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Hydrogen sulphide eruptions along the coast of Namibia
Published January 5, 2005
Along the coast of Namibia, north of the enormous sand dunes of the Great Namib Desert, a thick ribbon of bright green hydrogen sulfide floats in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. In this true-color Aqua MODIS image acquired June 1, 2005, the hydrogen sulfide bloom stretches for kilometers along the shore. These eruptions...
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Phytoplankton Bloom off the US East Coast
Milky blue swirls of microscopic phytoplankton float in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the US eastern coastal states of Virginia and North Carolina in this true-color image. Judging by the bright blue color of the southeastern-most cloud, they could be a type of phytoplankton called coccolithophores, whose bright white calcite...
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Dust Storm in Pakistan and India
Beginning with a severe windstorm that uprooted trees and knocked down billboards and power lines, June 9, 2005, brought a major dust storm to Pakistan and India. In this true-color Terra MODIS image acquired the next day, the storm stretches for over 1,000 kilometers (about 620 miles) from central Pakistan into northern India. The dust obscures most of...
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Caspian Sea
Swirling clouds of sediment and phytoplankton float in the waters of the Caspian Sea, as shown in this true-color Aqua MODIS image acquired June 11, 2005. Sometimes called the world's largest lake, the Caspian is technically an inland saltwater sea. Regardless, it is still the world's largest inland body of water. It has no natural outflows other than evaporation...
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Fires in Eastern Alaska
Large billowing clouds of smoke stream to the southwest from large fires in eastern Alaska in this true-color Aqua MODIS image acquired June 14, 2005. Now that winter's snows have receded from most of the northern latitudes, both fires and plants can flourish, though high-pressure systems and high winds have increased fire risk conditions to extreme...
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Fires in Northern Australia
Amidst one of the worst droughts in Australian history, fires are being set across the continent to prepare for the winter growing season. In this true-color Aqua MODIS image from May 31, 2005, the fires send plumes of blue-grey smoke into the atmosphere. The fires are especially intense...
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Fires in Central Africa
Thousands of fires in Central Africa cover the land like a swarm of insects. They send tiny plumes of grey-blue smoke into the atmosphere creating a collective haze over the region that can have a strong impact on the weather, climate, human health, and natural resources. The fires are likely intentionally-set...
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Phytoplankton bloom south of Ireland
South of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, milky blue clouds of phytoplankton float on the water's surface. These phytoplankton, which are probably coccolithophores, feed off of nutrients in the water brought to the surface from the ocean floor by cold-water upwellings. The nutrients, sunlight, and warm ocean surface temperatures make for ideal growing...
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Northeastern Siberia
One of the largest and least-populated regions in the world, Siberia stretches across three-quarters of Russia in northern Asia. There are just three people per square kilometer in Siberia, and 70 percent of those live in cities like Novosibirsk, Tobolsk, Irkutsk, and Omsk. Yet despite the rather sparse population, Siberia is rich in natural resources...
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Meltwater Ponds, Greenland
Every year, a little more of the Greenland Ice Sheet melts away into the Davis Strait, revealing more and more of the bare brown land underneath. In this true-color Terra MODIS image from June 14, 2005, the edge of the ice sheet (running vertically through the image at the approximate center) features a phenomenon known as meltwater ponds. These ponds...
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Dust Storm over the Red Sea
dust storm swept over the Red Sea on June 21, 2005, and the Aqua MODIS instrument captured this image the same day. Dust obscured the instrument's view of the Red Sea and the neighboring countries: Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia to the west, and Saudi Arabia and Yemen to the East. The Dahlak Archipelago is partially visible underneath the dust...
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Dust storm in Southern Iraq
Winds blowing southeast through southern Iraq picked up dust from the land and carried it out over the Persian Gulf in this true-color Aqua MODIS image from June 18, 2005. The Dust seems to originate in the vast fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers - home to...
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