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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-22 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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The colored regions of this map show the extent of digital elevation data released by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). This release includes data for most of Europe and Asia plus numerous islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
PIA03398:
SRTM Data Release for Eurasia, Index Map and Colored Height
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.646 MB)     JPEG (509.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-22 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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This perspective view shows Mount Ararat in easternmost Turkey, which has been the site of several searches for the remains of Noah's Ark as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA03399:
Mount Ararat, Turkey, Perspective with Landsat Image Overlay
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.243 MB)     JPEG (128.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-22 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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The volcanic nature of the island of Bali is evident in this shaded relief image generated with data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA04950:
Bali, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.888 MB)     JPEG (213.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-22 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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This perspective view shows the major volcanic group of Bali, one 13,000 islands comprising the nation of Indonesia as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA04951:
Mts. Agung and Batur, Bali, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.996 MB)     JPEG (108.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-30 Earth Jason-1
 Altimeter
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The image from NASA's Jason satellite show that the equatorial Pacific sea surface levels are higher, indicating warmer sea surface temperatures in the central and west Pacific Ocean on Jan. 23, 2004.
PIA05071:
Pacific Dictates Droughts and Drenchings
Full Resolution:     TIFF (904.6 kB)     JPEG (59.93 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-04 Earth Terra
 MISR
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The Pampas of Argentina is shown in this MISR Mystery Quiz #17 captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04351:
Where on Earth...? MISR Mystery Image Quiz #17:
The Pampas of Argentina
Full Resolution:     TIFF (5.684 MB)     JPEG (378.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-13 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
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This image from NASA's Landsat shows the Danube River flows east as it enters this west-looking scene (upper right) and forms the border between Slovakia and Hungary.
PIA04952:
Budapest, Hungary, Perspective View, SRTM Elevation Model with Landsat Overlay
Full Resolution:     TIFF (15.64 MB)     JPEG (1.094 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-18 Earth Terra
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After a 19 month rainfall deficiency, heavy rainfall during January 2004 brought drought relief to much of northern Queensland; these images were acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04352:
Greener Pastures in Northern Queensland, Australia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.4 MB)     JPEG (1.25 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-03 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired these natural color images and cloud top height measurements for Monty before and after the storm made landfall over the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia, on February 29 and March 2, 2004.
PIA04353:
Tropical Cyclone Monty Strikes Western Australia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.508 MB)     JPEG (1.217 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-04 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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The area known as the Afar Triangle is located at the northern end of the East Africa Rift, where it approaches the southeastern end of the Red Sea and the southwestern end of the Gulf of Aden as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA04953:
Nabro and Mallahle Volcanoes, Eritrea and Ethiopia, SRTM Colored Height and Shaded Relief
Full Resolution:     TIFF (285.5 kB)     JPEG (23.34 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-11 Earth Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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This is the first image ever taken of Earth from the surface of a planet beyond the Moon. It was taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit one hour before sunrise on the 63rd martian day, or sol, of its mission.
PIA05547:
You are here: Earth as seen from Mars
Full Resolution:     TIFF (711 kB)     JPEG (55.18 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-13 Earth Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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This is the first image ever taken of Earth from the surface of a planet beyond the Moon. It was taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit one hour before sunrise on the 63rd martian day, or sol, of its mission.
PIA05560:
Earth on the Horizon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (707.7 kB)     JPEG (45.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-17 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft captured these views of the dust and sand that swept over northeast China on March 10, 2004.
PIA04354:
Dust and Sand Sweeps Over Northeast China
Full Resolution:     TIFF (7.618 MB)     JPEG (629.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-31 Earth Terra
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Heavy snowfall on March 12, 2004, across north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Mongolia and Russia, caused train and highway traffic to stop for several days along the Russia-China border shown here by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04355:
Snowstorm Along the China-Mongolia-Russia Borders
Full Resolution:     TIFF (11.81 MB)     JPEG (882 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-01 Earth Aura
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Technicians install NASA's Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) instrument on NASA's Aura spacecraft prior to launch in July 2004.
