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Agricultural Fires in Northwest India |
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A tight cluster of red dots in the top left of this image marks the location of numerous actively burning fires at the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains in northwest India. The image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite on October 22, 2004, and also shows a thick haze dammed up at the base of the towering mountains at upper right. While smoke from the fires almost certainly contributed to the haze, there may also be residual dust from dust storms in the deserts of Afghanistan and Pakistan in previous weeks, as well as urban pollution from cities in Pakistan and India. The border between the two countries runs mostly along the eastern edge of the fertile Indus River floodplain, where vegetation stands out sharply against the paler, more arid terrain in the far left portion of the image. The Indus flows southward and empties into the Arabian Sea. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Floods in Pakistan
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Floods in Pakistan |
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A blistering heat wave [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12916 ] settled over southern Asia for much of June. The high temperatures melted mountain snowpacks, sending torrents of flood water down the rivers of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. The top Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) image shows flooding along the Kabul River on June 27, 2005. The image was acquired by the Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite and is shown in false color with water being dark blue, clouds light blue and white, and vegetation bright green. The lower image was taken on June 15, 2005, by the MODIS sensor flying aboard the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite as the river was beginning to rise. Though slightly swollen in the lower image, the river has not spread widely beyond its banks, as it appears to have done in the top image. The large images provided above are at MODIS? maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_India1 ] of the region in a variety of resolutions. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Pakistan
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Floods in Pakistan |
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A blistering heat wave [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12916 ] settled over southern Asia for much of June. The high temperatures melted mountain snowpacks, sending torrents of flood water down the rivers of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. The top Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) image shows flooding along the Kabul River on June 27, 2005. The image was acquired by the Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite and is shown in false color with water being dark blue, clouds light blue and white, and vegetation bright green. The lower image was taken on June 15, 2005, by the MODIS sensor flying aboard the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite as the river was beginning to rise. Though slightly swollen in the lower image, the river has not spread widely beyond its banks, as it appears to have done in the top image. The large images provided above are at MODIS? maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_India1 ] of the region in a variety of resolutions. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Pakistan
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Floods in Pakistan |
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Rivers across Pakistan were grossly swollen on July 21, 2005, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image. A combination of monsoon rains and high temperatures have caused these floods. The rivers were already running high after a heat wave sent torrents of melted snow out of the mountains of northern Pakistan and India, when monsoon rain started pounding the country in early July. The taxed rivers pushed beyond their banks. In the top image, The Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab Rivers are all flooded when compared to conditions on June 24, 2005, lower image. The land near the Indian border (upper right corner), where a series of canals link small rivers, appears to be entirely covered with dark blue water. Clouds, which are light blue and white, partially obscure these floods. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that 29 people have died in Pakistan?s Punjab province, the region shown in the images, since the floods began. At least 452,000 people have been affected by the flooding, with farm communities along the Indus River being particularly hard hit. To track these floods, see the daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan ] generated by the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Floods in Pakistan
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Floods in Pakistan |
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Rivers across Pakistan were grossly swollen on July 21, 2005, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image. A combination of monsoon rains and high temperatures have caused these floods. The rivers were already running high after a heat wave sent torrents of melted snow out of the mountains of northern Pakistan and India, when monsoon rain started pounding the country in early July. The taxed rivers pushed beyond their banks. In the top image, The Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab Rivers are all flooded when compared to conditions on June 24, 2005, lower image. The land near the Indian border (upper right corner), where a series of canals link small rivers, appears to be entirely covered with dark blue water. Clouds, which are light blue and white, partially obscure these floods. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that 29 people have died in Pakistan?s Punjab province, the region shown in the images, since the floods began. At least 452,000 people have been affected by the flooding, with farm communities along the Indus River being particularly hard hit. To track these floods, see the daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan ] generated by the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Floods in Pakistan
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Floods in Pakistan |
