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Happy Anniversary, Envisat
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Published March 3, 2012
The European Space Agency’s flagship Earth-observing satellite captured this image of Spitsbergen in early September 2011.
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Antarctic Icebergs Chipped off by Japan Tsunami
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Published August 9, 2011
Scientists observed the calving of several large icebergs from the Sulzberger Ice Shelf in Antarctica as a result of the March 2011 tsunami half a world away in Japan.
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New Cracks in the Wilkins Ice Shelf
Published December 4, 2008
As Southern Hemisphere summer approached, radar imagery from the European Space Agency revealed new cracks were continuously forming in the seaward edge of the Antarctic Peninsula's Wilkins Ice Shelf.
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Dust over Iraq
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Published September 27, 2008
Following the course of the Euphrates River, a large sandstorm swept over Iraq on September 14, 2008. Sandstorms are common in Iraq’s desert terrain, especially during the summer, when a strong northwesterly wind called the shamal blows over the floodplain of Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
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Oil Spill off South Korea
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Published December 14, 2007
Crude oil from the wrecked 146,000-ton tanker, Hebei Spirit, is seen polluting the sea off South Korea in this Envisat image. In this image, the dark oil covers the coastal waters of the Yellow Sea southwest of Seoul, South Korea. More than 10,000 tons of oil from the tanker were reported to have leaked into the sea after the ship collided with another vessel on Friday, December 7, 2007.
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B-15A Iceberg
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Published April 20, 2005
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Oil Slick Along the Spanish Coast
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Published November 22, 2002
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Phytoplankton off the West Coast of Africa
Published April 16, 2002
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