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nasa new
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nasanaturalhazards
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Fires in Panama: Natural Hazards
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Fires in Panama: Natural Hazards
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A few dozen fires (marked in red) burn in Panama, the narrow strip of land that connects North to South America. The fires add hazy clouds of grayish-blue smoke to the air, casting a haze over the Gulf of Panama and the Pacific Ocean. Off to the left, a bright streak of sliver crosses from the Pacific to the Caribbean Sea; this streak, called sun glint, is caused by the reflection of the sun on the water. The brighter (less diffuse) the silver, the calmer the water's surface, and vice-versa.
Panama's most famous feature, the Panama Canal, is visible almost at image center stretching between Colon and Panama City. Colon is located on the shores of the Caribbean Sea just west of the peak of Panama's curve, while Panama City is located to the southeast on the Gulf of Panama. The Panama Canal is strategically very important, being the only crossing point from the Atlantic and Pacific without going south around the tip of South America via Drake Passage -- a notoriously dangerous stretch of sea.
This true-color Aqua MODIS image was acquired on March 28, 2003.
The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS' maximum spatial resolution of rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov/gallery/?200 3087-0328/Panama.A20 03087.1850.250m.jpg 250 meters.
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
description
A few dozen fires (marked in red) burn in Panama, the narrow strip of land that connects North to South America. The fires add hazy clouds of grayish-blue smoke to the air, casting a haze over the Gulf of Panama and the Pacific Ocean. Off to the left, a bright streak of sliver crosses from the Pacific to the Caribbean Sea; this streak, called sun glint, is caused by the reflection of the sun on the water. The brighter (less diffuse) the silver, the calmer the water's surface, and vice-versa.
Panama's most famous feature, the Panama Canal, is visible almost at image center stretching between Colon and Panama City. Colon is located on the shores of the Caribbean Sea just west of the peak of Panama's curve, while Panama City is located to the southeast on the Gulf of Panama. The Panama Canal is strategically very important, being the only crossing point from the Atlantic and Pacific without going south around the tip of South America via Drake Passage -- a notoriously dangerous stretch of sea.
This true-color Aqua MODIS image was acquired on March 28, 2003.
The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS' maximum spatial resolution of rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov/gallery/?200 3087-0328/Panama.A20 03087.1850.250m.jpg 250 meters.
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
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What -- Sun
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What -- Sun
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Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Where -- Pacific Ocean
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Where -- Pacific Ocean
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What -- Aqua
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What -- Aqua
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Where -- Panama
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Where -- Panama
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Where -- Caribbean Sea
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Where -- Caribbean Sea
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Where -- Panama City
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Where -- Panama City
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Sun
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Aqua
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Pacific Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
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Panama
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Caribbean Sea
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Caribbean Sea
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Panama City
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Panama.AMOA2003087
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Panama.AMOA2003087
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jake@archive.org
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jake@archive.org
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2011-07-23 07:38:48
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2011-07-23 07:38:48
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2011-07-23 07:38:48
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2011-07-23 07:38:48
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creator:
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
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file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/Panama.AMOA200 3087/Panama.AMOA2003 087_lrg.jpg
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file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/Panama.AMOA200 3087/Panama.AMOA2003 087_lrg.jpg
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Panama.AMOA2003087_l rg.jpg
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Panama.AMOA2003087_l rg.jpg
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date:
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2003-03-28
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Public Domain
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Public Domain
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year:
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2003
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eng
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