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Fires in Eastern Australia
Published January 5, 2005
Numerous fires – depicted as red dots in this image- continue to rage across Eastern Australia. The coastline seen here extends from above Cairns in the upper right portion of the image to just below Brisbane in the lower right part of the image; the Great Barrier Reef is visible on the right. Natural or "wild" fire is an...
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Uruguay and Argentina
From the flat grasslands of Argentina, known as the Pampas, the terrain of southern South America transitions to gently rolling hills in Uruguay, and still more in southern Brazil. This true-color Terra MODIS image, acquired on December 31, 2004, features the region through which two of South America's major rivers...
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Southern Chile and Argentina
he rugged, snow-capped Andes dominate the left side of this image of Southern Chile and Argentina. The Andes measure approximately 7000 kilometers (4400 miles) long and 500 kilometers (300 miles) wide and range along the West coast of South America. The light-colored landscape...
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Dust Storm over the Persian Gulf
Tan clouds of airborne dust obscured the Persian Gulf when the Terra MODIS instrument flew over the region to collect this image on January 7, 2005. The dust is blowing out of Iraq and Iran in the northwest where winds were reported to be blowing at 13 kilometers per hour (8 mph) near the coast. MODIS also...
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Fires and smoke in eastern Russia
Smoke from numerous fires (shown as red dots) obscure the Eastern coastline of the Russian Federation and the island of Sakhalin. In recent years, researchers have emphasized the importance of boreal (Northern) forests as a reservoir for carbon, which is related to the problem of global warming. The burning of forests...
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Phytoplankton bloom in Shark Bay, Western Australia
The vibrant blue colors visible in this image of Shark Bay, Western Australia are caused by phytoplankton blooms. The bay is located in the Western part of Australia, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) North of Perth. Shark Bay is a United Nations ...
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Icebergs in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
As winter deepens its hold across the Northern Hemisphere, summer shows its face in the Southern Hemisphere. At the southernmost extreme is Antarctica, which even at its most balmy is covered in ice and painted in shades of black and white. In the center of the scene are a number of large icebergs, including the huge B-15A iceberg, which calved...
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Dust Storm off the Western Sahara Coast
Thick tan streamers of dust blow out from the Western Sahara over the Atlantic Ocean in this true-color Aqua MODIS image from New Year's Day 2005. The Saharan Desert dust stretches for a few hundred kilometers off the coast, while underneath the veil blue-green sediment...
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Cape Verde Islands
Cape Verde, an island country in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, is clearly visible in this image acquired on October 17, 2005. The islands total about 4,000 square kilometers (1,500 square miles) in area, slightly larger than the State of Rhode Island in the United States. The islands were claimed by Portugal in 1456...
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Fires in the Southeastern United States
Scores of fires – and their smoke – are clearly visible in this image of the Southeastern United States. It has been another active fire season in the U.S. So far this year (from 01/01/05 to 10/14/05), there have been close to...
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Dust storm in Bodele Depression, Chad
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Intense agricultural fires and smoke in Northwest India
Hundreds of fires (the red dots seen in the image) continue to burn in the Punjab region of India. This area is the “breadbasket” of India, producing approximately two-thirds of the country´s food – mostly wheat and rice. Farmers use fire to clear the fields...
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