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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-08-29 Earth Voyager
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This picture of a crescent-shaped Earth and Moon, the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft, was recorded Sept. 18, 1977, by NASA's Voyager 1 when it was 7.25 million miles (11.66 million kilometers) from Earth.
PIA00013:
Crescent Earth and Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-12 Earth Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This narrow-angle color image of the Earth, dubbed 'Pale Blue Dot', is a part of the first ever 'portrait' of the solar system taken by NASA's Voyager 1.
PIA00452:
Solar System Portrait - Earth as 'Pale Blue Dot'
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-13 Earth Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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These six narrow-angle color images were made from the first ever 'portrait' of the solar system taken by NASA's Voyager 1, which was more than 4 billion miles from Earth and about 32 degrees above the ecliptic.
PIA00453:
Solar System Portrait - Views of 6 Planets
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-30 Earth Voyager
VG Imaging Science Subsystem
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NASA's Voyager 2 was launched on Aug. 20, 1977 from the NASA Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida where it was propelled into space on a Titan/Centaur rocket.
PIA01480:
Voyager 2 Launch
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-15 Earth Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This picture of a crescent-shaped Earth and Moon -- the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft -- was recorded Sept. 18, 1977, by NASA's Voyager 1 when it was 7.25 million miles (11.66 million kilometers) from Earth.
PIA01967:
Crescent-shaped Earth and Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-12-10 Earth Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image of the Earth is one of 60 frames taken by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft on Feb. 14, 1990 from a distance of approximately 4 billion miles and about 32 degrees above the ecliptic plane.
PIA02228:
Solar System Portrait - Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-02-12 Earth Voyager
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image shows an updated version of the iconic Pale Blue Dot image taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
PIA23645:
Pale Blue Dot Revisited
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-18 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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This image is a false-color composite of three channels from data acquired by NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar over the San Andreas Fault west of San Mateo, California.
PIA12075:
Scientists Search for a Pulse in Skies Above Earthquake Country
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-02 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) captured this false-color composite image of the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the surrounding region on Jan. 27, 2010.
PIA12503:
NASA Airborne Radar Captures Its First Images of Post-Quake Haiti
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-01 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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JPL's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar collected this composite radar image around Québec City, Canada, during an 11-day campaign to study the structure of temperate and boreal forests.
PIA12189:
UAVSAR Radar Imagery of Boreal Forests Around Quebec City, Canada
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-01 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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This false-color composite image from NASA's UAVSAR taken on June 23, 2010, shows the southern Louisiana coastline, covering the area around Grande Isle and the entrance to Barataria Bay.
PIA13233:
UAVSAR Maps the Gulf Coast Oil Spill
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-04 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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This image shows NASA's UAVSAR interferogram swath overlaid atop a Google Earth image. NASA airborne radar images show the continuing deformation in Earth's surface resulting from the magnitude 7.2 temblor in Baja California on April 4, 2010.
PIA13314:
NASA Radar Images Show Continued Deformation from Mexico Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-23 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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This radar image from NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar shows the deformed Earth caused by a 7.2 earthquake in Mexico's state of Baja California in 2010.
PIA13380:
NASA Radar Images Show How Mexico Quake Deformed Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-04 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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This radar image from NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar shows the deformed Earth caused by a 7.2 earthquake in Mexico's state of Baja California and parts of the American Southwest on April 4, 2010.
PIA13902:
NASA Radar Captures Earth Deformation from 2010 Baja Calif. Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-15 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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This false-color, oblique perspective image of the Slumgullion landslide in southwestern Colorado depicting its surface motion was created by data acquired by NASA's UAVSAR between two airplane flights in August 2011.
PIA16059:
NASA's UAVSAR Images Colorado's Slumgullion Landslide
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-03 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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On March 17, 2013, NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) acquired synthetic aperture radar data over the Napo River in Ecuador and Peru.
PIA16942:
NASA Sends Unmanned Aircraft To Study Volcanoes and Wetlands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-03 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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This false-color image of Colombia's Galeras Volcano, was acquired by UAVSAR on March 13, 2013. A highly active volcano, Galeras features a breached caldera and an active cone that produces numerous small to moderate explosive eruptions.
PIA16943:
UAVSAR Acquires False-Color Image of Galeras Volcano, Colombia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-01-28 Earth UAVSAR
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This image shows a small part of the Hofsjökull ice cap in Iceland, which encompasses several glaciers. The fan at upper left is part of a glacier called Mûlaj&oumlkul.
