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Fires In Alaska and Northern
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Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada |
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On August 17, 2004, fires (red dots) burned across Alaska and northern Canada, spreading smoke across thousands of square kilometers. The fire season in Alaska has been very active since mid-June when record-breaking numbers of lightning strikes touched off scores of fires over several days. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Terra satellite spans Alaska (left), Yukon Territory (right), and British Columbia (bottom right). At lower left is the Gulf of Alaska. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Fires In Alaska and Northern
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Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada |
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Ribbons of smoke from fires in Alaska and northern Canada swirl over the Gulf of Alaska (lower left) and British Columbia (lower right) on August 15, 2004. The image is a combination of three Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images on that day: two from MODIS on the Aqua satellite, and one from the MODIS on the Terra satellite. Actively burning fires have been marked with red dots in the image. Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC |
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Fires in the Northern Rockie
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Fires in the Northern Rockies |
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More than 20 large fires are burning in the Northern Rockies region of Montana and Idaho as of September 4, 2003. Nearly half a million acres in the U.S. have been affected by the fires, which are marked in red in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Terra satellite on September 2. Additional fires have been burning for weeks in the Rockies in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, to the north. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Fires in the Northern Rockie
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Fires in the Northern Rockies |
| Description |
More than 20 large fires are burning in the Northern Rockies region of Montana and Idaho as of September 4, 2003. Nearly half a million acres in the U.S. have been affected by the fires, which are marked in red in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Terra satellite on September 2. Additional fires have been burning for weeks in the Rockies in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, to the north. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Three Sisters Volcanoes
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Three Sisters Volcanoes |
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The ground near one of the long-dormant Three Sisters volcanoes in the Cascade Mountains of west-central Oregon has risen approximately 10 centimeters in a 10-by-20-km parcel since 1996, meaning that magma or underground lava is slowly flowing into the area, according to a research team from the U.S. Geological Survey. The Three Sisters area?which contains five volcanoes?is only about 170 miles from Mount St. Helens, which erupted in 1980. Both are part of the Cascades Range, a line of 27 volcanoes stretching from British Columbia in Canada to northern California. This perspective view was created by draping a simulated natural color ASTER image over digital topography from the U.S. Geological Survey National Elevation Dataset. Image courtesy of NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/ ] |
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Fires in Western Canada
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Fires in Western Canada |
| Description |
Ten thousand people have been evacuated from their homes in parts of Canada over the past week, as wildfires blaze across the country. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Terra satellite was captured on August 3, 2003, and shows numerous actively burning fires marked with red dots. The town of Barriere in British Columbia is one of the devastated communities, with an estimated 70 houses burned already. According to news reports, fires are completely surrounding the town, which is located near the large cluster of red dots just south of the center of this image. 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 Western Canada
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Fires in Western Canada |
| Description |
The large fires currently burning in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States are producing a significant amount of air pollution, as indicated by the elevated levels of carbon monoxide over the region. This false-color image shows the concentrations of carbon monoxide at an altitude of roughly 3 km (700 millibars) in the atmosphere. These data were taken by the Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument aboard NASA?s Terra satellite for the period Aug. 1-7, 2003. The colors represent the mixing ratios of carbon monoxide in the air, given in parts per billion by volume. The gray areas in the image show where no data were collected, either due to persistent cloud cover or gaps between satellite viewing swaths. Carbon monoxide is produced as a result of incomplete combustion during burning. It is important to scientists due to its impact on the chemistry in the lower atmosphere. Carbon monoxide is a good indicator of air pollution and its presence adversely affects the atmosphere's ability to cleanse itself. The regions of high carbon monoxide are observed downwind of the fires currently burning in Canada's British Columbia (left) and Alberta (right) provinces, while across the border in the United States, intense plumes of carbon monoxide are being emitted from the fires burning in Idaho and Montana. Because carbon monoxide is persistent in the air for several weeks, it clearly shows the transport of pollution plumes from the region of the fires northeastwards over Canada. Image courtesy the NCAR [ http://www.eos.ucar.edu/mopitt/ ] and University of Toronto [ http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/MOPITT/home.html ] MOPITT Teams |
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Fires in Western Canada
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Fires in Western Canada |
