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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-18 Earth ECOSTRESS
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NASA's ECOSTRESS imaged Hurricane Dorian's temperature on Sept. 6, 2019 as the storm made landfall in North Carolina. Red colors represent warmer temperatures and purple/blue colors represent cooler temperatures.
PIA23422:
NASA Images Hurricane Dorian's Temperature from Space
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-10 Earth Terra
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NASA's MISR instrument captured this imagery over the eye of Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 5, 2019.
PIA23423:
NASA's MISR Observes Hurricane Dorian off the South Carolina Coast
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-05 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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In this image from NASA's Aqua satellite, sulfur dioxide (SO2) in the volcanic plume is observed over several overpasses on July 2, 2019, days after the Raikoke volcanic eruption.
PIA23421:
NASA's AIRS Displays Sulfur Dioxide Plumes After Raikoke Eruption, June 2019
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-05 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Salar de Atacama (Atacama salt flats) in Chile's Atacama Desert. It receives 2 mm rain per year.
PIA23420:
Salar de Atacama, Chile
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-04 Earth CubeSat
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Hurricane Dorian off the coast of Florida, as seen by the small satellite TEMPEST-D at 2 a.m. EDT on Sep. 3, 2019 (11 p.m PDT on Sept. 2, 2019). The layers in the animation reveal slices of the hurricane from four depths.
PIA23431:
TEMPEST-D CubeSat Sees Hurricane Dorian in 3D
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-03 Earth ARIA
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NASA's ARIA team used satellite data acquired on Sept. 2, 2019, to map flooding in the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.
PIA23360:
Flooding from Dorian Seen from Space
Full Resolution:     TIFF (71.04 MB)     JPEG (2.466 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-29 Earth CubeSat
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Hurricane Dorian off the coast of Puerto Rico, as seen by the small satellite TEMPEST-D on Aug. 28, 2019 (local time). The colors in the image reveal the heavy rain and moisture inside the storm.
PIA23414:
Small Satellite TEMPEST-D Sees Hurricane Dorian off Coast
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-29 Earth CloudSat
 Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR)
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Data from NASA's CloudSat satellite, acquired on Aug., 2019, at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT) was used to make this 3D animation of then-Tropical Storm Dorian. It shows cloud heights extending 9 miles (15 kilometers) into the atmosphere.
PIA23359:
NASA's CloudSat Images Dorian in 3D
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.707 MB)     JPEG (97.89 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-29 Earth Aqua
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An infrared image of Hurricane Dorian, as seen by the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite at 1:30 p.m. EDT (10:30 a.m. PDT) on Aug. 29, 2019.
PIA23358:
AIRS Measures the Clouds in Hurricane Dorian
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-28 Earth ECOSTRESS
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NASA's Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) captured new imagery of fires in the Amazon regions of Brazil and Bolivia on Aug. 23, 2019.
PIA23357:
Amazon Fires Seen by NASA's ECOSTRESS
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-23 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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This time series shows carbon monoxide associated with fires from the Amazon region in Brazil from Aug. 8-22, 2019.
PIA23356:
NASA's AIRS Maps Carbon Monoxide from Brazil Fires
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-20 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Phoenix, the capital and most populous city in Arizona.
PIA23411:
Phoenix, AZ
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-20 Earth GRACE-FO
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NASA's GRACE-FO shows that almost all of Greenland continued to lose mass in May 2019 as the ice sheet continues to melt.
PIA23340:
Changes in Mass, Greenland
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-20 Earth GRACE-FO
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NASA's GRACE-FO shows North America was almost entirely above its long-term average in mass in May 2019, due to Midwestern flooding, with the runoff raising the Great Lakes to record levels.
PIA22840:
Changes in Mass, North America
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-08 Earth ECOSTRESS
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This ECOSTRESS image shows plant stress in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica a few months after the onset of a major Central American drought.
PIA22839:
ECOSTRESS Focuses on Costa Rican Drought
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-07 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the top of Mauna Kea Volcano, Big Island of Hawaii, where the Mauna Kea Observatories, with thirteen telescopes, are located.
