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Data acquired September 7 - 22, 2005 720 x 480 JPEG
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This pair of images shows vegetation conditions in southeastern Australia&rsquos; Wheatbelt in 2005, the last year this decade with favorable growing conditions, and 2009, at the end of three consecutive years of drought.
NASA images by Robert Simmon, based on data provided by Inbal Becker-Reshef, with the Global Agriculture Monitoring Project. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey, with assistance from Dath Mita and Curt Reynolds, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.
Published December 12, 2009 Data acquired September 7 - 22, 2005