PIA17924:
NASA Radar Maps the Winter Pace of Iceland's Glaciers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-06 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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Analyses by NASA's UAVSAR radar performed after the Bayou Corne, La., sinkhole formed, show it was able to detect precursory ground surface movement of up to 10.2 inches (260 millimeters) more than a month before the sinkhole collapsed in Aug. 2012.
PIA18040:
NASA Radar Demonstrates Ability to Foresee Sinkholes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-31 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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NASA Model Provides 3-D Look at L.A.-area 5.1 Quake
PIA18041:
NASA Model Provides 3-D Look at L.A.-area 5.1 Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-27 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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This false-color image of Peru's Ubinas volcano was acquired on April 14, 2014, by NASA's UAVSAR. Located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the city of Arequipa, Ubinas is Peru's most active volcano.
PIA18049:
UAVSAR image of Ubinas Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-09-04 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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NASA's UAVSAR studies ground deformation after a magnitude 6.0 South Napa earthquake on August 24, 2014.
PIA18801:
NASA's UAVSAR Studies Ground Deformation from Napa California Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-01-27 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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These two images from NASA's UAVSAR and Google Earth show the mesa-top site of Peru's Nasca lines World Heritage Site. The data collected will help Peruvian authorities fully catalog the thousand-year-old designs drawn on the ground.
PIA20367:
NASA Radar Brings a New View of World Heritage Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-02-05 Earth UAVSAR
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Different visualizations of an area with geometric geoglyphs at the Nasca World Heritage Site in Peru as seen by NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR).
PIA20376:
Peruvian Geometric Geoglyphs Detected by NASA's UAVSAR
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-02-05 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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This image shows the Pan-American Highway (upper right), and an unpaved road from the highway to a hilly area used by tourists to view the Peruvian Nasca World Heritage Site geoglyphs.
PIA20377:
Disturbance at Peru's Nasca World Heritage Site seen by NASA's UAVSAR
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-02-05 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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A protected area within the Nasca World Heritage Site in Peru that has experienced apparent disturbance between two different observations by NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR).
PIA20378:
Disturbance on Dirt Roads Crossing Peru's Nasca World Heritage Site seen by NASA's UAVSAR
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-02-12 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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NASA's UAVSAR detected changes caused by severe debris flows as extreme winter rains fell in January 2018 following the Thomas Fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties in California.
PIA22243:
Effects of Deadly California Debris Flows Seen in Before/After Images from NASA's UAVSAR
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-21 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This graph shows global mean sea level (in blue) since 1993. The solid red line indicates the trajectory of this increase, which more than doubled over the past three decades. The dotted red line projects future sea level rise.
PIA26183:
2023 Sea Level Rise Update
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-21 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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The cold pool of water in the Pacific known as 'La Nina' is beginning to fade, but ocean conditions have not returned to normal, according to scientists studying images from the U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA00031:
TOPEX El Niño/La Niña -La Niña Begins to Fade, April 7, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-28 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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Data taken during a 10-day collection cycle ending March 9, 2001, show that above-normal sea-surface heights and warmer ocean temp. (red and white areas) still blanket the far-western tropical Pacific and much of the north (and south) mid-Pacific.
PIA00556:
Warm Ocean Temperatures Blanket the Far-Western Pacific
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-14 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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These four views of the Pacific Ocean were produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S./French TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite.
PIA00734:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - March thru June, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-14 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S./French TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite.
PIA00735:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - June 25, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-14 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S./French TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite.
PIA00736:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch- September 20, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-14 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA00741:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - October 3, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-14 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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These images of the Pacific Ocean near Indonesia were produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA00742:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Indonesia Area, December, 1996 and August, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-02 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA00837:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Warm Water Pool Returns to Near Normal State, Mar, 14, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-30 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S./French TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite.
PIA01053:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - October 23, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-20 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by the U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite. The image shows sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on Nov. 10, 1997.
PIA01085:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Warm Water Pool is Increasing, Nov. 10, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-08 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite. The image shows sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on Dec. 1, 1997.
PIA01099:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - "Double Peak" Pattern Complete, Dec, 1, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-19 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA01140:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Rhythm, Dec, 10, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-11-04 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA01164:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Warm Water Pool Decreasing, Jan, 08, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-03 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA01448:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Warm Water Pool is Thinning, Feb, 5, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-11-04 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA01449:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Satellite shows El Niño-related Sea Surface Height, Mar, 14, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-03 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This series of six images shows the evolution of atmospheric water vapor over the Pacific Ocean during the 1998 El Niño condition.
