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Flooding in Nigeria
Published August 27, 2011
Acquired August 21, 2011, and July 18, 2011, these false-color images compare conditions in northeastern Nigeria, which experienced severe flooding in August.
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Flooding in the Missouri Basin
Published August 23, 2011
Acquired August 17, 2011, and August 1, 2011, these false-color images document the slow retreat of flood waters along the Missouri River near Blair, Nebraska.
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Flooding in India and Bangladesh
Published August 21, 2011
Acquired August 20, 2011, and May 28, 2011, these natural-color images compare conditions along the Brahmaputra River.
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Runoff Raises Lake Powell
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Published August 12, 2011
Surging with fresh water from heavy winter snow melt, Lake Powell rose significantly in the summer of 2011 after many years of low levels.
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Winter and Summer in the Tarim Basin
Published August 10, 2011
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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Lingering Floods in Eastern Nebraska
Published August 5, 2011
Accessed August 1, 2011, these images provide false- and natural-color views of lingering floods along the Missouri River around Blair, Nebraska.
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Tsunami flooding near Sendai, Japan
Published March 13, 2011
Skies over northeastern Japan were entirely cloud-free on March 13, 2011, providing a clear view of tsunami flooding along the coastline.
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Dallas
Published February 7, 2010
This pair of images shows explosively growing suburbs—“boomburbs”—north of Dallas, Texas.
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Melt Season in the Arctic Getting Longer
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Published January 29, 2010
Satellite data revealed changes in the average start of spring melting and the first autumn freeze.
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Booming Growth in Phoenix Suburbs
Published January 10, 2010
Acquired in 1989 and 2009, these images show rapid development of Chandler, Arizona, a “boomburb.”
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Aral Sea Continues to Shrink
Published August 27, 2009
In the first half of the twentieth century, it was the world’s fourth-largest lake. By August 2009, virtually nothing remained of the largest lobe.
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