PIA15608:
NASA's Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Instrument Onboard Aura
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.378 MB)     JPEG (128.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-14 Earth Terra
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Vegetation across southeast Illinois and central Indiana is shown in this set of multispectral and multiangle images from NASA's Terra spacecraft, captured on April 5, 2004.
PIA04356:
Spring in Southeastern Illinois and Central Indiana
Full Resolution:     TIFF (7.394 MB)     JPEG (693 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-28 Earth Terra
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Normandy, Poitou, Bourgogne Regions, France is shown in this MISR Mystery Quiz #18 captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04357:
Where on Earth...? MISR Mystery Image Quiz #18:
Normandy, Poitou, Bourgogne Regions, France
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.794 MB)     JPEG (680.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-12 Earth Terra
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Vigorous vegetation growth in the Southern United States after heavy rains fell during April and early May, 2004, is quantified in these images and data products from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04358:
April Showers Bring May Flowers to the Southern United States
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.896 MB)     JPEG (531 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-26 Earth Terra
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These images, from 8 April 2003 show that depending upon the position of the Sun, the solar power stations in California's Mohave Desert can reflect solar energy from their large, mirror-like surfaces directly toward one of NASA's Terra cameras.
PIA04359:
Sun Glint from Solar Electric Generating Stations
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.528 MB)     JPEG (99.83 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-02 Earth Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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While most hills and mountains on Earth originate from tectonic motions or volcanism, Earth also has some examples of hills that originated from impacts of large meteorites, the predominant origin for hills and mountains on the Moon.
PIA06012:
Hills in Arctic Canada with Impact Origin
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.198 MB)     JPEG (133.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-09 Earth Terra
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Clear skies on April 11, 2004 (top panels) contrast strongly with the dust storm that swept across Iraq and Saudi Arabia on May 13 (bottom panels) as seen by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04360:
Elevated Dust over the Middle East
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.035 MB)     JPEG (270.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-11 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
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Portland, the largest city in Oregon, is located on the Columbia River at the northern end of the Willamette Valley. Mount Hood highlights the Cascade Mountains backdrop to the east in this image from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA04966:
Portland, Mount Hood, & Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, Perspective View
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.389 MB)     JPEG (573.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
X-Band Radar
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The Gotel Mountains along the border between Nigeria and Cameroon showing two distinct and highly contrasting patterns as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA04954:
Gotel Mountains, Nigeria and Cameroon, SRTM Shaded Relief plus Height as Brightness
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.26 MB)     JPEG (359.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
X-Band Radar
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The Zagros Mountains in Iran offer a visually stunning topographic display of geologic structure in layered sedimentary rocks in this anaglyph from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA04955:
Zagros Mountains, Iran, SRTM Shaded Relief Anaglyph
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.247 MB)     JPEG (318.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
X-Band Radar
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The Zagros Mountains in Iran offer a visually stunning topographic display of geologic structure in layered sedimentary rocks as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA04956:
Zagros Mountains, Iran, SRTM Shaded Relief
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.696 MB)     JPEG (320.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
X-Band Radar
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The Sinai Peninsula, located between Africa and Asia, is a result of those two continents pulling apart from each other as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA04957:
Sinai Peninsula, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
Full Resolution:     TIFF (56.53 MB)     JPEG (3.751 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
X-Band Radar
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The striking contrast of geologic structures in Africa is shown in this shaded relief image of Mt. Elgon on the left and a section of the Great Rift Valley on the right as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA04958:
Mt. Elgon, Africa, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
Full Resolution:     TIFF (17.31 MB)     JPEG (1.24 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
X-Band Radar
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Three striking and important areas of Tanzania in eastern Africa are shown in this color-coded shaded relief image from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA04959:
Olduvai Gorge, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
Full Resolution:     TIFF (17.33 MB)     JPEG (1.018 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
X-Band Radar
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Cape Town and the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, appear on the left (west) of this anaglyph from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA04960:
Cape Town, South Africa, Anaglyph, Landsat Image over SRTM Elevation
Full Resolution:     TIFF (26.41 MB)     JPEG (2.219 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
X-Band Radar
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Cape Town and the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, appear in the foreground of this perspective view generated from a Landsat satellite image and elevation data from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour.
