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Guanaja Island, Honduras

Title	Guanaja Island, Honduras
Description	Guanaja Island is located in the western Caribbean, approximately 60 kilometers (about 37 miles) north of mainland Honduras. The island is near the western edge of the Cayman Ridge, a topographic feature made of rock types that indicate ancient volcanic islands, sedimentary layers, and ocean crust. The ridge resulted from tectonic interactions between the North American, South American, and Caribbean Plates. Guanaja and the nearby islands of Roatan and Utila (not shown) are the only portions of the western Cayman Ridge currently exposed above water. The island is notable for being largely undevelopedthe exception being highly concentrated development on Bonacca Cay, a small island (roughly 0.5 by 0.3 kilometers) located along the southeastern coastline of the main island. The main island has little in the way of roads or other infrastructurea canal is the major means of traversing the islandmaking it an attractive destination for hikers and eco-tourists. The clear waters and reefs that almost completely encircle Guanaja also attract divers. In 1998, Hurricane Mitch destroyed almost all of the island's mangrove forests, devastating coastal habitats and causing soil erosion. Regeneration of mangroves is slow, and scientists have suggested active reseeding efforts as the only way to restore the forests. Astronaut photograph ISS014-E-15767 [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS014&roll=E&frame=15767 ] was acquired March 1, 2007, with a Kodak 760C digital camera using a 400 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The image in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. The International Space Station Program [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html ] 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 Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ]

Hurricane Felix

Title	Hurricane Felix
Description	Category 5 hurricanes are rare. Rarer still is the storm that makes landfall as a Category 5 stormmost weaken before hitting land. Yet, exactly two weeks after Hurricane Dean struck the Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 5 storm (the first Atlantic storm of that size to come ashore since Hurricane Andrew in 1992), Hurricane Felix roared ashore at Category 5 strength. Felix came ashore over northeastern Nicaragua on September 4, 2007, with sustained winds of 260 kilometers per hour (160 miles per hour), said the National Hurricane Center. [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ ] Forecasters predicted that Felix would continue to move west over Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico. Heavy rain in these mountainous regions could trigger devastating floods and mudslides. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image of Hurricane Felix at 12:30 p.m. local time (18:30 UTC) on September 3, 2007. At that time, Felix had already reached Category 5 status, with wind speeds that matched those observed at landfall the following morning. Along the left side of the image is the Central American coastline where Felix would eventually come ashore. The image reveals that Felix was compact, not a sprawling storm, and densely packed with bright clouds. Though cloud-filled, the eye forms a small, dark depression in the center of the storm. The large image provided above has a resolution of 250 meters per pixel, MODIS' maximum resolution. The image is available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2007246-0903/Felix.A2007246.1830 ] from the MODIS Rapid Response System. You can download a 250-meter-resolution KMZ file of Hurricane Felix [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Sep2007/felix_tmo_2007246.kmz ] 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.

Hurricane Felix

Title	Hurricane Felix
Description	Category 5 hurricanes are rare. Rarer still is the storm that makes landfall as a Category 5 [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml ] stormmost weaken before hitting land. Yet, exactly two weeks after Hurricane Dean struck the Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Felix roared ashore as yet another. Felix came ashore over northeastern Nicaragua on September 4, 2007, with sustained winds of 260 kilometers per hour (160 miles per hour), said the National Hurricane Center. [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ ] Forecasters predicted that Felix would continue to move west over Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico. Heavy rain in these mountainous regions could trigger devastating floods and mudslides. This area is the same region which suffered major damage from Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Though better prepared this time for such a storm, many fear a repeat of Mitch's devastation. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image of Hurricane Felix at 10:10 a.m. local time (16:10 UTC) on September 4, 2007. At that time, Felix had slammed into the mountains of Nicaragua and lost enough power to be rated a Category 3 hurricane, with sustained wind speeds of 200 km/hr (120 mph). The clear eye present on September 3 [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14483 ] was gone, but the storm retained the tight spiral shape of a very powerful storm. The large image provided above has a resolution of 250 meters per pixel, MODIS' maximum resolution. The image is available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2007247-0904/Felix.A2007247.1610 ] from the MODIS Rapid Response System. You can download a 250-meter-resolution KMZ file of Hurricane Felix [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Sep2007/Felix.A2007247.1610.250m.kmz ] suitable for use with Google Earth. [ http://earth.google.com/ ] NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center.

