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Forest Fires in Portugal
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Forest Fires in Portugal |
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A huge plume of smoke drifts westward over the Atlantic Ocean from a massive forest fire in southwestern Portugal in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite. The active fire locations have been enhanced in yellow. This image was acquired on September 13, 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 250 meters. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Dust and Smoke over Eastern
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Dust and Smoke over Eastern Atlantic |
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Saharan Desert dust (tan pixels) was spreading northwestward over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Morocco on September 13, 2003. In this scene, the Canary Islands are visible in the lower left corner while the western tip of the Iberian Peninsula can be seen in the upper right. A thick plume of gray smoke is streaming westward from a large forest fire [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=11702 ] that has been burning in Portugal for the last week. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), aboard NASA's Aqua satellite. 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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Dust and Smoke over Eastern
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Dust and Smoke over Eastern Atlantic |
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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), aboard NASA's Aqua satellite, capture this true-color image of Saharan Desert dust blowing southwestward off the coasts of Morocco and Mauritania in West Africa. The light brown plume can be seen wending its way over the Cape Verde Islands in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), aboard NASA's Aqua satellite. 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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Dust Storm off Morocco
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Dust Storm off Morocco |
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This false-color image reveals a large plume of African desert dust blowing westward over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Morocco. The tan color of the dust makes it easy to distinguish from the purplish-white color of clouds in the region. In this scene, the plume spans all the way from the Strait of Gibraltar (upper right) to well past the Canary Islands (lower left). The high-resolution image available here is 500 meters per pixel. Copies of this scene at other resolutions are also available. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Fires in the Canary Islands
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Fires in the Canary Islands |
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Two large forest fires raged on the Canary Islands on the afternoon of July 30, 2007, when 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. Clusters of red dots mark out the locations of the fires on the islands of Tenerife (left) and Gran Canaria (right). More than 2,000 people were evacuated from the fire on Gran Canaria, which had burned through 8,645 acres of woodland, reported the Associated Press on July 30. Thick plumes of smoke blow southwest over the Atlantic Ocean from the fires. The desert coast of Western Sahara and Morocco makes up the right edge of the image. A faint tan veil of dust hangs over the ocean near the coast. The large image provided above has a resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The image is available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2007211-0730/CanaryIslands.A2007211.1445 ] from the MODIS Rapid Response System. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Flooding in Morocco
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Flooding in Morocco |
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Unusually heavy rains hit Morocco in late November 2002, giving rise to floods that killed more than 60 people. The above false-color image (right) displays some of the worst of the flooding just north of the city of Rabat, located on Morocco?s coast. The image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument, flying aboard NASA?s Aqua spacecraft. Most of the casualties were due to flash flooding throughout the western half of Morocco. The water from the flash floods has drained into the now swollen riverbeds and lakebeds that appear as solid blue in the image. The floodwaters washed away loose sediment from the surrounding countryside and carried it to the Atlantic Ocean to form the sediment plumes that appear along the coast. Normally, hardly any standing water in Morocco is visible in MODIS imagery (left, acquired November 7, 2002). In these false color images land is green and tan, clouds are white and light blue, and water is dark blue and black. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Fires in the Canary Islands:
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Two large forest fires raged
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2007-07-30 |
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Flooding in Morocco: Image o
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Unusually heavy rains hit Mo
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11/07/02 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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morocco.AMO2002330 |
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Flooding in Morocco: Image o
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Unusually heavy rains hit Mo
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11/07/02 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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morocco.AMO2002330 |
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Dust and Smoke over Eastern
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Saharan Desert dust (tan pix
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Morocco_AMO2003256
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2003-09-13 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Morocco_AMO2003256 |
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Dust Storm off Morocco: Imag
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Dust plumes hundreds of kilo
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2008-02-10 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_08548 |
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Dust Storm off Morocco: Imag
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Dust plumes hundreds of kilo
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ge_08548
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2008-02-10 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_08548 |
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Dust and Smoke over Eastern
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The Moderate Resolution Imag
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WestAfrica_AMO2003264
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2003-09-21 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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WestAfrica_AMO2003264 |
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