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A dual disaster hit Pakistan in the final week of June 2007. On June 23, rare heavy rains and winds swept over much of the country, and three days later, on June 26, Cyclone Yemyin (03B) blew ashore in southern Pakistan. The two storms caused extensive flooding in the country's southwest from the Arabian Sea coast to the border with Afghanistan. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) captured this image of flooding near the Indus River on July 2, 2007. The large image shows additional flooding along the coast. In this type of false-color image, made with infrared and visible light, water is dark blue or black. The lighter blue color in the north is either water-soaked land or mud-laden water. The desert landscape is tan-pink, while cropland near the Indus is green. Clouds are pale blue and white. The lower image, taken on June 23 before the storm moved in, shows normal conditions. The white streak near the right edge of the image is sunlight reflected off the wetlands around the Indus River. In the area shown here, more than 100,000 people were displaced when 800 villages were submerged by floods, said Relief Web. [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/4B4253F15CBDB7D6C125730F003DC643/$File/rw_FL_pak070705.pdf?OpenElement ] As of July 4, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-74SGLW?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=FF-2007-000082-PAK ] estimated that approximately 300 lives had been lost throughout Pakistan, and 550,000 people had been displaced. You can download a 250-meter-resolution KMZ file of the flooding [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Jul2007/pakistan_tmo_2007183.kmz ] and comparison imagery from June 23, 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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Drought in Central Asia
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Drought in Central Asia |
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In July 2006, the government of Afghanistan and the United Nations World Food Program [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-6S3BQJ?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635N96 ] issued an appeal for aid as 2.5 million people in northern and western Afghanistan faced imminent food shortages. Spring rains failed, leaving crops normally watered by rainfall dry. By September 2006, Christian Aid [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-6TJG6E?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635N96 ] reported that the harvest had failed completely in some of the worst-affected regions. The effect of drought on vegetation in northern Afghanistan was evident in late April and early May 2006, when the data used to create this image were collected. The image shows a vegetation anomaly, how well plants were growing, between April 23 and May 8, 2006, compared to their average growth for the same period during 2001 through 2005. The brown that dominates the image indicates that plants were less healthy than average, while brushes of green show where plants were growing better than average. In Afghanistan, the brown areas are in the north and west, where food shortages were reported. The green areas are located near the Amu Darya River, where farmers are probably less dependant on rainfall because of access to irrigation water. Regions that were covered by clouds throughout the sixteen-day period are grey. The image was created from data collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided by Inbal Reshef as part of the Global Agricultural Monitoring Project, [ http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/glam.cfm ] a collaboration among NASA, USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), and the University of Maryland. |
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Heat Wave in Pakistan
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Heat Wave in Pakistan |
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It was not even officially summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but Pakistan was in the midst of a deadly heat wave when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image on June 10, 2007. The image shows land surface temperatures—how hot the land would feel to the touch. Except for the snow-covered mountain tops in western Pakistan and Afghanistan, land surface temperatures are all on the top end of the scale, as indicated by the prevalence of yellow and warm pink tones in the image. The Indus River is defined by its cooler surface. The vegetation and wetlands surrounding the river are cooler than the sand-and-rock landscape beyond the river valley. Airborne dust [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14300 ] over India masks the hot sands of the Great Indian Desert. The lower image shows land surface temperatures on May 18, 2007, well before the heat wave started. The dark purple regions area the frigid tops of clouds. Compared to May 18, yellow tones cover a much wider area in the June image, indicating how much the land surface had warmed. Land surface temperatures can be warmer or cooler than the air temperatures cited in weather reports. The land takes longer to heat up or cool down than the air. This is why a tile floor is so cold on a chilly winter morning, or why a sandy beach burns your feet on a summer's day. On June 10, air temperatures in parts of Pakistan reached above 50 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit), and this image indicates that ground temperatures climbed to about 70 degrees Celsius (160 Fahrenheit) in rocky desert regions. By June 13, the heat wave had caused 232 heat-related deaths in Pakistan, said news reports, [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-745C6X?OpenDocument ] with additional deaths in neighboring India. 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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Heat Wave in Pakistan
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Heat Wave in Pakistan |
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It was not even officially summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but Pakistan was in the midst of a deadly heat wave when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image on June 10, 2007. The image shows land surface temperatures—how hot the land would feel to the touch. Except for the snow-covered mountain tops in western Pakistan and Afghanistan, land surface temperatures are all on the top end of the scale, as indicated by the prevalence of yellow and warm pink tones in the image. The Indus River is defined by its cooler surface. The vegetation and wetlands surrounding the river are cooler than the sand-and-rock landscape beyond the river valley. Airborne dust [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14300 ] over India masks the hot sands of the Great Indian Desert. The lower image shows land surface temperatures on May 18, 2007, well before the heat wave started. The dark purple regions area the frigid tops of clouds. Compared to May 18, yellow tones cover a much wider area in the June image, indicating how much the land surface had warmed. Land surface temperatures can be warmer or cooler than the air temperatures cited in weather reports. The land takes longer to heat up or cool down than the air. This is why a tile floor is so cold on a chilly winter morning, or why a sandy beach burns your feet on a summer's day. On June 10, air temperatures in parts of Pakistan reached above 50 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit), and this image indicates that ground temperatures climbed to about 70 degrees Celsius (160 Fahrenheit) in rocky desert regions. By June 13, the heat wave had caused 232 heat-related deaths in Pakistan, said news reports, [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-745C6X?OpenDocument ] with additional deaths in neighboring India. 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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Dust from Southwest Asia ove
