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Hurricane Beta
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Hurricane Beta |
| Description |
The 23rd storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season formed off the coast of Panama late on October 26, 2005. Dubbed "Beta" after the National Hurricane Center ran out of names, the storm set a new record for the number of tropical cyclones to form in the Atlantic during a single year. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this photo-like image of the storm at 2:50 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on October 27, 2005. At the time, Beta had winds of 95 kilometers per hour (60 miles per hour). It was expected to strengthen into a hurricane on its slow course north. The National Hurricane Center [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml? ] predicted that the storm would make landfall in Nicaragua on October 29, potentially causing deadly landslides in the steep mountains of Nicaragua and Honduras. Early in October, a glancing blow from Hurricane Stan [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13189 ] triggered landslides across Central America, leaving thousands dead. The large image provided above has a resolution of 500 meters per pixel. It is available in additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Hurricane Beta
| Title |
Hurricane Beta |
| Description |
The 23rd storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season formed off the coast of Panama late on October 26, 2005. Dubbed "Beta," the storm set a new record for the number of tropical cyclones to form in the Atlantic during a single year. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this photo-like image of the hurricane at 2:40 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on October 29, 2005. At the time, Beta had winds of 145 kilometers per hour (90 miles per hour). Hurricane Beta came ashore in Nicaragua on October 30, roughly a day after the MODIS observation above, bringing heavy rainfall in the steep mountains of Nicaragua and Honduras. The hurricane's Category-2-strength winds weakened to tropical-storm strength quickly after coming ashore, but the heavy rain [more than 450 millimeters (15 inches) fell in 24 hours in parts of Nicaragua] was far more dangerous than the hurricane-force winds. Early in October, a glancing blow from Hurricane Stan [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13189 ] triggered landslides across Central America, leaving thousands dead. The large image provided above has a resolution of 250 meters per pixel. It is available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2005302-1029/Beta.A2005302.1840 ] from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Hurricane Felix
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Hurricane Felix |
| Description |
Category 5 hurricanes are rare. Rarer still is the storm that makes landfall as a Category 5 stormmost weaken before hitting land. Yet, exactly two weeks after Hurricane Dean struck the Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 5 storm (the first Atlantic storm of that size to come ashore since Hurricane Andrew in 1992), Hurricane Felix roared ashore at Category 5 strength. Felix came ashore over northeastern Nicaragua on September 4, 2007, with sustained winds of 260 kilometers per hour (160 miles per hour), said the National Hurricane Center. [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ ] Forecasters predicted that Felix would continue to move west over Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico. Heavy rain in these mountainous regions could trigger devastating floods and mudslides. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image of Hurricane Felix at 12:30 p.m. local time (18:30 UTC) on September 3, 2007. At that time, Felix had already reached Category 5 status, with wind speeds that matched those observed at landfall the following morning. Along the left side of the image is the Central American coastline where Felix would eventually come ashore. The image reveals that Felix was compact, not a sprawling storm, and densely packed with bright clouds. Though cloud-filled, the eye forms a small, dark depression in the center of the storm. The large image provided above has a resolution of 250 meters per pixel, MODIS' maximum resolution. The image is available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2007246-0903/Felix.A2007246.1830 ] from the MODIS Rapid Response System. You can download a 250-meter-resolution KMZ file of Hurricane Felix [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Sep2007/felix_tmo_2007246.kmz ] suitable for use with Google Earth. [ http://earth.google.com/ ] NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] team. |
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Fires in Honduras and Nicara
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Fires in Honduras and Nicaragua |
| Description |
On May 13, 2007, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite captured an image of fires in Honduras and Nicaragua, along with smoke-filled skies over the Pacific Ocean. Places where MODIS detected active fire are marked in red. Although the skies are indeed smoky, the haze is somewhat exaggerated by the fact that the area was at the far left (western) edge of MODIS' field of view in this image. At the edges of its wide field of view, MODIS' viewing path, or line of sight to the surface, is longer than the viewing path in the center of the scene (directly below the sensor). Light reflected from the surface at the edges of the image has to travel a longer path through the atmosphere back to MODIS, which can exaggerate the appearance of haze. During the dry season in Honduras (Northern Hemisphere winter and spring), accidental and intentional fires are common. Fires in this image may be agriculturalbrush and field clearingor forest fires. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Fires in Mexico and Central
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Fires in Mexico and Central America |