PIA04961:
Cape Town, South Africa, Perspective View, Landsat Image over SRTM Elevation
Full Resolution:     TIFF (8.727 MB)     JPEG (581.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
X-Band Radar
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The prominent circular feature seen here is known as the Richat Structure, in the Sahara desert of Mauritania. This anaglyph is from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA04962:
Richat Structure, Mauritania, Anaglyph, Landsat Image over SRTM Elevation
Full Resolution:     TIFF (54.43 MB)     JPEG (3.974 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
X-Band Radar
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This prominent circular feature, known as the Richat Structure, in the Sahara desert of Mauritania is often noted by astronauts because it forms a conspicuous bull's-eye on the otherwise rather featureless expanse of the desert.
PIA04963:
Richat Structure, Mauritania
Full Resolution:     TIFF (8.441 MB)     JPEG (507 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
X-Band Radar
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This stereoscopic shaded relief image from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission shows Africa's topography. Also shown are Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, and other adjacent regions. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA04964:
Africa in SRTM 3-D, Anaglyph of Shaded Relief
Full Resolution:     TIFF (123.1 MB)     JPEG (13.79 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
X-Band Radar
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Elevation data at the highest possible resolution from NASA's SRTM mission in February 2000 are being released for the first time for most of the African continent. This color shaded relief image shows the extent of SRTM digital elevation data for Africa.
PIA04965:
SRTM Data Release for Africa, Colored Height
Full Resolution:     TIFF (146.2 MB)     JPEG (19.74 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-23 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Terra
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR)
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An astonishing diversity of geological features, ecological systems and human landscapes across North America is indicated within this image from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04361:
Natural Color Mosaic of North America
Full Resolution:     TIFF (10.95 MB)     JPEG (597.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-25 Earth European Remote Sensing Satellite Mission (ERS)
Landsat
 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Thematic Mapper (TM)
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A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck a sparsely inhabited area of southeast Iran on March 14, 1998, at 11:10 p.m. local time.
PIA06310:
Shahdad, Southeast Iran, Radar Interferometry -- Silent Earthquake, Perspective View
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.672 MB)     JPEG (367.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-25 Earth Envisat
 Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR)
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A magnitude 6.5 earthquake devastated the small city of Bam in southeast Iran on December 26, 2003. The two images from ESA's Envisat show similar measures of the radar interferometric correlation in grayscale on the left and in false colors on the right.
PIA06311:
Bam, Iran, Radar Interferometry -- Earthquake
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.109 MB)     JPEG (77.72 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-03 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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This image from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission shows the Pacific and Santa Monica Mountains, CA, along Malibu Coast, San Fernando Valley, downtown Los Angeles, San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys, San Gabriel Mountains, and part of the Mojave Desert.
PIA04967:
Library of Congress Model, Perspective View
Full Resolution:     TIFF (11.27 MB)     JPEG (895.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-03 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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This elevation anaglyph of Los Angeles and adjacent mountainous terrain was created by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA04968:
Library of Congress Model, Anaglyph
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.503 MB)     JPEG (858.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-07 Earth Terra
 MISR
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Numerous fires occurred near the headwaters of the Xingu River and the Xingu Indigenous Peoples' Reserve in Mato Grosso, Brazil, during late June and early July, 2004, as seen by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04362:
Fire and Deforestation near the Xingu River
Full Resolution:     TIFF (13.92 MB)     JPEG (1.079 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-09 Earth Terra
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On July 3, 2004, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite acquired this image of the Willow fire near Payson, Arizona.