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Dust from Southwest Asia over Arabian Sea |
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On May 8, 2005, a veil of dust from the arid landscapes of southern Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan hung over the Arabian Sea. The S-shaped, olive green path of the Indus River in western Pakistan appears washed out beneath the dust. When this image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite, the wind was stirring dust from valley deserts and spreading it southward across the mountainous coastal terrain of Iran (which occupies most of the upper left of the scene) and Pakistan (which occupies most of the upper right). NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC |
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Dust from Southwest Asia ove
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Dust from Southwest Asia over Arabian Sea |
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On May 8, 2005, a veil of dust from the arid landscapes of southern Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan hung over the Arabian Sea. The S-shaped, olive green path of the Indus River in western Pakistan appears washed out beneath the dust. When this image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite, the wind was stirring dust from valley deserts and spreading it southward across the mountainous coastal terrain of Iran (which occupies most of the upper left of the scene) and Pakistan (which occupies most of the upper right). NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC |
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Dust in Afghanistan
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Dust in Afghanistan |
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Across a wide portion of southwestern Asia, winds were whipping across deserts, sending a froth of dust into the skies on April 8, 2005. The wind raised particularly thick streamers of dust from the surfaces of the Margo Desert in southern Afghanistan and the Thar Desert, which straddles the border between Pakistan and India. Like an atmospheric alter ego of the Indus River, an airborne river of dust flows southward from the Thar Desert and out over the Arabian Sea. This image of the event was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC. |
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Dust over Arabian Sea
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Dust over Arabian Sea |
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A massive dust storm on December 12, 2003, almost completely obscured large parts of southwest Asia at the time of this image, which was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite. Thick clouds of tan-colored dust wash over Iran (left), Afghanistan (top right), and Pakistan (bottom right). From Iran, the wave of dust is crashing over the Gulf of Oman, which opens into the Arabian Sea (bottom). The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional spatial resolutions, including MODIS? maximum resolution of 250 meters. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Dust over the Arabian Sea
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Dust over the Arabian Sea |
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A number of jets of windblown desert dust (light brown plumes) were blowing over the Gulf of Oman (middle left) and the Arabian Sea (bottom center) on May 2, 2003. Originating from the Arabian Peninsula (left) as well as Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (top center and top right, respectively), the dust obscures the surface over much of the region. This image was made using data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors flying aboard NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites at hours apart on the same day. 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 Plume over Afghanistan
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Dust Plume over Afghanistan and Pakistan |
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On July 21, 2007, a dust plume several hundred kilometers across swept through Afghanistan and Pakistan, largely missing neighboring Iran. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, the dust appears as a beige swirl over the arid landscape. A break in the plume allows a relatively clear view of the land surface along the border between southern Afghanistan and Pakistan. Otherwise, dust obscures much of the view, although the dust thins somewhat in the southeast. Although dust mostly misses Iran, at least some of the storm appears to originate along the Iran-Afghanistan border. Source points for the storm appear in an area known as the Hamoun wetlands, once an oasis for people and wildlife. By the start of the twenty-first century, a combination of expanded irrigation and severe drought had sucked the region dry, and winds that had once been cooled by wetland water began blowing dust. The pale color of this dust plume is consistent with that of dried wetland soils. For more information on the Hamoun wetlands, see the Earth Observatory feature story From Wetland to Wasteland. [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/hamoun/ ] NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Dust Storm in Pakistan
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Dust Storm in Pakistan |
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Thick streamers of dust blew out of Pakistan on December 19, 2004. The dust storm appears to be originating near the base of the Chagai Hills near the border with Afghanistan and to the south in the hilly coastland between the Makran Coast Range and the Arabian Sea. This true-color image was acquired on December 19, 2004 by NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. The large image provided above has a resolution of 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides the image in additional resolutions. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Dust Storm in Southwest Asia
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Dust Storm in Southwest Asia |
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On November 14, 2007, a dust storm swept over the borders of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, the dust is so thick that it completely obscures the landscape below with a beige blur. Only grazing Turkmenistan, the dust storm concentrates the other countries. Along its northern and western boundaries, the storm's shape is indistinct, but in the southeast, near the mountains, the dust storm mimics the mountain valleys it occupies. The distinct shape of the storm in the southeast indicates that the dust particles do not reach high enough into the atmosphere to crest the mountaintops. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Dust Storm over Afghanistan