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A thick haze of smoke covers southern Mexico and Central America in this true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite on April 30, 2003. Although fire is commonly used in agriculture to clear land for planting crops, such fires can easily get out of control and grow into wildfires. In Nicaragua (bottom right corner), forest fires have been raging for the past three months, and have destroyed crops, tree plantations, and forests. The fires in this image are marked in red. They are spread across southern Mexico (top), then in Guatemala (south of Mexico), Honduras (to the east) and El Salvador (to the south), and Nicaragua. Smoke is spreading out over the Gulf of Mexico (top) and the Caribbean Sea (right). 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 250 meters. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Fires in Mexico and Central
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Fires in Mexico and Central America |
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Dozens of fires (marked in red) were burning in the northwestern corner of Guatemala (left of center) on March 13, 2005, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua satellite captured this image. These fires are part of the continuing threats to the already beleaguered Laguna del Tigre National Park, which occupies the area covered with the highest concentration of fires. Although set aside as a place to preserve biodiversity and virgin rainforest, the area has been degraded by many factors: unauthorized logging, cattle ranching, and settlement, oil extraction, and arson intended to degrade the forest enough that its status as a protected area will be lifted and logging allowed. Although the cause of the fires cannot be determined from satellite, their widespread distribution reveals their potential for devastation. Significant numbers of fires were also detected in Mexico (top) and Honduras (bottom right). For more information about fires in Central America, visit the SERVIR [ http://servir.nsstc.nasa.gov/home.html ] Web site. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Fires in Mexico and Central
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Fires in Mexico and Central America |
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On April 30, 2005, scores of fires continued to smoke across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (left of center) and the Yucatan Peninsula (top right) in southern Mexico, as well as in Guatemala (below and to the right of center), Belize (east of Guatemala), and Honduras (lower right). This image of the region captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite shows active fire locations marked in red. Smoke flows northward over the Gulf of Mexico, eastward over the Gulf of Honduras, and southward over the Gulf of Tehuantepec. The region's annual dry season is reaching its peak in May. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC. |
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Fires in Mexico and Central
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Fires in Mexico and Central America |
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Hundreds of fires were burning in southern Mexico and the northern Central American countries of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua on April 26, 2005, when this hazy image of the region was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite. Locations where MODIS detected actively burning fires are marked in red. A thick layer of smoke hovers over the region and spreads northward into the Gulf of Mexico and eastward to the Caribbean Sea. The smoke is so bad that as of April 27, the international airport in Honduras had been closed for six straight days. March-May is the region's dry season, and these fires are likely a mixture of forest fires and agricultural fires. The high-resolution image provided above is 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC |
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Fires in Mexico and Central
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Fires in Mexico and Central America |
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Fires (red dots) continue to burn across southern Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, and Central America. Countries shown are (from bottom right) Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize (to the northeast), and Mexico. At bottom left, sun glints off the Pacific Ocean. At top and right are the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. 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 250 meters. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Fires in Mexico and Central
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Fires in Mexico and Central America |
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On March 1, 2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite detected widespread fires (red dots) scattered across Mexico?s Yucatan Peninsula, Belize (to the southeast), Guatemala (to the southwest), El Salvador (center, west coast), Honduras (center, east coast), Nicaragua, and the northern part of Costa Rica (bottom right). At upper right is the Caribbean Sea, and at lower left is the Pacific Ocean. 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 250 meters. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Fires in Mexico and Central
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Fires in Mexico and Central America |
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Scores of fires (red dots) in southern Mexico and Central America dominate this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite on March 17, 2003. Countries shown are (north to south) Mexico, Guatemala (west) and Belize (east), El Salvador (west) and Honduras (east), and Nicaragua. 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 250 meters. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Fires in Mexico and Central
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Fires in Mexico and Central America |
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On March 19, 2003, fires in southern Mexico and Central America billowed a cloud of smoke out over the Gulf of Mexico. In this true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image, fires have been marked in red, with the highest density occurring in northern Guatemala. Significant fire activity is also visible throughout southern Mexico?s Yucatan Peninsula (north), as well as Belize (east of Guatemala), El Salvador and Honduras (west and east, next tier to the south), and Nicaragua. 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 250 meters. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Floods in Central America