PIA23339:
Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-17 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Panguna copper ore deposit, discovered in 1969 in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
PIA23338:
Panguna Copper Deposit, Papua New Guinea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-12 Earth ARIA
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NASA's ARIA team produced this map of earthquake damage in Southern California from the recent temblors in July, 2019.
PIA23354:
NASA's ARIA Team Maps California Quake Damage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-12 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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NASA's AIRS instrument imaged Tropical Storm Barry on the afternoon of July 12, 2019, a day before the storm is expected to make landfall on the Louisiana Coast.
PIA23355:
NASA's AIRS Images Tropical Storm Barry Before Landfall
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-12 Earth Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-3)
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This image shows preliminary solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) measurements from OCO-3 over western Asia.
PIA23353:
OCO-3's First Solar-Induced Fluorescence Measurements
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-12 Earth Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-3)
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This image shows preliminary carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements from OCO-3 over the United States.
PIA23352:
OCO-3's First CO2 Measurements
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.255 MB)     JPEG (99.61 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-11 Earth ARIA
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NASA's ARIA team used InSAR analysis of data from the ALOS-2 satellite to map how much and in what direction the ground moved following two strong Southern California earthquakes on July 4 and July 5, 2019.
PIA23351:
NASA Map Shows Ground Movement from California Quakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-10 Earth Terra
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Image of unknown location for the latest mystery quiz from NASA's MISR (Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer) instrument onboard the Terra satellite.
PIA23332:
MISR Where on Earth ...? MISR Mystery Image Quiz #31
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-09 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this InSAR map that shows surface displacement caused by the recent major earthquakes in Southern California.
PIA23150:
NASA's ARIA Maps Southern California Quake Damage
Full Resolution:     TIFF (11.77 MB)     JPEG (703 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-02 Earth ECOSTRESS
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ECOSTRESS, NASA's Earth-observing mission, captured these surface temperature maps of four European cities in the early mornings of June 27 and 28, 2019, during a heatwave.
PIA23148:
NASA's ECOSTRESS Maps Europe Heat Wave
Full Resolution:     TIFF (13.41 MB)     JPEG (928.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-01 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Raikoke volcanic island, near the center of the Kuril Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
PIA23326:
Raikoke Island, Kuril Islands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-23 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Lake St. Clair connects Lake Huron, via the St. Clair River, to Lake Erie, via the Detroit River.
PIA23234:
Lake St. Clair, US and Canada
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-17 Earth SMAP
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This animation shows a time lapse of sea surface salinity and soil moisture from NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite from April 2015 through February 2019.
PIA23146:
SMAP Sea Surface Salinity and Soil Moisture Time Lapse
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.025 MB)     JPEG (82.57 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-16 Earth CubeSat
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This image of the greater Los Angeles area was taken on March 29, 2019, by ASTERIA, the Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics satellite. It shows a region of about 43.5 square miles with a resolution of about 100 feet per pixel.
PIA23125:
ASTERIA Image of Los Angeles 2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-16 Earth CubeSat
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This image of the greater Los Angeles area was taken on March 29, 2019 by ASTERIA, the Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics satellite. The Port of Long Beach is visible near the center of the image.
PIA23124:
ASTERIA Image of Los Angeles 1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-13 Moon Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
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These graben - a kind of trench that is formed as a surface expands - were imaged near a region of the Moon called Mare Frigoris by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
PIA23237:
Graben on the Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-13 Moon Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
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This image of lobate scarps - a kind of curved hill - was taken near a region of the Moon called Mare Frigoris by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
PIA23236:
Lobate Scarps on the Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-13 Moon Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
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Scientists have discovered these wrinkle ridges in a region of the Moon called Mare Frigoris. These ridges add to evidence that the Moon has an actively changing surface. This image was taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
PIA23210:
Wrinkle Ridges on the Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-13 Moon Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
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New surface features of the Moon have been discovered in a region called Mare Frigoris. This image is a mosaic composed of many images taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
PIA23209:
The Moon's Mare Frigoris
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-02 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument shows Tropical Cyclone Fani just off the east coast of India in the Bay of Bengal on May 2, 2019.