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Dust Storm over Afghanistan |
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On August 17, 2004, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), aboard NASA?s Terra satellite, observed a large plume of dust blowing out of the Sistan Basin and fanning out over a large portion of southern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. Once a lush oasis spanning more than 2,000 square kilometers (800 square miles), the Hamoun Wetlands [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/hamoun/ ] were a major source of food and shelter for the people of Central Asia. Within the last decade, however, human mismanagement of the rivers feeding the once fertile wetlands has converted them mostly into salt flats?desiccated and almost devoid of life. The light sediment that once rested on the bottom of the Hamoun?s marshes now lies exposed to sun and wind. The frequent strong winds blowing through the region easily scoop up the dried silt and carry it aloft for hundreds or even thousands of kilometers. Such dust storms appear to be increasing in frequency and severity as residents in southern Afghanistan report that, during the last several years, the skies overhead have been the dustiest in living memory. The solid black line in this scene shows the border between the countries of Iran (to the left), Afghanistan (top), and Pakistan (bottom right). North in this image is toward the top. The high-resolution copy available here is 250 meters per pixel. There are also additional resolutions available. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Dust Storm over Afghanistan
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Dust Storm over Afghanistan |
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On August 12, 2007, a dust storm formed where the borders of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan meet. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took this picture the same day. This image shows the pale beige plumes of dust sweeping from the northwest in a counter-clockwise direction. The image also shows some of the source points for the plumes. From source points along the Iran-Afghanistan border, the storm covers part of northern Pakistan. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan/ ] of this region. |
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Dust Storm over Afghanistan
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Dust Storm over Afghanistan and Pakistan |
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Across the dark brown ridges and rock formations of southern Afghanistan (top), Iran (left) and Pakistan (bottom right) streamers of pale dust swirl over the arid terrain in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from August 20, 2003, from the Terra 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 Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Dust Storm over Afghanistan
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Dust Storm over Afghanistan and Pakistan |
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The brown and tan landscape of deserts and rugged mountains in southern Afghanistan (top), northwest Pakistan (below), and southeastern Iran (left) may seem devoid of human presence, even moon-like. But tens of thousands of people do live in this region, and they have been suffering through months of devastating sandstorms like the one pictured blowing across the center of this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from September 23, 2003. The image shows the green vegetation growing along the banks of the Helmand River, which flows toward the center of the scene from top right. The river brings life-giving water to portions of the Margo Desert (center). 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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Dust Storm over Afghanistan
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Dust Storm over Afghanistan and Pakistan |
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Prolonged and severe drought has taken its toll on the once vital HamounWetlands in southwestern Afghanistan and eastern Iran. Formerly a green oasis for over half a million birds, the wetlands are now a desert tan in this image, acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. According to the United Nations Environment Program [ http://www.grid.unep.ch/activities/global_change/sistan.php ] (UNEP), the Helmand River, which feeds the wetlands, had been running up to 98 percent below its annual average during the past six years of drought. Decades of conflict and poor water management have also contributed to the withering of the wetlands. In 2003, the UNEP reported that 99 percent of the wetlands had dried up. The newly exposed silt is easily picked up on the wind, and dust storms frequently sweep through the Sistan Basin where the wetlands were located. On October 7, 2004, MODIS observed one such storm blanketing much of southern Afghanistan and part of Pakistan with a thick cloud of tan dust. To learn more, please read, "From Wetland to Wasteland." [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/hamoun/ ] The high-resolution copy available above is 250 meters per pixel. Additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004281-1007/Pakistan.A2004281.0650 ] are also available. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response team, Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Snow in Afghanistan
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Snow in Afghanistan |
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Snow is not unusual in Afghanistan, in fact, a deep snow pack is necessary if the country is to have water during the dry summer months. But January 2006 hit the Central Asian country harder than normal. Heavy snow and extreme cold destroyed or damaged at least 86 homes and killed 17 people with twice as many more injured, reported the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Much of the damage occurred after a blizzard hit the northernmost provinces particularly hard on January 31. On February 3, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this clear view of Afghanistan covered in snow. In addition to covering the rugged mountains that run down the spine of the country, the snow stretches across the populated northern plains where the damage was reported. Despite the problems the January 2006 storms caused, Afghanistan needs its winter snow. Like the U.S. West, water during the summer comes from the melting snow pack in the mountains. Without the snow, farmers would have no way to irrigate summer crops. The snow is such an essential ingredient to the success of crops in Afghanistan that the Famine Early Warning Network (FEWS NET) monitors snow cover to gauge the potential need for food aid after the next growing season and harvest. MODIS images such as this one help analysts at FEWS NET determine the extent of snow cover in Afghanistan. Knowing how much snow is in the mountains can reveal how much water will be available for crops during the next summer. If insufficient snow falls during the winter, FEWS NET can issue a warning to aid agencies and the government to alert them to the potential crop failure and a possible future need for food aid. The advanced warning gives agencies and the government time to gather the resources needed to respond before the disaster becomes critical. To read more, see Aiding Afghanistan [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Afghanistan/ ] on the Earth Observatory.Daily MODIS images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan/2006034 ] of Afghanistan are available from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Snow in the Hindu Kush
