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Floods in Bolivia
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Floods in Bolivia |
| Description |
Widespread flooding raged across Bolivia during the final week of January 2006 after thunderstorms inundated the country with heavy rain. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image of flooding in the southwestern desert on January 29, 2006. The floods appear to have turned this desert landscape into a sea of mud. In the false-color combination used to create these images, water is normally black or dark blue as Lake Poopó is in the lower image. But the flood water in the top image is pale blue, a sign that is it mixed with mud. Clouds are a brighter shade of blue and the desert landscape is pale tan with brushes of green vegetation. At least 50 people died in floods occurring throughout the country, say news reports. The most severely impacted region [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13334 ] is in the wetlands to the north of the area shown in this image, but La Paz, the nation's capital, has also been affected. La Paz is just beyond the upper left corner of this image and is visible in the large images. The large images show additional flooding around Lake Titicaca, near La Paz. The large images provided above have a resolution of 500 meters per pixel. Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_Bolivia/2006029 ] are available in additional resolutions, including MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel, from 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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Earth observations - STS-7
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Earth observations - STS-7 |
| Description |
Earth observations - STS-7. North part of Western Australia province, Dampier Land, Fitzroy and Lennard Rivers and the Buccaneer Archipelago (35792), Lake Titicaca, on the Peru-Bolivia border. The Bolivian capital city La Paz is also visible (35793), Denham Sound and Shark Bay in Western Australia are easily recognizable (35794), The Mona Loa Volcano, on the island of Hawaii can be seen in this view. A close look reveals lava flows from the active volcano (35795), Africa, Namibia, Grandberg and Cape Cross, Atlantic Ocean as photographed from the Challenger (35796), View of Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, and Peninsula de Paraguana (35797). |
| Date |
06.26.1983 |
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Floods in Bolivia: Natural H
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
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Bolivia2_TMO_2006029
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2006-01-29 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Bolivia2_TMO_2006029 |
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Space Radar Image of La Paz,
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PIA01813
Sol (our sun)
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Space Radar Image of La Paz, Bolivia |
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Peru, Bolivia, Chile as seen
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Peru, Bolivia, Chile as seen from Gemini 11 |
| Description |
Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Lake Titicaca, La Paz, as seen from the Gemini 11 spacecraft during its 34th revolution of the earth. |
| Date Taken |
1966-09-14 |
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Lake Titicaca, Peru and Boli
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| Title |
Lake Titicaca, Peru and Bolivia, South America |
| Description |
Lake Titicaca, high in the Andean Altiplano of South America, is on the border between Peru and Bolivia (15.5S, 70.0W). At an altitude of 12,500 ft, an area of 3,206 sq. mi. and a depth of about 900 ft., it is the world's highest navigable fresh water lake. La Paz, the capital city of Bolivia, may be seen near the center left of the image on the eastern downslope side of the mountains. 3,206 sq mi (8,303 sqkm), 12, |
| Date Taken |
1991-08-11 |
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Earth observations - STS-7
| Title |
Earth observations - STS-7 |
| Description |
Earth observations - STS-7. North part of Western Australia province, Dampier Land, Fitzroy and Lennard Rivers and the Buccaneer Archipelago (35792), Lake Titicaca, on the Peru-Bolivia border. The Bolivian capital city La Paz is also visible (35793), Denham Sound and Shark Bay in Western Australia are easily recognizable (35794), The Mona Loa Volcano, on the island of Hawaii can be seen in this view. A close look reveals lava flows from the active volcano (35795), Africa, Namibia, Grandberg and Cape Cross, Atlantic Ocean as photographed from the Challenger (35796), View of Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, and Peninsula de Paraguana (35797). |
| Date Taken |
1983-06-26 |
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Earth observations - STS-7
| Title |
Earth observations - STS-7 |
| Description |
Earth observations - STS-7. North part of Western Australia province, Dampier Land, Fitzroy and Lennard Rivers and the Buccaneer Archipelago (35792), Lake Titicaca, on the Peru-Bolivia border. The Bolivian capital city La Paz is also visible (35793), Denham Sound and Shark Bay in Western Australia are easily recognizable (35794), The Mona Loa Volcano, on the island of Hawaii can be seen in this view. A close look reveals lava flows from the active volcano (35795), Africa, Namibia, Grandberg and Cape Cross, Atlantic Ocean as photographed from the Challenger (35796), View of Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, and Peninsula de Paraguana (35797). |
| Date Taken |
1983-06-26 |
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Earth observations - STS-7
| Title |
Earth observations - STS-7 |
| Description |
Earth observations - STS-7. North part of Western Australia province, Dampier Land, Fitzroy and Lennard Rivers and the Buccaneer Archipelago (35792), Lake Titicaca, on the Peru-Bolivia border. The Bolivian capital city La Paz is also visible (35793), Denham Sound and Shark Bay in Western Australia are easily recognizable (35794), The Mona Loa Volcano, on the island of Hawaii can be seen in this view. A close look reveals lava flows from the active volcano (35795), Africa, Namibia, Grandberg and Cape Cross, Atlantic Ocean as photographed from the Challenger (35796), View of Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, and Peninsula de Paraguana (35797). |
| Date Taken |
1983-06-26 |
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Earth observations - STS-7
| Title |
Earth observations - STS-7 |
| Description |
Earth observations - STS-7. North part of Western Australia province, Dampier Land, Fitzroy and Lennard Rivers and the Buccaneer Archipelago (35792), Lake Titicaca, on the Peru-Bolivia border. The Bolivian capital city La Paz is also visible (35793), Denham Sound and Shark Bay in Western Australia are easily recognizable (35794), The Mona Loa Volcano, on the island of Hawaii can be seen in this view. A close look reveals lava flows from the active volcano (35795), Africa, Namibia, Grandberg and Cape Cross, Atlantic Ocean as photographed from the Challenger (35796), View of Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, and Peninsula de Paraguana (35797). |
| Date Taken |
1983-06-26 |
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Earth observations - STS-7
| Title |
Earth observations - STS-7 |
| Description |
Earth observations - STS-7. North part of Western Australia province, Dampier Land, Fitzroy and Lennard Rivers and the Buccaneer Archipelago (35792), Lake Titicaca, on the Peru-Bolivia border. The Bolivian capital city La Paz is also visible (35793), Denham Sound and Shark Bay in Western Australia are easily recognizable (35794), The Mona Loa Volcano, on the island of Hawaii can be seen in this view. A close look reveals lava flows from the active volcano (35795), Africa, Namibia, Grandberg and Cape Cross, Atlantic Ocean as photographed from the Challenger (35796), View of Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, and Peninsula de Paraguana (35797). |
| Date Taken |
1983-06-26 |
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Earth observations - STS-7
| Title |
Earth observations - STS-7 |
| Description |
Earth observations - STS-7. North part of Western Australia province, Dampier Land, Fitzroy and Lennard Rivers and the Buccaneer Archipelago (35792), Lake Titicaca, on the Peru-Bolivia border. The Bolivian capital city La Paz is also visible (35793), Denham Sound and Shark Bay in Western Australia are easily recognizable (35794), The Mona Loa Volcano, on the island of Hawaii can be seen in this view. A close look reveals lava flows from the active volcano (35795), Africa, Namibia, Grandberg and Cape Cross, Atlantic Ocean as photographed from the Challenger (35796), View of Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, and Peninsula de Paraguana (35797). |
| Date Taken |
1983-06-26 |
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