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Dust storm in Iraq
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Published January 25, 2006
A large dust storm was blowing over and obscuring the Tigris and Euphrates rivers when this image was acquired on January 21, 2006. Both rivers originate in Turkey and flow through Syria (the country in the upper left corner of the image) into Iraq; the Tigris is on the right (East) side of the image. A large reservoir...
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Gotland island in the Baltic Sea
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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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Fires in Southern United States
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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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Cordoba
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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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