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Snow in the Hindu Kush |
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Winter settled heavily over the Hindu Kush, the mountains that curve through Afghanistan and cut into Pakistan and Tajikistan. Northern Pakistan saw it?s heaviest snowfall in 30 years, the worst of it coming during the first two weeks of February. The heavy snow has devastated all three countries, literally crushing houses and buildings and burying communities in avalanches. Tajikistan alone experienced more than 100 avalanches in populated regions after two meters of snow fell in the mountains. Officials in northern Pakistan report that 270 have died in the snowfall and avalanches, and nearly as many more have been injured. Deaths in Afghanistan have been attributed to extreme cold and related illnesses. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) image, acquired on February 16, 2005, by NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite, shows the extensive snowfall across southwest Asia. The image is in false color to differentiate between cloud and snow, with snow in dark red and clouds in lighter orange. Vegetation is dark green, while bare desert soil is blue-green. Clouds still blanket northern Pakistan where the storm rages on. Tajikistan is entirely covered in snow, and the central mountainous region of Afghanistan is similarly blanketed in snow. The widespread snow has cut off many of the regions in need of aid, particularly in Afghanistan, where food shortages have driven up prices in areas where food was already scarce. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Snow in the Hindu Kush
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Snow in the Hindu Kush |
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The most severe winter to hit southwest Asia in decades has cost hundreds of lives in Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan. Heavy snow continues to fall over the Himalaya Mountains in both Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered Kashmir and in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan. As the above image shows, both mountains and valleys are buried in snow across the region, with the exception of the Indus River valley in Pakistan. The snow has isolated many communities, stranding them without access to food supplies. Most of the deaths, however, have occurred as people have been trapped under avalanches in the steep mountains. At least 230 people died in Indian-administered Kashmir, many of them in a series of avalanches near the capital, Srinagar, where 4.5 meters (15 feet) of snow has fallen. When the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite acquired this image on February 22, 2005, the clouds had cleared and the sun shone over Kashmir. Low cloud, slightly smoother and duller white than snow, fills the valley around Srinagar. In the high mountains exposed to the sun, the avalanche hazard could increase as melting snow becomes unstable. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Southwest Asia Dust Storm
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Southwest Asia Dust Storm |
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A large dust storm (tan pixels) originating from the Sistan Basin, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/hamoun/ ] in western Afghanistan, continues to fill the skies over a large portion of southwestern Asia. The dust obscures much of Pakistan?s southern coast in this true-color image. This scene was acquired on June 15, 2004, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA?s Terra satellite. The high-resolution image available here is 250 meters per pixel. NASA image by Jesse Allen, using data courtesy MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA?s Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Floods in Afghanistan
| Title |
Floods in Afghanistan |
| Description |
Already bracing for severe floods after the most arduous winter in a decade, Afghanistan has been flooded by heavy rains. The saltpan plains—once the Sistan Wetlands—of western Afghanistan and eastern Iran are filling with water. In the two week period that passed between February 21, and March 7, 2005, this border region went from arid plain to water-soaked wetlands. According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), the floods have killed three people and destroyed about 300 houses in Afghanistan. Officials fear that flooding could intensify as temperatures rise and winter's snow [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12717 ] begins to melt. The Sistan Wetlands have been steadily drying out in the grip of an extended drought that started in 1998. (See "From Wetland to Wasteland" [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/hamoun/ ]) The former extent of the wetlands is visible in the lower image, taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua satellite on February 21. Evaporating water left white salt flats, which are a lighter shade of tan in this image. The top image, taken by MODIS on the Terra satellite, shows that flood waters have filled the depressions left by the former wetlands. The images are shown in false color and combine both near infrared and visible light. In this color combination, the tan desert soil has a slightly pink tint, clouds are light blue, plant-covered regions are bright green, and clear water is black. Because dirt scatters light, it colors the water blue. Clearer, deeper water is a dark shade of blue, while shallow, mud-laden water is lighter blue. Beyond causing wide-spread floods, the rain has spurred plant growth, particularly in Iran, where the wetlands are considerably greener on March 7. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The images are available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan/2005066 ]. |
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Floods in Afghanistan
| Title |
Floods in Afghanistan |
| Description |