PIA22838:
NASA's AIRS Images Cyclone Fani Before Landfall
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-29 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows on the border between Mongolia and China, southward draining ephemeral streams have carved a series of parallel channels.
PIA23196:
Alluvial Fan, China and Mongolia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-25 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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NASA's AIRS instrument shows the temperature of clouds or the surface in and around Tropical Cyclone Kenneth as it was about to make landfall in northern Mozambique on Thursday, April 25.
PIA23144:
NASA's AIRS Images Cyclone Kenneth over Mozambique
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-15 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Cape Horn, the southernmost point of the Tierra Del Fuego archipelago of Southern Chile.
PIA23118:
Cape Horn, Chile
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-12 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft obtained this ASTER image on April 10, 2019, of Peru's Sabancaya stratovolcano.
PIA23143:
NASA's ASTER Images Sabancaya Volcano
Full Resolution:     TIFF (8.687 MB)     JPEG (443.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-01 Earth ARIA
 SAR
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created these flood proxy maps depicting areas of Mozambique that are likely flooded as a result of Cyclone Idai.
PIA23142:
Satellites Image Mozambique Flooding after Cyclone Idai
Full Resolution:     TIFF (13 MB)     JPEG (778.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-03-28 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Lake Karakul in northeast Tajikistan, a hypersaline lake with no external drainage, receiving less than 3 cm precipitation per year.
PIA23102:
Lake Karakul, Tajikistan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-03-21 Earth Terra
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NASA's MODIS instrument, aboard the Terra satellite, captured this true-color image showing the remnants of a meteor's passage, seen as a dark shadow cast on thick, white clouds on Dec. 18, 2018.
PIA23141:
MODIS Images Fireball over Bering Sea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-03-21 Earth Terra
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This stereo anaglyph combines two views from the MISR instrument, aboard NASA's Terra satellite, which captured a bright meteor explosion over the Bering Sea on December 18, 2018.
PIA23050:
MISR Images Fireball Over Bering Sea (Anaglyph)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-03-21 Earth Terra
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This image sequence shows views from five of nine cameras on the MISR instrument, onboard NASA's Terra satellite, a few minutes after a bright meteor exploded over the Bering Sea on Dec. 18, 2018.
PIA22825:
MISR Images Fireball Over Bering Sea
Full Resolution:     TIFF (10.05 MB)     JPEG (369 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-03-14 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Atlantic Ocean Road, an 8.3 kilometer road that runs through an archipelago in Eide and Averoy in More of Romsdal, Norway.
PIA23096:
Atlantic Ocean Road, Norway
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.36 MB)     JPEG (110.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-02-21 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Potrillo volcanic field, located on the Rio Grande Rift in southern New Mexico.
PIA23065:
Potrillo Volcanic Field, New Mexico
Full Resolution:     TIFF (17.48 MB)     JPEG (997.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-02-07 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Luxor, a city in Upper Egypt, along the Nile. It is the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Waset, known to the Greeks as Thebes.
PIA23060:
Luxor, Egypt
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.069 MB)     JPEG (308.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-02-06 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the after image, acquired Feb. 1, 2019, of a dam burst at a Brazilian iron ore mine.
PIA22824:
NASA's ASTER Shows Brazilian City After Dam Disaster
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.987 MB)     JPEG (176.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-01-31 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument captures a polar vortex moving from Central Canada into the U.S. Midwest from January 20 through January 29, 2019.
PIA22823:
AIRS Captures Polar Vortex
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-01-23 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Severnaya Zemlya, an archipelago in the Russian high Arctic. It was first charted in 1930.
PIA23018:
October Revolution Island, Russia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (28.69 MB)     JPEG (1.255 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-01-17 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft obtained this ASTER image on Dec. 22, 2018, of Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano which erupted and partially collapsed.
PIA22821:
ASTER Images Post-eruption Anak Krakatau Volcano
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.844 MB)     JPEG (64.95 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-01-08 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the largest building in the world located at the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington.