PIA01450:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Moisture in the Atmosphere, Jan & Feb, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-03 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA01451:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño is Still Lingering in the Pacific May 3, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-03 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite showing sea-surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on June 14, 1998.
PIA01453:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño in Retreat, Pacific in Transition, June 14, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-21 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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Height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite. The image shows sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on July 11, 1998; sea surface height is an indicator of the heat content of the ocean.
PIA01461:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Satellite shows Pacific Stabilizing, July 11, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-26 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite showing sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on August 13, 1998.
PIA01473:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Little Change in Pacific, August 13, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-26 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite showing sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on September 12, 1998.
PIA01474:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Satellite Shows Pacific Running Hot and Cold, September 12, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-12-05 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite showing sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on November 8, 1998.
PIA01497:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña looks "frozen" in Pacific, November 8, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-12-05 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite showing sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on November 29, 1998.
PIA01498:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Topex/Poseidon Shows Unusual Pacific, November 29, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite showng sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on January 17, 1999.
PIA01525:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña Weakening, January 17, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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The cold pool of water in the Pacific known as La Niña is seen by data from NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite. Very large, unusual area of higher or warmer water (shown here in red and white) appear in the western Pacific Ocean.
PIA01526:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña Hangs On, February 27, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-21 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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Sea surface height measurements from NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite show that the sea level and temperature of the entire Pacific was 'out of balance,' including a large area of abnormally cool water along the west coast of North America.
PIA01528:
TOPEX El Niño/La Niña - Entire Pacific is out of Whack, April 7, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-23 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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Lingering in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the La Niña phenomenon, with its large volume of chilly water, barely had a pulse June 18, 1999, according to satellite data from NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon mission.
PIA01586:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña Barely Has a Pulse, June 18, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-23 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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The North Pacific Ocean ran hot and cold, with abnormally low sea levels and cool waters in the northeastern Pacific contrasting with unusually high sea levels and warm waters in the northwestern Pacific shown by data from NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA02403:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Pacific Ocean Conditions are Split: Cold in East, Hot in West, July 27, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-11-18 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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Mild La Niña conditions -- with a stormy winter in the Pacific Northwest and a dry winter in the southwestern United States -- will be the likely outcome of sea-surface heights observed by NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite in 1999.
PIA02436:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña Conditions Likely to Prevail, October 10, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-12-01 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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Unusually warm ocean temperatures off Asia and cool waters in the eastern and equatorial Pacific signaled La Niña's mild return, according to sea-surface heights observed by the joint NASA-French space agency's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA02437:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Mild La Niña Conditions Developing, November 12, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-01-21 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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A giant horseshoe pattern of higher than normal sea-surface heights developed in 1998 and began to dominate the entire western Pacific and Asiatic oceans according to NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite in 1999.
PIA02448:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña Persistence May be Part of Larger Climate Pattern, January 8, 2000
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-07 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon data, collected over a 10-day sampling cycle from March 1 to 11, 2000, showed a La Niña condition with sea surface heights reflecting unusual patterns of heat storage in the ocean.
PIA02460:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña Still a "cool" Problem Child, March 23, 2000
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-07-06 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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After dominating the tropical Pacific Ocean for more than two years, the 1998-2000 La Niña 'cool pool' is continuing its slow fade and seems to be retiring from the climate stage, according to satellite data from NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon mission.
PIA02935:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Strong, Long-lasting La Niña Just Fading Away, June 19, 2000
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-30 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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After three years of El Niño and La Niña, the Pacific finally calmed down in the tropics but still showed signs of being abnormal elsewhere, according to the satellite data from NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon mission in 2000.
PIA02969:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Los Niños may be Gone, But Pacific Pattern Remains August 14, 2000
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-08-27 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
Altimeter
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These data, taken taken by NASA's Topex/Poseidon satellite during August, 2001, showed that above-normal sea-surface heights and warmer ocean temperatures still blanketed the far-western tropical Pacific and much of the north (and south) mid-Pacific.
PIA03457:
Pacific Decadal Oscillation Still Rules in Pacific; No Niño Anytime Soon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-07 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
Altimeter
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Like fall and winter of 2000, 2001 NASA's Topex/Poseidon satellite data showed that the Pacific ocean continued to be dominated by the strong Pacific Decadal Oscillation, which is larger than the El Niño/La Niña pattern.
