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Dual Storms in the Andes Mountains

A rare winter-like storm struck central Chile and Argentina in the middle of austral summer, with drastically different consequences compared to a typical winter storm.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published June 9, 2021
Data acquired February 4 - May 23, 2021

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Terra > MODIS