PIA23000:
Boeing Plant, Everett WA
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.63 MB)     JPEG (147.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-21 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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This mosaic was created from thumbnail browse images of data from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA22979:
ASTER Global Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-13 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the 2018 Kilauea, Hawaii eruption that began in May on Kilauea's East Rift Zone.
PIA22899:
2018 Kilauea East Rift Zone Eruption
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.123 MB)     JPEG (272.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-04 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Saint Croix, a district of the U.S. Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean Sea.
PIA22894:
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-03 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft obtained this ASTER image of Guatemala's Fuego volcano on Nov. 24, 2018, following a recent eruption.
PIA22820:
NASA's ASTER Captures Lava Flow, Ash from Guatemala Volcano
Full Resolution:     TIFF (29.07 MB)     JPEG (1.594 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-11-19 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this updated Damage Proxy Map (DPM) image depicting areas of Northern California that are likely damaged as a result of the Camp Fire.
PIA22819:
Updated ARIA Map of CA Camp Fire Damage
Full Resolution:     TIFF (21.68 MB)     JPEG (3.068 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-11-13 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Carajas Mine, the largest open-pit iron ore mine in the world. It is located in the state of Para, northern Brazil.
PIA22861:
Carajas Mine, Brazil
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.362 MB)     JPEG (326.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-11-12 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Woolsey Fire in southern California on Nov. 11, 2018. The Woolsey Fire had charred more than 90,000 acres as of Nov. 12, 2018, and was 20-percent contained at that time.
PIA22818:
NASA's MISR Sees California's Woolsey Fire From Space
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-11-12 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows a three-dimensional view of the Woolsey Fire in southern California on Nov. 11, 2018.
PIA22817:
NASA's MISR Captures 3D Image of Smoke from California's Woolsey Fire
Full Resolution:     TIFF (17.19 MB)     JPEG (574.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-11-12 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created these Damage Proxy Map (DPM) images depicting areas in Southern and Northern California that are likely damaged by the Woolsey and Camp Fires.
PIA22816:
NASA's ARIA Maps California Fire Damage
Full Resolution:     TIFF (16.43 MB)     JPEG (2.572 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-11-02 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft obtained this ASTER image of an eruption from Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The background image was acquired July 16, 2018, and the thermal image on November 1, 2018.
PIA22755:
NASA's ASTER Captures Piton de la Fournaise Eruption
Full Resolution:     TIFF (10.21 MB)     JPEG (703.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-31 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Ventura, California has a coastal site, set against hills and flanked by two rivers.
PIA22841:
Ventura, CA
Full Resolution:     TIFF (13.08 MB)     JPEG (1.297 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-17 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Air Mountains, located in northern Niger and extending over 84,000 square kilometers within the Sahara Desert.
PIA22795:
Air Mountains, Niger
Full Resolution:     TIFF (32.05 MB)     JPEG (2.448 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-16 Earth Terra
 MISR
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NASA's Terra spacecraft became one of a handful of NASA satellite ever to complete 100,000 orbits on October 6, 2018.
PIA22836:
MISR Records the View as NASA's Terra Satellite Passes Its 100,000th Orbit
Full Resolution:     TIFF (41.59 MB)     JPEG (1.508 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-11 Earth CloudSat
 Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR)
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NASA's CloudSat satellite passed over Hurricane Michael on October 9, 2018, at 3:15 p.m. EDT (19:15 UTC) as the storm was intensifying and moving northwest toward the Florida panhandle in the Gulf of Mexico.
PIA22753:
NASA's CloudSat Passes Over Hurricane Michael
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-11 Earth SMAP
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Data from NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite have been used to create new surface flooding maps near Mexico Beach, Florida following Hurricane Michael.
PIA22754:
NASA's SMAP Detects Flooding from Hurricane Michael
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.747 MB)     JPEG (255.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-10 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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This image, taken on Oct. 10, 2018 by NASA's Aqua satellite shows the temperature of clouds or the surface in and around Hurricane Michael as the storm made landfall in the Florida panhandle.