Already bracing for severe floods after the most arduous winter in a decade, Afghanistan has been flooded by heavy rains. The saltpan plains—once the Sistan Wetlands—of western Afghanistan and eastern Iran are filling with water. In the two week period that passed between February 21, and March 7, 2005, this border region went from arid plain to water-soaked wetlands. According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), the floods have killed three people and destroyed about 300 houses in Afghanistan. Officials fear that flooding could intensify as temperatures rise and winter's snow [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12717 ] begins to melt. The Sistan Wetlands have been steadily drying out in the grip of an extended drought that started in 1998. (See "From Wetland to Wasteland" [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/hamoun/ ]) The former extent of the wetlands is visible in the lower image, taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua satellite on February 21. Evaporating water left white salt flats, which are a lighter shade of tan in this image. The top image, taken by MODIS on the Terra satellite, shows that flood waters have filled the depressions left by the former wetlands. The images are shown in false color and combine both near infrared and visible light. In this color combination, the tan desert soil has a slightly pink tint, clouds are light blue, plant-covered regions are bright green, and clear water is black. Because dirt scatters light, it colors the water blue. Clearer, deeper water is a dark shade of blue, while shallow, mud-laden water is lighter blue. Beyond causing wide-spread floods, the rain has spurred plant growth, particularly in Iran, where the wetlands are considerably greener on March 7. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The images are available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan/2005066 ]. |
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Floods in Afghanistan
| Title |
Floods in Afghanistan |
| Description |
*Floods in Afghanistan* After a harsh winter in which more than 300 died in the extreme cold and heavy snow, spring is finally coming to Afghanistan. As welcome as the warmer temperatures might be, the change of the season has also brought additional catastrophe to the country. Both rain and melting snow have trigged widespread flooding in Afghanistan?s central mountains and western provinces. Multiple media reports say that more than 200 have died in the floods. On March 22, 2005, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite caught a cloud-free view of the flooded regions. The image, shown above in false color to highlight the presence of water, reveals water throughout the deserts of western Afghanistan. Clear, deep water is darker blue, while shallow, mud-laden water is lighter blue. In contrast to the lower image acquired on February 20, splotches of blue in varying shades cover the region, particularly near the Iranian border. It is not difficult to see where the additional water came from?the snow that blanketed central Afghanistan on February 20 (shown in light blue) had largely melted by March 22. To date, the largest loss of life has occurred along the Helmand River, which runs through the center of the image. A faint blue line of water (more easily visible in the large image) shows that more water fills the river than on February 20, when the river was defined only by the green vegetation that lines its banks. Additional damage has been incurred in the region around the Sistan Wetlands, where water is filling the saltpans left by the desiccated wetland. Further signs of flooding are reflected in the plants that are springing up in response to warmer temperatures and the spring run-off. By March 22, brushes of green vegetation are scattered across the landscape. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. Both images are available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan/2005081 ]. |
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Floods in Afghanistan
| Title |
Floods in Afghanistan |
| Description |
*Floods in Afghanistan* After a harsh winter in which more than 300 died in the extreme cold and heavy snow, spring is finally coming to Afghanistan. As welcome as the warmer temperatures might be, the change of the season has also brought additional catastrophe to the country. Both rain and melting snow have trigged widespread flooding in Afghanistan?s central mountains and western provinces. Multiple media reports say that more than 200 have died in the floods. On March 22, 2005, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite caught a cloud-free view of the flooded regions. The image, shown above in false color to highlight the presence of water, reveals water throughout the deserts of western Afghanistan. Clear, deep water is darker blue, while shallow, mud-laden water is lighter blue. In contrast to the lower image acquired on February 20, splotches of blue in varying shades cover the region, particularly near the Iranian border. It is not difficult to see where the additional water came from?the snow that blanketed central Afghanistan on February 20 (shown in light blue) had largely melted by March 22. To date, the largest loss of life has occurred along the Helmand River, which runs through the center of the image. A faint blue line of water (more easily visible in the large image) shows that more water fills the river than on February 20, when the river was defined only by the green vegetation that lines its banks. Additional damage has been incurred in the region around the Sistan Wetlands, where water is filling the saltpans left by the desiccated wetland. Further signs of flooding are reflected in the plants that are springing up in response to warmer temperatures and the spring run-off. By March 22, brushes of green vegetation are scattered across the landscape. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. Both images are available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan/2005081 ]. |
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Floods in Afghanistan
| Title |
Floods in Afghanistan |
| Description |
Severe storms starting on June 16, 2005, have flooded much of northern Afghanistan, killing 48 people, the government reports. On June 20, 2005, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image of the region showing several rivers running high. Compared to May 21, 2005, the Amu Darya is fat with flood water. The green web of agricultural land around the Vakhsh River is darkened with water, and the lower reaches of the Darya-ye Kondoz spread across the landscape. These false-color images highlight the presence of water. Water is dark blue or black, but takes on a lighter shade of blue when it is mixed with sediment. In the lower right corner of both images, the Hindu Kush Mountains are capped with snow, which is bright blue in this color combination. Vegetation is bright green. More than twenty years of war have left Afghanistan prone to floods. The irrigation and reservoir infrastructures that might otherwise control flood water have been destroyed, leaving the country vulnerable when storms or melting snow tax the river systems. The large images provided above have a spatial resolution of 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan ] of Afghanistan in multiple resolutions and band (color) combinations, including the photo-like true color combination. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Afghanistan