PIA03460:
Pacific Decadal Oscillation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-03 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
Altimeter
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The Pacific Ocean doesn't show signs of anything that looks like the whopper El Niño of 1997-1998, according to information from NASA's U.S.-French ocean-observing satellite Topex/Poseidon.
PIA03850:
Pacific Ocean in Holding Pattern for El Niño
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-08-22 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
Altimeter
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NASA's Topex/Poseidon image of sea-surface heights was taken during a 10-day collection cycle ending August 7, 2002. There had been a series of warm Kelvin waves--eastward-moving ocean waves that cross the equatorial Pacific
PIA03855:
Watching for the Next El Niño
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Landsat
ASTER
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Stark effects of a California drought on agriculture can be clearly seen in these two February images acquired in 2014 and 2003 by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA18187:
Stark Effects of California Drought on Agriculture seen by NASA Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-16 Earth Terra
MLS
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This image shows differences in atmospheric water vapor relative to a normal (average) year in the Earth's upper troposphere about 10 kilometers (6 miles) above the surface.
PIA00823:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Moisture in the Atmosphere, February 22, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Earth Terra
MLS
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This series of six images shows the evolution of atmospheric water vapor over the Pacific Ocean during the 1998 El Niño condition.
PIA00824:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Moisture in the Atmosphere, January and February, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-30 Earth Terra
MLS
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This image shows atmospheric water vapor in Earth's upper troposphere, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) above the surface, as measured by NASA's Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) instrument flying aboard the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
PIA01052:
Microwave Limb Sounder/El Niño Watch - Water Vapor Measurement, October, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-14 Earth Terra
MLS
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This image shows differences in atmospheric water vapor relative to a normal (average) year in the Earth's upper troposphere about 10 kilometers (6 miles) above the surface.
PIA01165:
Microwave Limb Sounder/El Niño Watch - December, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-14 Earth Terra
MLS
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This series of six images shows the movement of atmospheric water vapor over the Pacific Ocean during the formation of the 1997 El Niño condition.
PIA01166:
Microwave Limb Sounder/El Niño Watch - February thru December, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-10-30 Earth Terra
MISR
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These images from NASA's Terra satellite, captured on October 18, 2002, display a large dust plume extended across countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
PIA03731:
Dust Shrouds the Eastern Mediterranean
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-02-19 Earth Terra
ASTER
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Pyroclastic flows from Guatemala's Fuego volcano eruptions sent ash plumes spewing over Guatemala City in early February, 2015. This image is from the ASTER instrument onboard NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA19297:
Guatemala Volcanic Eruption Captured in NASA Spacecraft Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-10-29 Earth Terra
ASTER
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The Isle of Jersey (officially called the Bailiwick of Jersey) is the largest Channel Island, positioned in the Bay of Mont St Michel off the north-west coast of France. This image was acquired by NASA's Terra satellite on September 23, 2000.
PIA03879:
Isle of Jersey
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-03-11 Earth Terra
MISR
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The first images taken by NASA's Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) on February 24, 2000, show the winter landscape of James Bay, Ontario, Canada from three of the instrument's nine cameras.
PIA02450:
MISR's First Views of James Bay, Canada
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-03-11 Earth Terra
ASTER
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This image of the San Francisco River channel, and its surrounding flood zone, in Brazil was acquired by band 3N of ASTER's Visible/Near Infrared sensor onboard NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA02451:
ASTER's First Views of San Francisco River, Brazil - Visible/near Infrared (VNIR) Image (monochrome)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-03-11 Earth Terra
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This scene scene covers the Red Sea coastline to an inland area of Ethiopia. This image is from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA02452:
ASTER's First Views of Red Sea, Ethiopia - Thermal-Infrared (TIR) Image (monochrome)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-03-11 Earth Terra
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This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft is a color composite covering the Rift Valley inland area of Ethiopia.
PIA02453:
ASTER's First Views of Rift Valley, Ethiopia - Thermal-Infrared (TIR) Image (color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-10 Earth Terra
ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image of flooding from the Chao Phraya River, Thailand on Nov. 8, 2011. The muddy water that had overflowed the banks of the river, flooding agricultural fields and villages, is seen in dark blue and blue-gray.
PIA15072:
NASA Spacecraft Depicts More Flooding in Thailand
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-19 Earth Terra
MISR
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The stereo image at right is a downward-looking (nadir) view of the area around the San Cristobal volcano in Nicaragua taken by NASA's Terra satellite. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA02600:
Nicaraguan Volcanoes, 26 February 2000
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-19 Earth Terra
MISR
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These images from NASA's Terra spacecraft show the (nadir) view of the eastern United States, stretching from Lake Ontario to northern Georgia, and spanning the Appalachian Mountains.
