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Tropical Storm Chanchu
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Published May 12, 2006
Tropical Storm Chanchu formed in the western Pacific on May 8, 2006, roughly 500 miles east of the Philippines. The storm had been gradually building strength and size, but as of May 11, 2006, it remained a slow moving storm with only hints of developing stronger cyclonic...
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Dust storm in the Sahara Desert
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Published May 11, 2006
This MODIS image, acquired by the Terra satellite on May 10, 2006, shows a dust storm in the Sahara Desert in Africa. This dust storm spans several countries...
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Scotland
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Published May 9, 2006
This image of Scotland was acquired May 5, 2006 by the MODIS on the Aqua satellite. Scotland occupies the northern part of Great Britain and is about two-thirds the size of England and Wales...
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Fires and Smoke in Western Russia
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Published May 6, 2006
Each of the red dots on this image of western Russia, acquired on May 1, 2006 by the MODIS on the Aqua satellite, corresponds to a fire! The hundreds of fires...
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Smoke over Scandinavia and Russia
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Published May 4, 2006
Spring agricultural fires were burning in western Russia throughout the end of April and early May 2006. The smoke from these fires has been spreading northward over Eastern Europe, Scandinavia...
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Large Fires in Mongolia
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Published May 3, 2006
Large fires were burning at the border of Russia and Mongolia on May 1, 2006, when the MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the region. The actively burning portions of the fires...
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Flooding in Iceland
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Published May 2, 2006
Most spring floods are triggered by rain or melting snow, but when the Skafta River of southern Iceland flooded in late April 2006, geologic activity may have been the driver. The river flows out...
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The American Southwest
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Published April 30, 2006
This beautiful view of California (far left), Nevada (left), Utah (right) and Arizona (bottom right) was acquired by the MODIS on the Terra satellite on April 20, 2006. There are a number of famous features...
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Eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano
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Published April 27, 2006
A faint tan plume of ash drifted west from the Soufriere Hills Volcano on April 24, 2006. Located on the Caribbean Island of Montserrat, the volcano had been quiet...
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The Alps in Europe
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Published April 21, 2006
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria, Italy and Slovenia in the east, through...
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Smog and Sand Over Beijing
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Published April 19, 2006
Thick sand from one of eastern China’s famed sandstorms clouded the air over Beijing on April 17, 2006. The storm swept east from the border region between China and Mongolia and blanketed cities across China with gritty yellow sand. The storm was...
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Fires in Southeast Asia
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Published April 14, 2006
Widespread fires continued throughout Southeast Asia in mid-April 2006. This image of the area was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on April 11, 2006. Locations where MODIS detected actively burning...
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