| Title |
Floods in Afghanistan |
| Description |
Severe storms starting on June 16, 2005, have flooded much of northern Afghanistan, killing 48 people, the government reports. On June 20, 2005, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image of the region showing several rivers running high. Compared to May 21, 2005, the Amu Darya is fat with flood water. The green web of agricultural land around the Vakhsh River is darkened with water, and the lower reaches of the Darya-ye Kondoz spread across the landscape. These false-color images highlight the presence of water. Water is dark blue or black, but takes on a lighter shade of blue when it is mixed with sediment. In the lower right corner of both images, the Hindu Kush Mountains are capped with snow, which is bright blue in this color combination. Vegetation is bright green. More than twenty years of war have left Afghanistan prone to floods. The irrigation and reservoir infrastructures that might otherwise control flood water have been destroyed, leaving the country vulnerable when storms or melting snow tax the river systems. The large images provided above have a spatial resolution of 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan ] of Afghanistan in multiple resolutions and band (color) combinations, including the photo-like true color combination. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Afghanistan
| Title |
Floods in Afghanistan |
| Description |
Late-winter rain and melting snow combined to trigger floods and landslides in the mountain valleys of Afghanistan's rugged southwestern interior in mid-March 2007. By March 20, more than 50 people had died and hundreds were displaced or stranded throughout the country, said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-6ZGHYW?OpenDocument&rc=3&cc=afg ]). The floods had pushed the Helmand River over its banks by March 22, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image. A little more than a week earlier, when the lower image was taken, the dark blue water flowing through the river was barely visible. But on March 22, the river had widened. The reservoir behind Kajaki Dam was also swollen, and its bright blue color was a sign that mud carried by run-off permeated the water. By contrast, the reservoir was dark blue and black, the color water typically takes in this type of image, the previous week. These images were made with a combination of infrared and visible light to highlight the presence of water on the ground. The surrounding desert is tan and pink, and clouds are pale blue and white. Irrigated crop land around the rivers and plant-covered land in the mountains are bright green. Similar images and photo-like, true-color images of Afghanistan are available from the MODIS Rapid Response System [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan/2007081 ] on a daily basis. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Afghanistan
| Title |
Floods in Afghanistan |
| Description |
Late-winter rain and melting snow combined to trigger floods and landslides in the mountain valleys of Afghanistan's rugged southwestern interior in mid-March 2007. By March 20, more than 50 people had died and hundreds were displaced or stranded throughout the country, said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-6ZGHYW?OpenDocument&rc=3&cc=afg ]). The floods had pushed the Helmand River over its banks by March 22, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image. A little more than a week earlier, when the lower image was taken, the dark blue water flowing through the river was barely visible. But on March 22, the river had widened. The reservoir behind Kajaki Dam was also swollen, and its bright blue color was a sign that mud carried by run-off permeated the water. By contrast, the reservoir was dark blue and black, the color water typically takes in this type of image, the previous week. These images were made with a combination of infrared and visible light to highlight the presence of water on the ground. The surrounding desert is tan and pink, and clouds are pale blue and white. Irrigated crop land around the rivers and plant-covered land in the mountains are bright green. Similar images and photo-like, true-color images of Afghanistan are available from the MODIS Rapid Response System [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan/2007081 ] on a daily basis. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Afghanistan
| Title |
Floods in Afghanistan |
| Description |
Rivers across Afghanistan were running high on April 2, 2007, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image. The extensive flooding was triggered by weeks of late-winter and early-spring rain combined with melting snow. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/RMOI-6ZUMF7?OpenDocument ]), 83 people had died in the flooding and thousands were in need of assistance as of April 1. The scale of the disaster led the Afghan government to declare a state of emergency in 13 of the country's 34 provinces and to request assistance from the international community. In Herat, shown here, six people died and 200 families were affected in the floods. The top image shows flooding in northwestern Afghanistan along the Harirud River, which flows through the city of Herat. The lower image was taken on March 6, 2007, a few days before the rains began, and it illustrates the extent of the river under normal conditions. The images were both made with infrared and visible light, a combination that highlights the presence of water on the ground. In this type of image, water is typically dark blue or black, but in this case, sediment is mixed in the water, giving it a lighter shade of blue. The desert landscape is tan-pink, brushed with green where plants are growing. Clouds are light blue and white, and snow is also light blue. On April 2, the Harirud River is much wider than it was in early March. The cause of the flooding is partially evident in the large images: significantly less snow covers the mountains to the east (where the river has its headwaters) in the April image compared to the March 6 image. The decrease in snow cover is even more evident in the corresponding photo-like images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan/2007092 ] (made entirely from visible light), which are available from the MODIS Rapid Response System on a daily basis. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Afghanistan
| Title |
Floods in Afghanistan |
| Description |
