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Floods in Turkey
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Floods in Turkey |
| Description |
The swollen rivers of Western Turkey cut dark blue ribbons across the brilliant green landscape of this false-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) image. Starting on January 22, 2004, a rare winter storm [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=11924 ] blanketed Western Turkey with snow. The equivalent of a month?s precipitation fell around Istanbul in just 24 hours. By February 7, when the Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite acquired this image, most of the snow had melted, filling the rivers that flow into the Aegean Sea. The Meric (Evros) River in the top left corner, and the Menderes River in the bottom third of the image seem particularly full. Only patches of snow, which appear light blue in this image, remain in the higher elevations. The high resolution image above has a resolution of 500 meters per pixel. The image is available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004038-0207/Turkey.A2004038.1110.721 ], including MODIS? maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Floods in Turkey, Greece, Bu
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Floods in Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria |
| Description |
Days of heavy rain triggered floods across parts of western Turkey, eastern Greece, and southeastern Bulgaria in November 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) flying on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image of floods in the border region of the three countries on November 22. The Evros River, called the Meriç River in Turkey, flows from Bulgaria south along the border between Turkey and Greece and into the Aegean Sea. Normally visible only by the strip of green that lines the river's banks, the river paints a wide blue line along the border. Flowing into the Evros/Meriç from the east, the Ergene River is similarly flooded, as are a number of other tributaries, including the Ardas. Both the November 22 image and the November 9 image (provided to show the rivers under normal conditions) were made with a combination of visible and infrared light. This combination allows water, even murky flood water, to stand out from the land. Water is black, though in this case, mud colors the water blue. Reminders of the storm that caused the floods, white and pale blue clouds are scattered over the flood scene. Plant-covered land is bright green, and bare earth is tan. The bare rocks of the mountainous landscape were brick red on November 9, but at least partly covered over by plants by November 22. Hundreds of homes and businesses flooded in the Evros region of Greece, forcing the evacuation of two villages, said the Dartmouth Flood Observatory. [ http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7efloods/Archives/2007sum.htm ] Outside of the area shown in this image, additional flooding inundated the cities of Bodrum and Marmaris in western Turkey and the Montana region of Bulgaria.Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/fas/?Europe_3_03/2007326 ] of Turkey, Greece, and Bulgaria are available from the MODIS Rapid Response System. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Fires in the Balkans
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Fires in the Balkans |
| Description |
Scattered fires (red dots) were detected across the Balkans on March 26, 2003, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite. Countries shown include Italy (left center edge), Greece (below center), and Turkey (right edge). At upper right is the Black Sea, at center is the Aegean Sea, at upper left is the Adriatic Sea, and at bottom left is the Mediterranean Sea. North of Turkey are Bulgaria and Romania. Moving clockwise from top left are Croatia, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, and Albania. The bounded area to the north of Albania is now part of Yugoslavia. North is Bosnia-Herzegovina. 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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Mount Olympus, Greece: Image
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Mount Olympus is the highest
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ISS010-E-8224
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2004-11-22 |
| creator |
NASA -- Astronaut photograph eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS010&roll=E&frame=8224 ISS010-E-8224 was acquired November 22, 2004, with a Kodak 760C digital camera with a 50 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group, Johnson Space Center. The spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html International Space Station Program supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. |
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ISS010-E-8224 |
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Earth observations taken fro
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johnsonspacecentermediaarchi
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Earth observation views take
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STS084-707-013
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
1997-05-22 |
| creator |
NASA |
| identifier |
STS084-707-013 |
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Floods in Turkey, Greece, Bu
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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Turkey_TMO_2007326
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2007-11-22 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Turkey_TMO_2007326 |
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Earth observations taken fro
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johnsonspacecentermediaarchi
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Earth observation views take
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STS084-707-083
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
1997-05-22 |
| creator |
NASA |
| identifier |
STS084-707-083 |
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Earth observations taken fro
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johnsonspacecentermediaarchi
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Earth observation views take
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STS084-707-039
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
1997-05-22 |
| creator |
NASA |
| identifier |
STS084-707-039 |
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Earth observations taken fro
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johnsonspacecentermediaarchi
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Earth observation views take
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STS084-707-033
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
1997-05-22 |
| creator |
NASA |
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STS084-707-033 |
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Fires in the Balkans: Natura
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Scattered fires (red dots) w
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Greece.TMOA2003085
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2003-03-26 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Greece.TMOA2003085 |
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Earth observations taken fro
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johnsonspacecentermediaarchi
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Earth observation views take
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STS084-707-089
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
1997-05-22 |
| creator |
NASA |
| identifier |
STS084-707-089 |
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Islands in the Midst of the
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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The Greek islands of the Aeg
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PIA03725
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2001-09-30 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov/ MISR Team. |
