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Flooding on the Red River
Published April 18, 2006
Spring rains and melting snow pushed the Red River over its banks in early April 2006. The river crested around Fargo on April 5...
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Dust storm in Texas
Published April 17, 2006
A dust storm struck north-central Texas on April 6, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, a tan plume of dust, near the bottom of the image, swirls in a counter-clockwise...
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Chesapeake Bay watershed
Published April 16, 2006
The Chesapeake Bay watershed dominates the lower left portion of the image, while snow and ice can be seen in parts of New England and Canada. The watershed or 165,000 square kilometer (64,000 square mile) drainage basin encompasses parts of New York (as far North as Cooperstown), Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay (located at the bottom center of the image)...
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Dust storm off West Africa
Published April 15, 2006
Dust blew off the west coast of Africa on April 13, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard the Terra satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, a pale beige plume of dust sweeps off the west coast and over...
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Fires in Southeast Asia
Published April 14, 2006
Widespread fires continued throughout Southeast Asia in mid-April 2006. This image of the area was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on April 11, 2006. Locations where MODIS detected actively burning...
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Dust over the Arabian Sea
Published April 13, 2006
Dust blowing out of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan mingled over the Arabian Sea on April 9, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite took this picture the same day. In this image,...
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Aral Sea Expansion
Published April 12, 2006
Once the fourth largest lake on Earth, the Aral Sea has shrunk dramatically over the past few decades as the primary rivers that fed the Sea were almost completely diverted for cotton farming and other agriculture. The decline of the sea has produced severe environmental, social, and public health problems. As part of a last-hope restoration effort...
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Dust storm in northeast China
Published April 11, 2006
A massive dust storm rages across the northeast portion of China in the “Inner Mongolia” region. The country in the upper left portion of the image is sometimes referred to as “Outer Mongolia” or simply “Mongolia”. The countries on the right side of the image are North and South Korea...
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Floods in Central Europe
Published April 10, 2006
The Danube River was one of many rivers that overflowed in early April 2006 after being inundated with heavy rain and melting snow. Floods on rivers throughout Central Europe have forced hundreds of people from their homes, reported the Associated Press. Large tracts of land along the Danube in Hungary...
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Fires in the Yucatan and Central America
Published April 8, 2006
On April 4, 2006, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image showing numerous fires (marked in red) burning across the Yucatan Peninsula (top center), and the Central American countries to the south: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Although MODIS cannot tell the cause of fires...
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Cyclone Hubert over northwest Australia
Published April 7, 2006
Tropical Cyclone Hubert was a Category 2 storm when this image was acquired on April 6, 2006. It began as a tropical low, moving erratically in the Indian Ocean before strengthening into a Category 1 storm on April 5. The cyclone also began moving in a southwesterly direction...
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Namibia
Published April 6, 2006
The Skeleton Coast of Namibia is featured in this image acquired on April 4, 2006. The Skeleton Coast is considered to be one of the most desolate and remote regions in the world. It takes its name from the numerous shipwrecks that...
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