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Dust Storm in the Taklimakan Desert
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Published August 11, 2011
Acquired August 11, 2011, this natural-color image shows dust and clouds over the Taklimakan Desert in western China.
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Rising Water along the Ganga River
Acquired August 11, 2011, and July 13, 2011, these false-color images compare conditions along the Ganga (Ganges) River in Bihar, India.
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Dust storm off West Africa
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Drought across the United States
Extreme heat helped push as much as 26 percent of the contiguous United States into drought in July 2011. This image shows the impact on plants throughout the month.
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Lateral West Fire, Virginia
Published August 10, 2011
The Lateral West fire burning in the Great Dismal Swamp in southern Virginia blanketed the beaches of North Carolina with thick smoke on August 10, 2011.
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Iceland
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Winter and Summer in the Tarim Basin
Acquired January 26, 2011, and August 6, 2011, these images compare conditions in China’s Tarim Basin in winter and summer.
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Haze over Eastern China
Published August 9, 2011
Acquired August 9, 2011, this natural-color image shows thick haze over eastern China.
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Fire in Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia
The dense smoke shown in this image may be the greatest risk posed by the ightning-ignited Lateral West fire burning in southern Virginia’s Great Dismal Swamp.
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Antarctic Icebergs Chipped off by Japan Tsunami
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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Tropical Storm Muifa Makes Landfall
Published August 8, 2011
Acquired August 7, 2011, this natural-color image shows Muifa approaching eastern China and South Korea.
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Flooding Slowly Recedes along the Souris River
Acquired August 7, 2011, and July 7, 2011, these false-color images compare conditions along the Souris River, which flooded in the summer of 2011.
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