PIA22752:
NASA's AIRS captures Hurricane Michael's Landfall
Full Resolution:     TIFF (810.2 kB)     JPEG (132.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-10 Earth SMAP
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This image from NASA's SMAP shows one more snap shot of Hurricane Michael on Oct. 9, 2018. Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida panhandle Wednesday as a major Category 4 storm.
PIA22751:
Hurricane Michael as seen by SMAP
Full Resolution:     TIFF (202.1 kB)     JPEG (62.84 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-10 Earth Terra
 MISR
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows a three-dimensional view of Hurricane Michael and combines two of MISR's nine camera angles.
PIA22748:
MISR Captures Hurricane Michael's Eye in 3D
Full Resolution:     TIFF (15.95 MB)     JPEG (502.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-10 Earth Terra
 MISR
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NASA's Terra spacecraft viewed Hurricane Michael over the course of approximately seven minutes when it was just off Florida's west coast on Tuesday, October 9, 2018.
PIA22750:
MISR Captures Hurricane Michael Near Florida Panhandle
Full Resolution:     TIFF (50.27 MB)     JPEG (2.681 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-10 Earth Aqua
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This image, taken on Oct. 10, 2018 by NASA's Aqua satellite shows the temperature of clouds or the surface in and around Hurricane Michael as it approaches northwestern Florida.
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NASA's AIRS captures Hurricane Michael off Florida coast
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-09 Earth SMAP
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This image from NASA's SMAP shows ocean surface winds under Hurricane Michael on Oct. 8, 2018. The hurricane has intensified to a Category 2 hurricane over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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SMAP Captures Hurricane Michael
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-05 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft obtained this ASTER image of Dagupan and the Lingayen Gulf, showing flooded and water-saturated areas on September 22, 2018. Sediment-laden waters from swollen rivers enter the ocean and appear as blue-green plumes.
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NASA's ASTER Instrument Sees Aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-05 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, including the city of Palu, that are likely damaged as a result of the magnitude 7.5 September 28, 2018 earthquake.
PIA22746:
NASA's ARIA Maps Indonesia Quake, Tsunami Damage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-04 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the largest city wall in the world, located in Nanjing, China. It was built between 1366 and 1386 by the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Yuangzhang to enclose and fortify his capital city.
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Nanjing, China City Walls
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-25 Earth CubeSat
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This graph shows the first data from NASA's RainCube satellite. The data shows a vertical snapshot of a storm over the mountains in Mexico in late August 2018, as measured by RainCube's radar.
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RainCube Collects First Storm Data
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-25 Earth CubeSat
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This image shows the size of NASA's tiny weather satellite, Raincube, in comparison to the International Space Station. RainCube was deployed into low-Earth orbit from the ISS in July, 2018.
PIA22653:
Mini Mission RainCube is Sent into Earth Orbit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-20 Earth CubeSat
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This image combines NASA's TEMPEST-D data with a visible image of the storm from NASA's GOES weather satellite revealing the eye of the storm surrounded by towering, intense rain bands.
PIA22652:
Hurricane Florence as Seen from a CubeSat Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-19 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Llullaillaco, a stratovolcano at the border of Argentina and Chile.
PIA22721:
Llullaillaco Volcano, Chile/Argentina
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-18 Earth ECOSTRESS
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ECOSTRESS, NASA's Earth-observing mission, captured surface temperature variations in Los Angeles, California between July 22 and August 14, a period of extended heat, at different times of day.
PIA22703:
NASA's ECOSTRESS Detects Surface Temperature Variations in Los Angeles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-18 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Flood Proxy Map depicting areas of the Carolinas that are likely flooded as a result of Hurricane Florence.
PIA22704:
NASA's ARIA Maps Aftermath from Florence
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-17 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas of the Carolinas that are likely damaged as a result of Hurricane Florence.
PIA22702:
NASA's ARIA Maps Damage from Florence
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-14 Earth Terra
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On Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image swath over Hurricane Florence as the storm headed for the Eastern seaboard and the Carolinas.
PIA22651:
Hurricane Florence Swath seen by NASA Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-14 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft passed over Hurricane Florence as it approached the eastern coast of the United States on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. At the time the image was acquired, Florence was a large Category 2 storm.
