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Thick Smog over China
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Published February 1, 2006
Skies over China have darkened in the past five decades, thanks to a nine-fold increase fossil-fuel emissions. Yun Qian and collaborators examined data from over 500 weather stations, finding a reduction overcast days and an increase in cloud-free days. In January 2006, they reported these results in the journal...
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Eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska
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Published January 31, 2006
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Snow storm across the Upper Midwest
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The first snow storm of 2006 dumped several inches of snow across a wide swath of the Midwest, with snowfall totals from four to five inches recorded in Chicago to as much as a foot just north of the city. Beyond the traffic accidents caused by icy roads, the storm was not a remarkable one. It did, however...
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Snow Storm in Colorado
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Published January 28, 2006
A big snowstorm brought much-needed moisture to the state of Colorado on January 19, 2006. As reported by the Rocky Mountain News, before the storm, the state’s assistant climatologist had warned that drought was beginning to affect the foothills west of the Denver metro area and the plains to the east of the city. A week later...
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Dust storm in Iraq
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Published January 25, 2006
A large dust storm was blowing over and obscuring the Tigris and Euphrates rivers when this image was acquired on January 21, 2006. Both rivers originate in Turkey and flow through Syria (the country in the upper left corner of the image) into Iraq; the Tigris is on the right (East) side of the image. A large reservoir...
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The Snow-capped Rockies
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Published January 22, 2006
The dendritic (tree-like) pattern shown in this image of the Rocky Mountains gives clues about the underlying geology and topography of the region. The linear features are stream channels, where precipitation has struck the ground and flowed downhill. If a small amount of precipitation strikes a level...
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Gotland island in the Baltic Sea
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Published January 17, 2006
Gotland, an island in the Baltic Sea, is located roughly in the center of this image. To the left (West) is Sweden, of which Gotland is a part. To the right (East) are the countries of Finland...
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Fires in Southern United States
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Published January 14, 2006
The combination of parched vegetation and gusty winds that caused dozens of devastating fires in New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma in the first week of 2006 has brought a similar fate to a wider area of the southern United States in the second week of January. Among the newly affected states is Arkansas. This image shows the southeast corner of the state, near the border with Louisiana. Two large fires were detected...
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Cordoba
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Published January 8, 2006
This image, acquired on December 20, 2005, is centered on the Cordoba province of Argentina. Nestled between the Andes Mountains to the West and the River Plate to the East, this region features the highest agricultural production in the country. In recent years, the city of Cordoba...
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Anmyon
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Published January 7, 2006
Clouds partially obscure the emerald and gold waters of the Yellow Sea (Huang Hai) in this image of the Korean peninsula. The Yellow Sea takes its name from the Yellow River, or Huang He, which in turn is named for the yellow silt that colors it. This silt is carried by the river...
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Smog and Fog in India
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Published January 5, 2006
Smog and fog mixed at the base of the Himalayas in India in late December 2005. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard the Aqua satellite captured this image on December 21. In this picture...
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