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Fires in Western Africa
Published January 5, 2005
Thousands of fires (outlined in red) dot this image of the Atlantic coast of Africa. The timing and pattern of these fires indicate that these are set by humans. First, the fire season in this part of the globe begins in early November and ends in early April. Second, the individual fires are...
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Dust storm across Afghanistan and Pakistan
Across a wide portion of southwestern Asia, winds were whipping across deserts, sending a froth of dust into the skies on April 7, 2005. The wind raised particularly thick streamers of dust from the surfaces of the Margo Desert in southern Afghanistan and the Thar Desert...
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Fires and smoke in Mexico and Guatemala
A thick ribbon of smoke streams out over the Gulf of Mexico from scattered fires in southern Mexico and northern Guatemala in this image from April 10, 2005. The fires, which are marked in bright red, seem to be concentrated in an almost vertical line skirting the edge of the Yucatan Peninsula, starting...
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Tropical Cyclone Adeline-Juliet
Cyclone Adeline-Juliet was moving west through the Indian Ocean on April 6, 2005, when the Aqua MODIS instrument acquired this image at 04:00 UTC, near the height of the storm. At that time, Adeline-Juliet had winds of 115 knots (132 mph) with gusts to 139 knots (1 knot = 1.15 mph), and was producing ocean waves that reached up to...
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The Great Lakes
The Great Lakes of North America - Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario, and Erie - mark a dividing line between the still-snowy lands of southern Canada, and the beginning-to-bloom plains of the United State's northern midwest. This true-color Terra MODIS image, acquired on April 8, 2005, shows...
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Fog in California
A thick bank of fog blankets California’s Central Valley. The fog is bracketed by the Cascades to the North, the Coastal Range to the West and the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the East. These high elevation areas...
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Fires and Burn Scars in the United States
With the return of the growing season, fires are beginning to appear all over the United States. This true-color Terra MODIS image from April 2, 2005, shows the fires, which are marked in red, scattered across the states of Nebraska...
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Ship-wave-shaped wave clouds induced by Amsterdam Island, Indian Ocean
The cloud patterns seen in this image resemble ship waves or “Kelvin ship waves”, which are the V-shaped wakes left by moving objects, such as ships or even ducks. The pattern is not coincidental; wind behaves like a fluid, so when it encounters an obstacle, it must move around it, leaving behind a wake or a visible wave pattern. As the air crested a wave...
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Aral Sea
Every year the Aral Sea shrinks a little more due to 40 years of agricultural policies that let farmers in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan divert water from the Amy Darya and Syr Darya rivers. The Sea is now so shallow that sediment appears almost ever-present, making the waters look milky tan and green. In addition to being shallow, the waters are highly...
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Spring snow in the Rockies
A surprise storm buried sections of Colorado with as much as 61 centimeters (24 inches) of snow on April 10, 2005. According to the Associated Press, the spring storm cancelled flights and closed a major interstate highway, stranding...
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Dust storm over the Yellow Sea
Just as flowering and greening plants, migrating birds, and flooding herald the coming of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, dust storms are a sign of spring in northern China. Cold fronts from Siberia to the north bring strong winds to the deserts of...
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Dust storm in Iraq and Syria
A bright band of dust sweeps down the center of ancient Mesopotamia in this April 19, 2005, Aqua MODIS image. The dust is blowing north out of the Syrian Desert in Iraq and Syria. Though the color matches the ground, the airborne dust is brighter and smoother in texture, which makes it stand out...
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