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PIA03725 |
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Earth observations taken fro
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johnsonspacecentermediaarchi
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Earth observation views take
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STS084-707-019
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
1997-05-22 |
| creator |
NASA |
| identifier |
STS084-707-019 |
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The Balkans: Image of the Da
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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The Transylvanian Basin in R
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Balkans_M2002123
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002-05-03 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Balkans_M2002123 |
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Gallipoli and Dardanelles St
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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The city of Gallipoli ( in T
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ISS014-E-8138
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2006-11-09 |
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NASA -- Astronaut photograph eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS014&roll=E&frame=8138 ISS014-E-8138 was acquired November 9, 2006, with a Kodak 760C digital camera using an 180 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group, Johnson Space Center. The image in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. The spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html International Space Station Program supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC eol.jsc.nasa.gov Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. |
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ISS014-E-8138 |
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Smoke Over the Aegean Sea: I
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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The vacations of thousands o
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AegeanSea_TMO_A2006234
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2006-08-22 |
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NASA -- NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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AegeanSea_TMO_A2006234 |
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Floods in Turkey: Natural Ha
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The swollen rivers of Wester
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Turkey_AMO2004038
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-02-07 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Turkey_AMO2004038 |
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Clouds over the Black Sea :
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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The atmosphere is a dynamic
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black_tmo_2004123
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-05-03 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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black_tmo_2004123 |
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Islands in the Midst of the
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PIA03725
Sol (our sun)
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroR
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| Title |
Islands in the Midst of the World |
| Original Caption Released with Image |
The Greek islands of the Aegean Sea, scattered across 800 kilometers from north to south and between Greece and western Turkey, are uniquely situated at the intersection of Europe, Asia and Africa. This image from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer includes many of the islands of the East Aegean, Sporades, Cyclades, Dodecanese and Crete, as well as part of mainland Turkey. Many sites important to ancient and modern history can be found here. The largest modern city in the Aegean coast is Izmir, situated about one quarter of the image length from the top, southeast of the large three-pronged island of Lesvos. Izmir can be located as a bright coastal area near the greenish waters of the Izmir Bay, about one quarter of the image length from the top, southeast of Lesvos. The coastal areas around this cosmopolitan Turkish city were a center of Ionian culture from the 11th century BC, and at the top of the image (north of Lesvos), once stood the ancient city of Troy. The image was acquired before the onset of the winter rains, on September 30, 2001, but dense vegetation is never very abundant in the arid Mediterranean climate. The sharpness and clarity of the view also indicate dry, clear air. Some vegetative changes can be detected between the western or southern islands such as Crete (the large island along the bottom of the image) and those closer to the Turkish coast which appear comparatively green. Volcanic activities are evident by the form of the islands of Santorini. This small group of islands shaped like a broken ring are situated to the right and below image center. Santorini's Thera volcano erupted around 1640 BC, and the rim of the caldera collapsed, forming the shape of the islands as they exist today. The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer observes the daylit Earth continuously from pole to pole, and views almost the entire globe every 9 days. This natural-color image was acquired by MISR's nadir (vertical-viewing) camera, and is a portion of the data acquired during Terra orbit 9495. The image covers an area of 369 kilometers x 567 kilometers, and utilizes data from blocks 58 to 64 within World Reference System-2 path 181. 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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| General Description |
International Space Station Imagery |
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STS-57 Earth observation of
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| Title |
STS-57 Earth observation of the Eastern Mediterranean, Nile River, Asia Minor |
| Description |
STS-57 Earth observation of the Eastern Mediterranean. From a high vantage point over the Nile River, this north-looking view shows the eastern Mediterranean and the entire landmass of Asia Minor, with the Black Sea dimly visible at the horizon. Many of the Greek islands can be seen in the Aegean Sea (top left), off the coast of Asia Minor. Cyprus is visible under atmospheric dust in the northeastern corner of the Mediterranean. The dust cloud covers the east end of the Mediterranean, its western edge demarcated by a line that cuts the center of the Nile Delta. This dust cloud originated far to the west, in Algeria, and moved northeast. A gyre of clouds in the southeast corner of the Mediterranean indicates a complementary counterclockwise (cyclonic) circulation of air. The Euphrates River appears as a thin green line (upper right) in the yellow Syrian desert just south of the mountains of Turkey. The Dead Sea (lower right) lies in a rift valley which extends north into Turkey and sout |
| Date Taken |
1993-07-01 |
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Greek Islands, Western Asia
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| Title |
Greek Islands, Western Asia Minor as seen from STS-58 |
| Description |
This north-looking view shows the western margin of Turkey (right) and the Dodecanese Islands of Greece between the Aegean Sea (left) and the Sea of Crete (foreground). The largest island is Crete (foreground) with the semicircular island of Thira beyond. Thira is dominated by the volcanoe Santorini. Two airplane contrails appear between the Turkish mainland and the large island of Rhodes immediately offshore. The narrow straits of the Dardanelles, joining the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, can be detected top left. |
| Date Taken |
1993-10-30 |
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