Fires in Honduras and Nicara …

Title	Fires in Honduras and Nicaragua
Description	On May 13, 2007, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite captured an image of fires in Honduras and Nicaragua, along with smoke-filled skies over the Pacific Ocean. Places where MODIS detected active fire are marked in red. Although the skies are indeed smoky, the haze is somewhat exaggerated by the fact that the area was at the far left (western) edge of MODIS' field of view in this image. At the edges of its wide field of view, MODIS' viewing path, or line of sight to the surface, is longer than the viewing path in the center of the scene (directly below the sensor). Light reflected from the surface at the edges of the image has to travel a longer path through the atmosphere back to MODIS, which can exaggerate the appearance of haze. During the dry season in Honduras (Northern Hemisphere winter and spring), accidental and intentional fires are common. Fires in this image may be agriculturalbrush and field clearingor forest fires. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center

Flooding in Honduras

Title	Flooding in Honduras
Description	An unusual cold front brought heavy rains to the Atlantic coast of Honduras in early March 2007. By March 10, 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 Aguan River and nearby waterways were swollen. The floods cut off 100,000 people by damaging roads and bridges, said the Dartmouth Flood Observatory. [ http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm ] These images were made with infrared and visible light to increase the contrast between water and land. Water is typically black in this type of image, but dirt in the water scatters light, giving the flooded rivers a blue color. In the March 10 image, the rivers dump plumes of sediment into the Atlantic Ocean, coloring the water bright blue. Scattered clouds are pale blue and white, while plant-covered land is green. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] team.

Floods in Central America

Title	Floods in Central America
Description	Hurricane Felix [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14490 ] came ashore over northern Guatemala as a rare and powerful Category 5 hurricane on September 4, 2007. The storm brought high winds, heavy rains, and a strong storm surge as it made landfall. Some of the impact of the storm is evident in the left image, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on September 6. Aqua MODIS captured the right image a few days before the storm came ashore. In these images, water is black and clouds are pale blue and white. Called the Mosquito Coast, the stretch of the Nicaraguan coast shown here is composed of wetlands. On September 6, the wetlands were dark with large pools of water from Felix's rainfall and storm surge. Rivers and streams in the region are also notably swollen compared to conditions on September 1. In addition to the flooding shown here, Hurricane Felix caused extensive damage in both Nicaragua and Honduras. As of September 7, at least 130 people were reported dead in Nicaragua, reported Reuters. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC, which provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/fas/?CAmerica_2_04 ] of Central America.

Floods in Central America

Title	Floods in Central America
Description	Hurricane Felix [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14490 ] came ashore over northern Guatemala as a rare and powerful Category 5 hurricane on September 4, 2007. The storm brought high winds, heavy rains, and a strong storm surge as it made landfall. Some of the impact of the storm is evident in the left image, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on September 6. Aqua MODIS captured the right image a few days before the storm came ashore. In these images, water is black and clouds are pale blue and white. Called the Mosquito Coast, the stretch of the Nicaraguan coast shown here is composed of wetlands. On September 6, the wetlands were dark with large pools of water from Felix's rainfall and storm surge. Rivers and streams in the region are also notably swollen compared to conditions on September 1. In addition to the flooding shown here, Hurricane Felix caused extensive damage in both Nicaragua and Honduras. As of September 7, at least 130 people were reported dead in Nicaragua, reported Reuters. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC, which provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/fas/?CAmerica_2_04 ] of Central America.

Floods in Central America: Natural Hazards

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Fires in Honduras and Nicaragua: Natural Hazards

Fires in Honduras and Nicara …

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Honduras_AMO_2007132

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Hurricane Felix: Natural Haz …

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Hurricanes Henriette and Felix: Image of the Day

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Guanaja Island, Honduras: Image of the Day

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ISS014-E-15767

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date	2007-03-01
creator	NASA -- Astronaut photograph eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS014&roll=E&frame=15767 ISS014-E-15767 was acquired March 1, 2007, with a Kodak 760C digital camera using a 400 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, 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.
identifier	ISS014-E-15767