PIA06375:
Willow Fire Near Payson, Arizona
Full Resolution:     TIFF (17.49 MB)     JPEG (1.148 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-13 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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The 5000 meter (16,000 feet) high Tibetan Plateau has been formed by the collision of the Indian subcontinent with central Asia as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA04969:
Western Tibet, Shaded Relief with Color as Height
Full Resolution:     TIFF (104.1 MB)     JPEG (8.565 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-13 Earth Jason-1
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Recent sea level height data from NASA's U.S./France Jason altimetric satellite during a 10-day cycle ending June 15, 2004 showed that Pacific equatorial surface ocean heights and temperatures were near neutral.
PIA06380:
Pacific Decadal Oscillation Influences Drought (June 15, 2004)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.433 MB)     JPEG (114.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-13 Earth Jason-1
 Altimeter
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Recent sea level height data from NASA's U.S./France Jason altimetric satellite during a 10-day cycle ending June 27, 2004 shows that Pacific equatorial surface ocean heights and temperatures are near neutral.
PIA06381:
Pacific Decadal Oscillation Influences Drought (June 27, 2004)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.433 MB)     JPEG (115.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-14 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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Tropical Storm Blas as observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) onboard NASA's Aqua in the year 2004.
PIA00436:
Tropical Storm Blas off the Pacific Coast of Mexico
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.004 MB)     JPEG (121.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-21 Earth Terra
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Large lightning-induced fires were active in Alaska and the Yukon Territory from mid-June to mid-July, 2004 as seen by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04363:
Smoke Signals from the Alaska and Yukon Fires
Full Resolution:     TIFF (7.759 MB)     JPEG (912.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-23 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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Hurricane Celia as observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) onboard NASA's Aqua in the year 2004.
PIA00438:
Hurricane Celia off the Pacific Coast of Mexico
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.004 MB)     JPEG (140.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-26 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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Hurricane Darby as observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) onboard NASA's Aqua in July, 2004.
PIA00439:
Hurricane Darby off the Pacific Coast of Mexico
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.004 MB)     JPEG (139 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-03 Earth Aqua
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Hurricane Alex captured on August 3, 2004, as observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) onboard NASA's Aqua.
PIA00440:
Hurricane Alex, located about 80 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, as observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS).
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.374 MB)     JPEG (102.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-04 Earth Jason-1
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Sea-level height data from NASA's U.S./France Jason altimetric satellite during a 10-day cycle ending July 27, 2004, show weaker than normal trade winds in the western and central equatorial Pacific have triggered an eastward moving, warm Kelvin wave.
PIA06751:
Warm Pacific Water Wave Heads East, But No El Niņo Yet
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.438 MB)     JPEG (110.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-04 Earth Terra
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The Black Sea is shown in this MISR Mystery Quiz #19 captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04364:
Where on Earth...? MISR Mystery Image Quiz #19: The Black Sea
Full Resolution:     TIFF (5.417 MB)     JPEG (215 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-12 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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Tropical storm Bonnie, Gulf of Mexico, captured on August 3, 2004 by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA00441:
Tropical Storm Bonnie as Observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.879 MB)     JPEG (110 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-18 Earth Terra
 MISR
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A look at smoke from the Chisholm forest fire, which ignited on May 23, 2001 about 160 kilometers north of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, as seen by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04365:
Smoke Soars to Stratospheric Heights
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.566 MB)     JPEG (395.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-30 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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Born in the Atlantic, Hurricane Frances became a category 4 hurricane on August 31, 2004, as seen by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounding System (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua.
PIA00433:
Hurricane Frances as Observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) - Total Water Vapor Time Series Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (344.8 kB)     JPEG (36.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-30 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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This image shows Hurricane Frances in August 2004 as captured by instruments onboard two different NASA satellites: the AIRS infrared instrument onboard Aqua, and the SeaWinds scatterometer onboard QuikSCAT.
