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Warming Water and Downpours in Peru

As coastal waters heat up, torrential rains and floods are swamping the northern part of the country.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin and Allison Nussbaum, using data from the Multiscale Ultra-high Resolution Sea Surface (MUR SST) project and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published April 10, 2023
Data acquired February 24 - March 12, 2023

Sources:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
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