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Winter Heat Swamps Alaska

In January 2014, record-breaking heat left Alaskans dealing with unseasonable bouts of rain and avalanches.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen and Jeff Schmatltz, using data from the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LPDAAC) and the LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published February 4, 2014
Data acquired January 23 - 30, 2014

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Terra > MODIS