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Clouds Hover Over the Alaska Peninsula
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Published April 14, 2025
Winds interacted with mountainous terrain to produce long, sharp-edged standing wave clouds.
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Swirling Skies and Melting Icebergs
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Published March 15, 2025
The remote South Sandwich Islands can disrupt passing clouds in ways that shed alternating rows of cloud spirals.
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Cyclone Flurry in the Southern Hemisphere
Published February 27, 2025
An unusual number of tropical storms churned across the planet’s southern oceans simultaneously in February 2025.
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Is Fire Activity Declining in Northwestern India?
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Published January 23, 2025
Satellites detected unusually low numbers of crop fires in Punjab and Haryana in 2024, and scientists are trying to understand why.
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Antarctic Iceberg Spins Out
Published December 20, 2024
After being stuck for a second time in nearly four decades, the planet’s current-largest iceberg (A-23A) again floats free.
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Cyclone Chido Pummels Mayotte
Published December 16, 2024
Fueled by warm water in the Indian Ocean, the tropical cyclone caused widespread damage on the small archipelago.
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An Unusual Year for Fire in Bolivia
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Published December 6, 2024
Fire activity in the South American nation was remarkably intense and widespread in 2024.
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Extratropical Cyclone Whips Over the Pacific Northwest
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Published November 20, 2024
Damaging winds from the strong storm knocked out power for thousands of people in Washington state.
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Blankets of White in the West
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Published November 12, 2024
November snows piled up on the plains and peaks of Colorado and New Mexico.
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Windblown Smoke in Southern California
Published November 7, 2024
Strong Santa Ana winds carried the Mountain fire’s plume westward over the Pacific Ocean.
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Majestic Color on the Michigan Mitten
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Published October 25, 2024
Autumn color still clung to northern parts of the state in late October 2024.
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A Colorful Aurora Paints the Night Sky
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Published October 16, 2024
A powerful geomagnetic storm caused a display of light that was visible unusually far from Earth’s poles.
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