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NASA's MISR captures Hurricane Florence in 3D
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-14 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft passed over Hurricane Florence as it approached the eastern coast of the United States on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. At the time the image was acquired, Florence was a large Category 2 storm.
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Hurricane Florence as Viewed by NASA's MISR Instrument
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-13 Earth SMAP
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This image from NASA's SMAP shows wind estimates over Hurricane Florence on Sept. 13, 2018. The hurricane has weakened from the 12th to the 13th; however, the overall size and energy of the storm has increased.
PIA22699:
Hurricane Florence seen by SMAP Imagery
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-12 Earth Aqua
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This image shows Hurricane Florence in infrared light, and was taken at 1:35 p.m. local time on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on board NASA's Aqua satellite.
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Hurricane Florence as seen by NASA's AIRS Instrument
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-12 Earth Aqua
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This image, taken on Sept. 11, 2018 by NASA's Aqua satellite shows Hurricane Florence whose strong winds are expected to reach the Carolina coast late Thursday. Florence intensified from a Category 2 to a Category 4 storm in a matter of hours.
PIA22697:
Hurricane Florence Captured on Tuesday by NASA's AIRS Instrument
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-10 Earth ARIA
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas in the southwestern part of Hokkaido, Japan, that are likely damaged as a result of the M6.6 September 5 earthquake in 2018 (shown by red and yellow pixels).
PIA22696:
Japan Earthquakes (ARIA Damage Proxy Map)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-05 Earth ARIA
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Scientists with NASA's ARIA used satellite data to produce a Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas in the northeastern part of Lombok Island, Indonesia, that are likely damaged as a result of the major earthquake sequence in 2018.
PIA22495:
ARIA Damage Proxy Map of Lombok, Indonesia Earthquakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-05 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Ushuaia, the capital of Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, which is regarded as the southernmost city in the world.
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Ushuaia, Argentina
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-25 Earth Terra
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Hurricane Lane as viewed by the MISR instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite on Aug. 24, 2018. The length of the arrows is proportional to the wind speed, while their color shows the altitude of the cloud tops in kilometers.
PIA22494:
MISR Hurricane Lane
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-24 Earth Aqua
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This image shows Hurricane Lane as observed by NASA's Aqua satellite Friday, August 24, 2018. Purple shows very cold clouds high in the atmosphere, blue and green show the warmer temperatures of lower;orange and red areas have almost no clouds.
PIA22493:
Hurricane Lane as Viewed by NASA's AIRS Instrument
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-22 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows significant evidence of mining in northestern Siberia, along the Chukchi Sea, and 100 kilometers west of Mys Shmidta.
PIA22672:
Gold Mining, Siberia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-14 Earth Aqua
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This image is one of a series showing carbon monoxide (in orange/red) from California's massive wildfires drifting east across the U.S. between July 30 and August 7, 2018.
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Carbon Monoxide Transport from California Wildfires, July 30-August 7, 2018 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-08 Earth ARIA
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Scientists with NASA's ARIA used satellite data to produce a map of ground deformation on the resort island of Lombok, Indonesia following a deadly, 6.9 magnitude earthquake on August 5, 2018.
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NASA's ARIA Project Generates Satellite-Derived Map of Ground Deformation from Earthquake beneath Lombok, Indonesia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-02 Earth ECOSTRESS
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ECOSTRESS, NASA's Earth-observing mission, detected three wildfires burning in the western US on July 28, 2018, the Carr and Whaleback fires in California, and the Perry Fire in Nevada.
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ECOSTRESS Detects Wildfires in Western U.S.
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-01 Earth Terra
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Image of unknown location for the latest mystery quiz from NASA's MISR (Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer) instrument onboard the Terra satellite.
PIA22591:
MISR Where on Earth ...? MISR Mystery Image Quiz #30
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-07-31 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra satellite took these images of the Carr Fire (left) and the Ferguson Fire (right) on July 27 and July 29, respectively.
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California Wildfires Captured by NASA Satellite
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