PIA02601:
Multi-Angle Views of the Appalachian Mountains, 6 March 2000
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-19 Earth Terra
MISR
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A multi-angle view of the Canary Islands in a dust storm, 29 February 2000. At left is a true-color image taken by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite.
PIA02602:
Multi-Angle View of the Canary Islands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-19 Earth Terra
MISR
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These multi-angle images of Hudson Bay and James Bay, Canada, taken 24 February 2000 from NASA's Terra spacecraft, come from the downward-looking (nadir) camera on the MISR instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite.
PIA02603:
Multi-angle Images of Hudson Bay and James Bay, Canada, 24 February 2000
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-26 Earth Terra
ASTER
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These images of the Island of Hawaii were acquired on March 19, 2000 by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite.
PIA02604:
ASTER Images the Island of Hawaii
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-26 Earth Terra
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These images of the San Francisco Bay region were acquired on March 3, 2000 by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite.
PIA02605:
ASTER Images San Francisco Bay Area
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-26 Earth Terra
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This image of the San Francisco Bay region was acquired on March 3, 2000 by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite.
PIA02606:
ASTER Images San Francisco Bay Area
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-26 Earth Terra
ASTER
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This image of the city of Tokyo was acquired on March 22, 2000 by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite.
PIA02607:
ASTER Images Tokyo
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-26 Earth Terra
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On April 3, 2000, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra Satellite captured this image of the erupting Mt. Usu volcano in Hokkaido, Japan.
PIA02608:
ASTER Images Mt. Usu Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-06-20 Earth Terra
MISR
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These multi-angle images of Delaware Bay, Chesapeake Bay, and the Appalachian Mountains, acquired 24 March 2000 from NASA's Terra spacecraft, come from the downward-looking (nadir) camera on the MISR instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite.
PIA02609:
MISR Views Delaware Bay, Chesapeake Bay, and the Appalachian Mountains
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-06-20 Earth Terra
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A plume from a large brush fire that burned about 15,000 acres in 2000 is visible at the western edge of the Big Cypress Swamp in southern Florida. NASA's Terra satellite captured acquired this image on April 9, 2000. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA02610:
MISR Views Florida
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-07-08 Earth Terra
MISR
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This anaglyph from NASA's Terra satellite's vertical (nadir) camera, shows Hurricane Carlotta's location in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 500 km south of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in 2000. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA02611:
MISR Views Hurricane Carlotta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-07-19 Earth Terra
MISR
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These images from NASA's Terra satellite are of tropical northern Australia acquired on June 1, 2000 (Terra orbit 2413) during the long dry season.
PIA02614:
MISR Views Northern Australia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-07-26 Earth Terra
MISR
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These images from NASA's Terra satellite are of the southeast portion of Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada, acquired on March 6, 2000, during Terra orbit 1155.
PIA02615:
MISR View of Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-02 Earth Terra
MISR
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This stereo image from NASA's Terra satellite show the Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa volcanoes in Hawaii; a southern face of a line of cumulus clouds off the north coast of Hawaii is also visible. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA02616:
MISR Views the Big Island of Hawaii
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-09 Earth Terra
MISR
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These images from NASA'sTerra satellite are of Southern California acquired on March 14, 2000 during Terra orbit 1273. North is at the top.
PIA02617:
MISR Views Southern California
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-16 Earth Terra
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These images from NASA's Terra satellite are of smoke plumes from devastating wildfires in the northwestern U.S. This view of the Clearwater and Salmon River Mountains in Idaho was acquired on August 5, 2000 (Terra orbit 3370).
PIA02618:
MISR Images Wildfires in Northwestern US
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-18 Earth Terra
MISR
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These images from NASA's Terra satellite captured on August 14, 2000 show forest fires raging in Montana and Hurricane Hector swirling in the Pacific.
PIA02619:
MISR Images Forest Fires and Hurricane
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-23 Earth Terra
MISR
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These images from NASA's Terra satellite images of the Ntwetwe and Sua Pans in northeastern Botswana were acquired on August 18, 2000 (Terra orbit 3553).
PIA02620:
MISR Images Northeastern Botswana
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-30 Earth Terra
MISR
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These images from NASA's Terra satellite images of Zambia and Botswana, Africa were acquired on August 25, 2000 during Terra orbit 3655.
PIA02621:
MISR Images Zambia and Botswana
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