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Mount Tongariro Erupts
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Published August 8, 2012
A new satellite captured the eruption of a volcano at night on New Zealand's North Island.
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Night View of Fires in Siberia
Published August 7, 2012
The Suomi NPP satellite carries an instrument so sensitive to low light levels that it can detect wildfires in the middle of the night.
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The Lights of London
Published July 26, 2012
Unique satellite instruments capture the view of the Olympic host city at night.
Dust Plume over the Atlantic
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Published July 23, 2012
Acquired July 21, 2012, this color-coded image tracks a giant dust plume spanning the Atlantic Ocean.
Smoke from Western Fires
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Published July 5, 2012
This color-coded map shows relative aerosol concentrations over the continental United States on July 4, 2012.
Power Outages in Washington, DC Area
Published July 4, 2012
A powerful line of thunderstorms knocked out power to millions of households in the U.S. Midwest and Mid Atlantic on June 29, 2012.
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Smoky Mountain West
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Published June 28, 2012
Numerous raging wildfires and possible dust events spread a pall of smoke over much of the western and midwestern United States.
North Africa and Europe from Suomi NPP
Published June 19, 2012
Over a period of six orbits on on February 3, 2012, the recently launched Suomi NPP satellite provided the VIIRS instrument enough time to gather the pixels for this synthesized view of Earth showing North Africa and southwestern Europe.
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