| Description |
Dozens of large fires were burning across British Columbia, which dominates the upper left of this scene, on August 21, 2003. Hundreds of residents in this mountainous Canadian province are already evacuated, and thousands more are on alert. Thick smoke chokes the skies and the fires spread rapidly through the forested terrain. This image of the fires, marked with yellow dots, was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on August 21. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC> |
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Fires in Western Canada
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Fires in Western Canada |
| Description |
Dozens of large fires were burning across British Columbia, which dominates the upper left of this scene, on August 21, 2003. Hundreds of residents in this mountainous Canadian province are already evacuated, and thousands more are on alert. Thick smoke chokes the skies and the fires spread rapidly through the forested terrain. This image of the fires, marked with yellow dots, was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on August 21. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC> |
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Fires in Western Canada: Nat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Ten thousand people have bee
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Canada.TMOA2003215
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2003-08-03 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Canada.TMOA2003215 |
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Fires in the Northern Rockie
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
More than 20 large fires are
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terra_rockyfires_02sep03
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-09-02 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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terra_rockyfires_02sep03 |
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Fires in the Northern Rockie
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
More than 20 large fires are
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terra_rockyfires_02sep03
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-09-02 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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terra_rockyfires_02sep03 |
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Okanagan Fire, British Colum
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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About 50 miles north of the
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okanagan_ast_2003245
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-09-05 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/ ASTER Science Team |
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okanagan_ast_2003245 |
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Fires in Western Canada: Nat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Dozens of large fires were b
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bc_fires.TMOA2003233
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image |
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2003-08-21 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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bc_fires.TMOA2003233 |
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Fires in Western Canada: Nat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Dozens of large fires were b
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bc_fires.TMOA2003233
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IMAGE |
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2003-08-21 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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bc_fires.TMOA2003233 |
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Fires in Western Canada: Nat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The large fires currently bu
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Canada_TMP2003219
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-08-07 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Canada_TMP2003219 |
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Forest Fires Affect Regional
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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On August 17, 2004, fires (r
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Alaska.TMOA2004230
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2004-08-17 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Alaska.TMOA2004230 |
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Fires In Alaska and Northern
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Ribbons of smoke from fires
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modis_wcanada_15aug04
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image |
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2004-08-15 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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modis_wcanada_15aug04 |
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Fires In Alaska and Northern
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Ribbons of smoke from fires
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modis_wcanada_15aug04
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image |
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2004-08-15 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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modis_wcanada_15aug04 |
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Natural Color Mosaic of Nort
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PIA04361
Sol (our sun)
C-Band Interferometric Radar
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| Title |
Natural Color Mosaic of North America |
