastern China
Published June 18, 2006
Streaks of thick haze were draped over the North China Plain when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) captured this photo-like image on June 4, 2006, from NASA’s Terra satellite. Though it is not possible to tell the source of the haze from a photo-like image like this one, there are several likely contributors. First, dozens of fires, marked in red, are scattered across the southern edge of the plain. A light pall of gray haze lingers over the largest cluster of the fires below the center of the image (more clearly seen in the large image), hinting that smoke may be contributing to the haze. The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) expected China’s winter grain harvest to peak during the first two weeks of June, and it’s likely that the fires were started by farmers burning the stubble off their fields after harvest. Dust may also be mingling in the mix of haze. In the lower-left corner and right of the center of the image, the haze is opaque with the earthy tan tone that is common for wind-blown dust. Eastern China experienced an unusual number of severe sand storms in the spring of 2006, when weather patterns in Siberia swept powerful winds across the Gobi Desert and carried dust over Eastern China. The dust shown in this image, however, appears to originate from the North China Plain. Mild drought settled over the Yellow River Basin, the area immediately north of the band of fires, after a dry spring, reported the FAS. Since dry soil is easily lifted on the wind, the likelihood of dust storms on the plain increases during drought. Finally, urban and industrial pollution could be adding to the haze, particularly in the north. Here, the haze is lighter in color, resembling the white-gray air that sometimes lingers over cities. Several of China’s largest cities are in or near the area shown in this image (Beijing is just beyond the top edge of the image), and much of China’s industry is in this region as well.
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Mount Merapi
Published June 9, 2006
This is an image of Mount Merapi, acquired by the MODIS on the Terra satellite on June 6, 2006. A red square marks the volcano’s summit; this “hotspot” is where the satellite sensor detected unusually warm surface temperatures. A gray plume emerges...
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Negeethluk River Fire in southwestern Alaska
Published June 8, 2006
This image of the Neegethluk River Fire was captured June 4, 2006 by the MODIS on the Terra Satellite. This fire was started by lightening, sometime...
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Floods in Southeast Texas
Published June 5, 2006
An overnight thunderstorm brought up to 410 millimeters (16 inches) of rain to southeastern Texas on May 28 and May 29, 2006, reported the Dartmouth Flood Observatory. The resulting floods were visible...
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Fires in the Russian Far East
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...
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