PIA00435:
Hurricane Frances as Observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and SeaWinds Scatterometer
Full Resolution:     TIFF (693.4 kB)     JPEG (88.32 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-01 Earth Terra
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These views of the Russian Arctic were acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft on July 11, 2004, when the brief arctic summer had transformed the frozen tundra and the thousands of lakes, channels, and rivers of the Lena Delta into a fertile wetland.
PIA04366:
A Summer View of Russia's Lena Delta and Olenek
Full Resolution:     TIFF (10.55 MB)     JPEG (608.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-03 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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The very low topography of southern Florida is evident in this color-coded shaded relief map generated with data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06666:
Southern Florida, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
Full Resolution:     TIFF (65.04 MB)     JPEG (5.819 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-14 Earth Terra
 MISR
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NASA's Terra spacecraft captured these images and cloud-top height retrievals of Hurricane Frances on September 4, 2004, when the eye sat just off the coast of eastern Florida, and Hurricane Ivan on September 5th.
PIA04367:
Cloud Height Maps for Hurricanes Frances and Ivan
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.952 MB)     JPEG (578.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-15 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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as seen by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounding System (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua.
PIA00431:
Hurricane Ivan as Observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (708.9 kB)     JPEG (149.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-15 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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The topography of the Gulf Coast states showing southern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the panhandle of Florida is well shown in this color-coded shaded relief map generated with data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06667:
Gulf Coast, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
Full Resolution:     TIFF (236.5 MB)     JPEG (26.54 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-22 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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Interstate 10 across Pensacola Bay, Florida was severely damaged by Hurricane Ivan. This image was acquired by NASA's Terra satellite on September 21, 2004.
PIA06873:
Damage by Hurricane Ivan over Pensacola Bay, Florida
Full Resolution:     TIFF (723.5 kB)     JPEG (42.85 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-29 Earth Terra
 MISR
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These visualizations of Hurricane Jeanne on September 24, 2004 were captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft after the hurricane caused widespread destruction on Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
PIA04368:
Hurricane Jeanne Cloud Height and Motion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-01 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission shows Mount Saint Helens, one of several prominent volcanoes of the Cascade Range that stretches from British Columbia, Canada, southward through Washington, Oregon, and into northern California.
PIA06668:
Mount Saint Helens, Washington, USA, SRTM Perspective: Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-02 Earth Terra
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In the Arabian Sea, sunlight and nutrients has fueled a startling occurrence of colorful phytoplankton and bacterial assemblages, which is captured in these natural color images from NASA's Terra spacecraft October 2, 2004.
PIA04369:
Red Plankton in the Arabian Sea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-11 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows vast alluvial fan blossoms across the desolate landscape between two mountain ranges that form the southern border of the Taklimakan Desert in China's XinJiang Province.
PIA12070:
Alluvial Fan, China
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Earth Terra
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Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe are shown in this MISR Mystery Quiz #20 captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04370:
Where on Earth...? MISR Mystery Image Quiz # 20:
Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-10 Earth Terra
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Heavy rainfall in southern Africa between December 2003 and April 2004 provided central Zambia with floodwaters needed to support the diverse uses of water within the Kafue Flats area as seen by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04371:
Floodwaters Renew Zambia's Kafue Wetland
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-16 Earth Jason-1
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NASA's U.S./France Jason altimetric satellite during a 10-day cycle ending November 15, 2004 showed that the central equatorial Pacific continued to exhibit an area of higher-than-normal sea surface heights.
PIA05078:
El Nino: Pumping Up or Fizzling Out?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-09 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission shows Australia, the world's smallest, flattest, and (after Antarctica) driest continent, but at 7.7 million square kilometers (3.0 million square miles) it is also the sixth largest country.