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This natural-color image combines cloud-free data from over 500 Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) orbits with shaded relief Digital Terrain Elevation models from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and other sources. An astonishing diversity of geological features, ecological systems and human landscapes across North America is indicated within the image, which spans from 56N, 136W at the upper left to 16N 48W at lower right. In addition to the contiguous United States, the scene spans from British Columbia in the northwest to Newfoundland in the northeast, and extends eastward to the lonely Bermuda Islands and southward to the Bahamas, Cuba and Mexico. Draped in green, the eastern and central United States and Canada contrast with the vibrant geology that is laid bare across the arid portions of the southwestern United States and central Mexico. Along Mexico's east coast, the lush vegetation to the east of the Sierra Madre mountain range indicates the orographic rainfall gradient along this subtropical-tropical coast. In the high Rocky Mountains and in British Columbia's Coast Range, many peaks remain snow-covered year-round. The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer observes the daylit Earth continuously and every 9 days views the entire globe between 82 north and 82 south latitude. This data product was generated from a portion of the imagery acquired during years 2000 - 2004. The image is displayed in an Albers Conic Equal Area projection with the projection center at 36 North, 92 West. MISR was built and is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Office of Earth Science, Washington, DC. The Terra satellite is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology. |
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Western United States and So
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PIA04330
Sol (our sun)
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroR
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Western United States and Southwestern Canada |
| Original Caption Released with Image |
This natural-color image from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) captures the beauty of the western United States and Canada. Data from 45 swaths from MISR's vertical-viewing (nadir) camera were combined to create this cloud-free mosaic. The image extends from 48° N 128° W in the northwest, to 32°N, 104° W in the southeast, and has been draped over a shaded relief Digital Terrain Elevation Model from the United States Geological Survey. The image area includes much of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan in the north, and extends southward to California, Arizona and New Mexico. The snow-capped Rocky Mountains are a prominent feature extending through British Columbia, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. Many major rivers originate in the Columbia Plateau region of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The Colorado Plateau region is characterized by the vibrant red-colored rocks of the Painted Desert in Utah and Arizona, and in New Mexico, White Sands National Park is the large white feature in the Southeast corner of the image with the Malpais lava flow just to its North. The southwest is dominated by the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada, California's San Joaquin Valley, the Los Angeles basin and the Pacific Ocean. The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer observes the daylit Earth continuously from pole to pole, and every 9 days views the entire globe between 82 degrees north and 82 degrees south latitude. This data product was generated from a portion of the imagery acquired during 2000-2002. The panels utilize data from blocks 45 to 65 within World Reference System-2 paths 31 to 53. MISR was built and is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Office of Earth Science, Washington, DC. The Terra satellite is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology. |
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Cascade Mtns. Oregon
PIA03492
Sol (our sun)
ASTER
| Title |
Cascade Mtns. Oregon |
| Original Caption Released with Image |
The ground near one of the long-dormant Three Sisters volcanoes in the Cascade Mountains of west-central Oregon has risen approximately 10centimeters in a 10-by-20-km parcel since 1996, meaning that magma or underground lava is slowly flowing into the area, according to a research team from the U.S. Geological Survey. The Three Sisters area -- which contains five volcanoes -- is only about 170 miles from Mount St. Helens, which erupted in 1980. Both are part of the Cascades Range, a line of 27volcanoes stretching from British Columbia in Canada to northern California. This perspective view was created by draping a simulated natural color ASTER image over digital topography from the U.S. Geological Survey National Elevation Dataset. This image was acquired on May 28, 2000 by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite. With its 14 spectral bands from the visible to the thermal infrared wavelength region, and its high spatial resolution of 15 to 90 meters (about 50 to 300 feet), ASTER will image Earth for the next 6 years to map and monitor the changing surface of our planet. ASTER is one of five Earth-observing instruments launched December 18,1999, on NASA's Terra satellite. The instrument was built by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. A joint U.S./Japan science team is responsible for validation and calibration of the instrument and the data products. Dr. Anne Kahle at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, is the U.S. Science team leader, Bjorn Eng of JPL is the project manager. ASTER is the only high resolution imaging sensor on Terra. The Terra mission is part of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise, along-term research and technology program designed to examine Earth's land, oceans, atmosphere, ice and life as a total integrated system. The broad spectral coverage and high spectral resolution of ASTER will provide scientists in numerous disciplines with critical information for surface mapping, and monitoring dynamic conditions and temporal change. Example applications are: monitoring glacial advances and retreats, monitoring potentially active volcanoes, identifying crop stress, determining cloud morphology and physical properties, wetlands evaluation, thermal pollution monitoring, coral reef degradation, surface temperature mapping of soils and geology, and measuring surface heat balance. Size: 20 x 25 km (12 x 15 miles) Location: 44.1 deg. North lat., 122.1 deg. West long. Orientation: View towards Southeast Image Data: ASTER bands 1,2, and 3. Original Data Resolution: 15 m Date Acquired: Various |
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