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Snow in New England
Published January 20, 2006
Melting snow from warm winter temperatures as well as additional rainfall have combined to create small, localized flooding events in the Hudson River valley. During the week of January 17, 2005, temperatures in the region soared to over 15 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit). According to the Associated Press, strong winds...
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Flooding in Western Australia
Published January 19, 2006
Though Cyclone Clare caused little damage when it initially came ashore over northwestern Australia on January 10, 2006, it triggered widespread flooding as it moved south across Western Australia. The floods forced the government to declare disaster areas in at least three communities in southwestern Australia. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite...
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Gotland island in the Baltic Sea
Published January 17, 2006
Gotland, an island in the Baltic Sea, is located roughly in the center of this image. To the left (West) is Sweden, of which Gotland is a part. To the right (East) are the countries of Finland...
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Cape Town, South Africa
Published January 16, 2006
Cape Town and the far southwestern tip of South Africa are featured in this image acquired on January 12, 2006. The variety of colors and textures displayed here reveal a complex pattern of land cover and topography. The light tan colored patch at the bottom...
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Heavy Snows in Central Asia
Published January 15, 2006
On October 8, 2005, a large earthquake shook the mountainous Kashmir region near the border of Pakistan and India. Tens of thousands of people died, and many more were isolated in the mountains by damage to roads and bridges as well as by landslides. Heavy winter snowfall poses an additional threat...
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Fires in Southern United States
Published January 14, 2006
The combination of parched vegetation and gusty winds that caused dozens of devastating fires in New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma in the first week of 2006 has brought a similar fate to a wider area of the southern United States in the second week of January. Among the newly affected states is Arkansas. This image shows the southeast corner of the state, near the border with Louisiana. Two large fires were detected...
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White Sands, New Mexico
Published January 13, 2006
White Sands, the large white-colored area just below the center of the image, highlight this image acquired on January 11, 2006. This natural wonder, ensconced within White Sands National Monument, is located at the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico. White Sands consists almost entirely of gypsum...
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Northern California Floods
Published January 12, 2006
Northern California ushered in 2006 with a series of major storms that inundated the area and left many towns awash in water, mud, and debris. According to a report from the USATODAY.com Website, at least two levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region were unable to handle the rising waters and strong winds, and residents nearby evacuated as the water-control structures began leaking. In the wine-country town of Napa...
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Tropical Cyclone Clare
Published January 11, 2006
Tropical Cyclone Clare is a moderately strong storm system in the Indian Ocean off the Australian coast. When the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite observed the cyclone at 06:05 UTC (2:05 p.m. local time) on January 9, 2006, it was a well-developed system with peak sustained winds of around 100 kilometers per hour (60 miles per hour). The cyclone (the local term for a hurricane or typhoon...
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Tropical Storm Zeta in the mid Atlantic Ocean
Published January 10, 2006
December 30, 2005, saw an unexpected addition to the year’s weather events: Tropical Storm Zeta. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard the Aqua satellite captured this image several days later on January 3, 2006, at 16:05 UTC (roughly 2:05 p.m. local time). At that time, Zeta had sustained winds...
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Serengeti
Published January 9, 2006
The Serengeti Plain of Tanzania and Kenya highlights this image of Southeastern Africa. This savanna (grassland with sparse trees) region is renowned for its biological diversity, especially the so-called “big five”, which include elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos, and Cape buffalo. Some of the oldest fossils of early humans are also found in this area. Serengeti National Park, along with several other game preserves in the surrounding region total about 30,000 square kilometers (12,000 square miles). This represents a substantial commitment to conservation...
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Cordoba
Published January 8, 2006
This image, acquired on December 20, 2005, is centered on the Cordoba province of Argentina. Nestled between the Andes Mountains to the West and the River Plate to the East, this region features the highest agricultural production in the country. In recent years, the city of Cordoba...
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