PIA06665:
Australia, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-09 Earth QuikScat
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This image, produced from data collected on December 1, 2004, by the SeaWinds scatterometer instrument onboard NASA's QuikScat mission reveals the details of the surface winds and rain in Typhoon Nanmadol as it moves westward.
PIA07100:
Typhoon Nanmadol
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-14 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
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New Zealand straddles the juncture of the Indo-Australian and Pacific tectonic plates, two of Earth's major crustal plates in this image from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06662:
New Zealand, SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-06 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 Spaceborne Imaging Radar
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Bora Bora, Tahaa, and Raiatea (top to bottom) are Polynesian Islands about 220 kilometers (135 miles) west-northwest of Tahiti in the South Pacific. This image from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06660:
Bora Bora, Tahaa, and Raiatea, French Polynesia, Landsat and SIR-C Images Compared to SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 Spaceborne Imaging Radar
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The Alpine fault runs parallel to, and just inland of, much of the west coast of New Zealand's South Island. This view was created from the near-global digital elevation model produced by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06661:
Alpine Fault, New Zealand, SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 Spaceborne Imaging Radar
C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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The Davenport Ranges of central Australia have been inferred to be among the oldest persisting landforms on Earth as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06663:
Davenport Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia, SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 Spaceborne Imaging Radar
C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Australia is the only continent without any current volcanic activity, but it hosts one of the world's largest extinct volcanoes, the Tweed Volcano as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06664:
Tweed Extinct Volcano, Australia, Stereo Pair of SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-12 Earth Jason-1
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Displayed in blue color is the height of sea surface (shown in blue) measured by NASA's Jason satellite two hours after the initial magnitude 9 earthquake hit the region (shown in red) southwest of Sumatra on December 26, 2004.
PIA07219:
NASA/French Satellite Data Reveal New Details of Tsunami
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-12 Earth Terra
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On 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. These views were acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04372:
Breaking Tsunami Waves along India's Eastern Coast Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-12 Earth Terra
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The island of Phuket on the Indian Ocean coast of Thailand is a major tourist destination and was also in the path of the tsunami that washed ashore on December 26, 2004. Images were acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA07227:
New NASA Imagery Sheds Additional Perspectives on Tsunami
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-14 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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The topography of the island nation of Sri Lanka is well shown in this color-coded shaded relief map generated with digital elevation data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06670:
Sri Lanka, Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-14 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Terra
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This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Indian Ocean coastline north of Phuket, Thailand is a major tourist destination that was in the path of the tsunami produced by a giant offshore earthquake on December 26, 2004.
PIA06671:
Tsunami Inundation, North of Phuket, Thailand
ASTER Images and SRTM Elevation Model
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-26 Earth Terra
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The initial tsunami waves resulting from the undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) on 26 December 2004 off the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, as seen by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04373:
Deep Ocean Tsunami Waves off the Sri Lankan Coast
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-23 Earth Terra
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These 19 global panels show the %-year seasonal-average distribution of atmospheric aerosol amount across Africa and the Atlantic Ocean from data captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04374:
Five Years of MISR Global Aerosol Observations
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-03 Earth QuikScat
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The SeaWinds scatterometer aboard NASA's QuikScat satellite collected the data used to create this colorful image of Cyclone Olaf churning in the South Pacific on February 16, 2005.
PIA07415:
Cyclones in the Pacific
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-09 Earth Terra
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Actinae, or radial symmetry, is shown in this MISR Mystery Quiz #21 captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04375:
Where on Earth...? MISR Mystery Image Quiz #21:
ACTINAE
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-14 Earth Jason-1
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Recent sea-level height data from NASA's U.S./France Jason altimetric satellite during a 10-day cycle ending February 22, 2005, showed that the central equatorial Pacific continues to exhibit an area of higher-than-normal sea surface heights.