Rivers across Afghanistan were running high on April 2, 2007, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image. The extensive flooding was triggered by weeks of late-winter and early-spring rain combined with melting snow. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/RMOI-6ZUMF7?OpenDocument ]), 83 people had died in the flooding and thousands were in need of assistance as of April 1. The scale of the disaster led the Afghan government to declare a state of emergency in 13 of the country's 34 provinces and to request assistance from the international community. In Herat, shown here, six people died and 200 families were affected in the floods. The top image shows flooding in northwestern Afghanistan along the Harirud River, which flows through the city of Herat. The lower image was taken on March 6, 2007, a few days before the rains began, and it illustrates the extent of the river under normal conditions. The images were both made with infrared and visible light, a combination that highlights the presence of water on the ground. In this type of image, water is typically dark blue or black, but in this case, sediment is mixed in the water, giving it a lighter shade of blue. The desert landscape is tan-pink, brushed with green where plants are growing. Clouds are light blue and white, and snow is also light blue. On April 2, the Harirud River is much wider than it was in early March. The cause of the flooding is partially evident in the large images: significantly less snow covers the mountains to the east (where the river has its headwaters) in the April image compared to the March 6 image. The decrease in snow cover is even more evident in the corresponding photo-like images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan/2007092 ] (made entirely from visible light), which are available from the MODIS Rapid Response System on a daily basis. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Winter Storm Hits Pakistan a
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| Title |
Winter Storm Hits Pakistan and Afghanistan |
| Description |
A wave of cold weather, heavy rain, and snow crippled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on January 1 and 2, 2005, as floods and ice combined to close roads and hinder travel. The storm has claimed at least ten lives in Pakistan, according to local news reports. After the storm passed, the high mountains of northern Pakistan and most of Afghanistan were covered in a blanket of snow. Even the Chagai Hills of southwestern Pakistan are coated with snow in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) image, acquired by NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on January 3, 2005. As in many regions of the world, snowfall in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan is crucial in recharging the water supply, which is fed by melting snow. NAS A image courtesy the MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The image is available in additional resolutions. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Afghanistan/2005003/Afghanistan.2005003.terra ] |
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Dust over the Gulf of Oman a
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Dust plumes blew from Afghan
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arsea_tmo_2007266
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2007-09-23 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
arsea_tmo_2007266 |
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Dust Storm over Afghanistan
…
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Sandstorms that have been sc
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Afghanistan.TMOA2003205
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
July 24, 2003 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Afghanistan.TMOA2003205 |
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Dust Plume over Afghanistan
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On July 21, 2007, a dust plu
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afpk_tmo_2007202
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2007-07-21 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
afpk_tmo_2007202 |
|
Floods in Afghanistan: Natur
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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Helmand_TMO_2007081
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2007-03-22 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Helmand_TMO_2007081 |
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Floods in Afghanistan: Natur
…
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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Harirud_TMO_2007092
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2007-04-02 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Harirud_TMO_2007092 |
|
Dust Storm over Afghanistan:
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On August 12, 2007, a dust s
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afgh_tmo_2007224
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2007-08-12 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
afgh_tmo_2007224 |
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Dust Storms over the Middle
…
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Dust plumes lingered over th
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arabia_tmo_2008053
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2008-02-22 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
arabia_tmo_2008053 |
|
Dust Storm in Southwest Asia
…
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On November 14, 2007, a dust
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swasia_tmo_2007318
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2007-11-14 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
swasia_tmo_2007318 |
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Dust Storms over the Middle
…
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Although common during the s
…
iran_tmo_2008052
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2008-02-21 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
iran_tmo_2008052 |
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Dust Storm in Northern Afgha
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On June 26, 2003, the modis.
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Afghanistan.TMOA2003177
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2003-06-26 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Afghanistan.TMOA2003177 |
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Snow in Afghanistan: Image o
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
…
Snow is not unusual in Afgha
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Afghanistan_TMO_2006034
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2006-02-03 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
| identifier |
Afghanistan_TMO_2006034 |
|
Dust Storm over Afghanistan
…
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Prolonged and severe drought
…
Pakistan_TMO2004281
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2004-10-07 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Pakistan_TMO2004281 |
|
Floods in Afghanistan: Natur
…
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
…
Afghanistan_TMO_2005171
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2005-06-20 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Afghanistan_TMO_2005171 |
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