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Floods in Central America |
| Description |
Hurricane Felix [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14490 ] came ashore over northern Guatemala as a rare and powerful Category 5 hurricane on September 4, 2007. The storm brought high winds, heavy rains, and a strong storm surge as it made landfall. Some of the impact of the storm is evident in the left image, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on September 6. Aqua MODIS captured the right image a few days before the storm came ashore. In these images, water is black and clouds are pale blue and white. Called the Mosquito Coast, the stretch of the Nicaraguan coast shown here is composed of wetlands. On September 6, the wetlands were dark with large pools of water from Felix's rainfall and storm surge. Rivers and streams in the region are also notably swollen compared to conditions on September 1. In addition to the flooding shown here, Hurricane Felix caused extensive damage in both Nicaragua and Honduras. As of September 7, at least 130 people were reported dead in Nicaragua, reported Reuters. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC, which provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/fas/?CAmerica_2_04 ] of Central America. |
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Floods in Central America
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Floods in Central America |
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Hurricane Felix [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14490 ] came ashore over northern Guatemala as a rare and powerful Category 5 hurricane on September 4, 2007. The storm brought high winds, heavy rains, and a strong storm surge as it made landfall. Some of the impact of the storm is evident in the left image, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on September 6. Aqua MODIS captured the right image a few days before the storm came ashore. In these images, water is black and clouds are pale blue and white. Called the Mosquito Coast, the stretch of the Nicaraguan coast shown here is composed of wetlands. On September 6, the wetlands were dark with large pools of water from Felix's rainfall and storm surge. Rivers and streams in the region are also notably swollen compared to conditions on September 1. In addition to the flooding shown here, Hurricane Felix caused extensive damage in both Nicaragua and Honduras. As of September 7, at least 130 people were reported dead in Nicaragua, reported Reuters. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC, which provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/fas/?CAmerica_2_04 ] of Central America. |
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Floods in Central America: N
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Fires in Honduras and Nicara
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On May 12, 2007, the Moderat
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Hurricane Felix: Natural Haz
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Category 5 hurricanes are ra
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Fires in Mexico and Central
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On March 1, 2003, the modis.
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Tropical Storm Beta: Image o
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The 23rd storm of the 2005 A
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Beta_AMO_2005300
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2005-10-26 |
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NASA -- NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Beta_AMO_2005300 |
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Hurricanes Henriette and Fel
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Within less than three hours
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camerica_amo_2007246
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2007-09-03 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Fires in Laguna del Tigre Na
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Dozens of fires (marked in r
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camerica_amo_13mar05
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2005-03-13 |
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NASA -- NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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camerica_amo_13mar05 |
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Fires in Mexico and Central
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A thick haze of smoke covers
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Mexico.AMOA2003120
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2003-04-30 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Mexico.AMOA2003120 |
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Fires in Mexico and Central
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On April 30, 2005, scores of
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Pollution from Fires in Cent
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The widespread and intense b
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yucatan_mop_2003121
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Hurricane Beta: Natural Haza
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The 23rd storm of the 2005 A
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Beta.A2005302.1840
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Fires in Mexico and Central
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Hundreds of fires were burni
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Mexico.AMOA2005116 |
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Fires in Mexico and Central
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Scores of fires (red dots) i
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Yucatan.AMOA2003076
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2008 Hurricane Seasons Begin
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arthur_tmo_2008152
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Fires in Mexico and Northern
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Fires were widespread across
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camerica_amo_2008136
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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