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Flooding on Elbe River
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Flooding on Elbe River |
| Description |
Heavy rains in Central Europe over the past few weeks have led to some of the worst flooding the region has witnessed in more than a century. The floods have killed more than 100 people in Germany, Russia, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic and have led to as much as $20 billion in damage. This false-color image of the Elbe River and its tributaries was taken on August 18, 2002, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s Terra satellite. Portions of the Elbe River rose from the usual summer high of 6 feet (1.8 meters) to over 30 feet (9.1 meters). In the Czech Republic capital of Prague, which sits at the lower right-hand corner of the image, residential streets filled with water and thousands were evacuated from their homes. Further north in Dresden, Germany, the floods reached levels not seen since 1845. The water seeped into the historic buildings and threatened precious works of art. City officials estimate that the damage to Dresden will probably exceed $100 million. As the floodwaters moved north over the weekend, thousands of people abandoned the cities of Magdeburge and Bitterfeld, Germany, and rescue workers lined the exposed riverbanks with sandbags. German meteorologists expect the flooding to subside over the next week as little rain is expected. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Flooding along Danube River:
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Heavy rains in Central and E
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danube.TMO2002231
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002-08-19 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
danube.TMO2002231 |
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Flooding on Elbe River: Natu
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Heavy rains in Central Europ
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elbe.TMO2002230
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002-08-19 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
elbe.TMO2002230 |
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Flooding on Elbe River: Natu
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Heavy rains in Central Europ
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elbe.TMO2002230
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2002-08-19 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
elbe.TMO2002230 |
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Flooding on Elbe River: Natu
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Heavy rains in Central Europ
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elbe.TMO2002232
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2002-08-20 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
elbe.TMO2002232 |
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Flooding in Germany: Image o
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Heavy rains in Central and E
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elbe_ls7_2002232
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002-08-20 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory, data provided by the edc.usgs.gov/ USGS EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch. |
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elbe_ls7_2002232 |
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Floods in Germany: Image of
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Heavy rains in Central Europ
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Germany_amo_2002230
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2002-08-18 |
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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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Germany_amo_2002230 |
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Floods in Germany: Image of
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Heavy rains in Central Europ
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Germany_amo_2002230
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2002-08-18 |
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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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Germany_amo_2002230 |
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Flooding along Danube River:
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Heavy rains in Central and E
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danube.TMO2002230
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002-08-19 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
danube.TMO2002230 |
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Flooding along Danube River:
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Heavy rains in Central and E
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danube.TMO2002230
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002-08-19 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
danube.TMO2002230 |
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Perspective View of Budapest
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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After draining the northern
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PIA04952
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2000-02-11 |
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NASA -- Image Courtesy www.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ SRTM Team NASA/JPL/NIMA |
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PIA04952 |
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Flooding on Elbe River: Natu
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Heavy rains in Central Europ
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elbe.L72002232
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002-08-20 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
elbe.L72002232 |
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Budapest, Hungary, Perspecti
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PIA04952
Sol (our sun)
C-Band Interferometric Radar
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Budapest, Hungary, Perspective View, SRTM Elevation Model with Landsat Overlay |
| Original Caption Released with Image |
(Landsat), After draining the northern flank of the Alps Mountains in Germany and Austria, the Danube River flows east as it enters this west-looking scene (upper right) and forms the border between Slovakia and Hungary. The river then leaves the border as it enters Hungary and transects the Transdanubian Mountains, which trend southwest to northeast. Upon exiting the mountains, the river turns southward, flowing past Budapest (purplish blue area) and along the western margin of the Great Hungarian Plain. South and west of the Danube, the Transdanubian Mountains have at most only about 400 meters (about 1300 feet) of relief but they exhibit varied landforms, which include volcanic, tectonic, fluvial (river), and eolian (wind) features. A thick deposit of loess (dust deposits likely blown from ancient glacial outwash) covers much of this area, and winds from the northwest, funneled between the Alps and the Carpathian Mountains, are apparently responsible for a radial pattern of erosional streaks across the entire region. This image was generated from a Landsat satellite image draped over an elevation model produced by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). The view uses a 3-times vertical exaggeration to enhance topographic expression. The false colors of the scene result from displaying Landsat bands 1, 4, and 7 in blue, green, and red, respectively. Band 1 is visible blue light, but bands 4 and 7 are reflected infrared light. This band combination maximizes color contrasts between the major land cover types, namely vegetation (green), bare ground (red), and water (blue). Shading of the elevation model was used to further highlight the topographic features. Elevation data used in this image was acquired by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, launched on February 11, 2000. SRTM used the same radar instrument that comprised the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) that flew twice on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1994. SRTM was designed to collect three-dimensional measurements of the Earth's surface. To collect the 3-D data, engineers added a 60-meter-long (200-foot) mast, installed additional C-band and X-band antennas, and improved tracking and navigation devices. The mission is a cooperative project between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and the German and Italian space agencies. It is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise, Washington, DC. View Size: 133 kilometers (82 miles) wide, 90 kilometers (56 miles) distance Location: 47.5 degrees North latitude, 19.0 degrees East longitude Orientation: Looking West, 15 degrees down from horizontal, 3X vertical exaggeration Image Data: Landsat Bands 1, 4, 7 as blue, green, red respectively Date Acquired: February 2000 (SRTM), October 11, 1990 |
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