PIA07456:
El Niņo: The Weak, Getting Weaker
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-16 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Imaging Radar
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The island of Ireland comprises a large central lowland of limestone with a relief of hills surrounded by a discontinuous border of coastal mountains which vary greatly in geological structure as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06672:
Ireland, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-18 Earth Terra
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This NASA's Terra satellite image of Mount St. Helens was captured one week after the March 8, 2005 ash and steam eruption, the latest activity since the volcano's reawakening in September 2004.
PIA07478:
Mount St. Helens
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-23 Earth Terra
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Data from a portion of the imagery acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft during 2000-2002 were combined to create this cloud-free natural-color mosaic of southwestern Europe and northwestern Morocco and Algeria.
PIA04376:
Where Europe meets Africa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-13 Earth Terra
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As it passed over Antarctica on December 16, 2004, NASA's Terra satellite captured this image showing a wavy pattern in a field of white.
PIA04377:
Waves on White: Ice or Clouds?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-04 Earth Terra
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Seasonal changes in Earth's surface albedo over a 5-year period are seen in these image summary maps from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04378:
Seasonal Changes in Earth's Surface Albedo
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-18 Earth Terra
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Despite good rainfall and record-setting snowstorms in the spring of 2005, most of northeastern Wyoming, the Black Hills, and western South Dakota remained in the midst of a severe drought. These images are from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04379:
Drought in the Black Hills
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-02 Earth Aura
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This image from the Microwave Limb Sounder instrument on NASA's Aura spacecraft depicts the relationship between nitrous oxide levels and ozone loss, 2004-2005 Arctic winter.
PIA07994:
Microwave Limb Sounder Measurements Depicting the Relationship Between Nitrous Oxide Levels and Ozone Loss, 2004-2005 Arctic Winter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-02 Earth Aura
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These data maps from the Microwave Limb Sounder on NASA's Aura spacecraft depict levels of hydrogen chloride, chlorine monoxide, and ozone at an altitude of approximately 19 km (490,000 ft) on selected days during the 2004-05 Arctic winter.
PIA07252:
Aura's Microwave Limb Sounder Estimates of Ozone Loss, 2004/2005 Arctic Winter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-02 Earth Aura
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Images from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument onboard NASA's Aura spacecraft shows the average total column ozone during the months of January and March, and the total column ozone on the single day of 11 March, 2005.
PIA07254:
Selected Measurements of Total Arctic Column Ozone Amounts from Aura's Ozone Monitoring Instrument, 2004-2005 Arctic Winter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-02 Earth Aura
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This still from an animation created from data from the Microwave Limb Sounder instrument on NASA's Aura spacecraft depicts the complex interaction of chemicals involved in the destruction of ozone during the 2005 Arctic winter.
PIA07255:
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Animation Illustrating the Interaction Between Temperatures and Chemicals Involved in Ozone Destruction, 2004-2005 Arctic Winter Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-08 Earth Terra
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The lowlands of Lombardy and Piedmont in northwest Italy are some of the most highly developed irrigation areas in the world. These views of the region were acquired on May 8, 2005, by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04380:
Rice Cultivation in Northwest Italy
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-22 Earth Terra
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The Ganges Plain is shown in this MISR Mystery Quiz #22 captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04381:
Where on Earth...? MISR Mystery Image Quiz #22: Ganges Plain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-15 Earth Aqua
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In July of 2005, a continent-sized cloud of hot air and dust originating from the Sahara Desert crossed the Atlantic Ocean and headed towards Florida and the Caribbean, captured by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA00448:
Sahara Dust Cloud
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-18 Earth QuikScat
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Typhoon Haitang is shown here churning steadily towards Taiwan and China. This image shows the storm's swirling wind patterns as observed by NASA's QuikScat satellite on July 14, 2005, at 19:19 UTC (14:19 Eastern Daylight Time).
PIA07968:
Super Typhoon Haitang
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-18 Earth QuikScat
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When NASA's Quick Scatterometer (QuikScat) captured this image on July 13, 2005, Emily was just a few hours away from becoming a hurricane.
PIA07969:
Hurricane Emily
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