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Forest Fires in Portugal
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Forest Fires in Portugal |
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Portugal?s severe fire season isn?t over yet, with new blazes breaking out across the country at the end of the second week of September. With temperatures near 100 degrees F for several days, firefighters face a difficult challenge, particularly in the southern coastal region of Algarve, a popular tourist destination. In this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from September 12, 2003, a large fire was detected and is marked with red at the southwest tip of the country. A long smoke plume trails over the Atlantic from the blaze. Meanwhile, a dust storm is bringing a cloud of dust and sand northward over Morocco and the Atlantic Ocean. 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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Forest Fires in Portugal
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Forest Fires in Portugal |
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A huge plume of smoke drifts westward over the Atlantic Ocean from a massive forest fire in southwestern Portugal in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite. The active fire locations have been enhanced in yellow. This image was acquired on September 13, 2003. 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 and Smoke over Eastern
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Dust and Smoke over Eastern Atlantic |
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Saharan Desert dust (tan pixels) was spreading northwestward over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Morocco on September 13, 2003. In this scene, the Canary Islands are visible in the lower left corner while the western tip of the Iberian Peninsula can be seen in the upper right. A thick plume of gray smoke is streaming westward from a large forest fire [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=11702 ] that has been burning in Portugal for the last week. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), aboard NASA's Aqua 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 Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Dust off Morocco
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Dust off Morocco |
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Thick streams of tan dust blow northward off the shores of Morocco into the Atlantic Ocean. West of the dust storm are the Canary Islands. The dust appears to have originated in the Western Sahara, left of the dark brown wrinkle the Atlas Mountains form in the otherwise tan landscape. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) instrument on the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this true-color image on November 4, 2003. The high resolution image provided above is at 500 meters per pixel. The image is also available at MODIS? maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. 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 Morocco
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Dust Storm over Morocco |
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A plume of Saharan Desert dust (light brown pattern) can be seen blowing over Morocco and fanning out in a wide swath over the eastern Atlantic Ocean in this April 7, 2003, image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA's Terra satellite. The Strait of Gibralter is situated in the upper righthand corner of this scene. The famous city of Casablanca sits on the Moroccan coast roughly 300 km southwest of the Strait. Part of Morocco's picturesque Atlas Mountains can be seen in the lower righthand corner, partially hidden by clouds. 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 at NASA GSFC |
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Dust Storm over Morocco
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Dust Storm over Morocco |
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A number of thick plumes of Saharan Desert dust (light brown pixels) were blowing from Morocco toward the northwest over the Canary Islands off Africa's northwest coast. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Aqua satellite on March 12, 2003. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Dust Storm over Morocco and
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Dust Storm over Morocco and Algeria |
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On June 23, 2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite captured this image of a dust storm blowing out over the Mediterranean Sea from Morocco (bottom left) and Algeria (bottom right). At top left is Spain. The northern reaches of the Sahara Desert (bottom) are blocked from the Mediterranean by the coastal Atlas Mountains. 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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Saharan Dust off West Africa
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Saharan Dust off West Africa |
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An intense African dust storm sent a massive dust plume northwestward over the Atlantic Ocean on March 2, 2003. In this true-color scene, acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Terra satellite, the thick dust plume (light brown) can be seen blowing westward and then routed northward by strong southerly winds. The plume extends more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km), covering a vast swath of ocean extending from the Cape Verde Islands (lower lef), off the coast of Senegal, to the Canary Islands (top center) off the coast of Morocco. 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, NASA GSFC |
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Saharan Dust off West Africa
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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An intense African dust stor
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WAfrica_TMO2003061
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2003-03-02 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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WAfrica_TMO2003061 |
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Forest Fires in Portugal: Na
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Portugal's severe fire seaso
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Portugal.TMOA2003255
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2003-09-12 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Portugal.TMOA2003255 |
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Dust Storm over Morocco: Nat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
A plume of Saharan Desert du
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Morocco_TMO2003097
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2003-04-07 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Morocco_TMO2003097 |
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Dust Storm over Morocco and
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On June 23, 2003, the modis.
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NorthAfrica.TMOA2003174
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2003-06-23 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
NorthAfrica.TMOA2003174 |
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Dust and Smoke over Eastern
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Saharan Desert dust (tan pix
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Morocco_AMO2003256
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2003-09-13 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Morocco_AMO2003256 |
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Dust and Smoke over Eastern
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The Moderate Resolution Imag
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WestAfrica_AMO2003264
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2003-09-21 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
WestAfrica_AMO2003264 |
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| General Description |
International Space Station Imagery |
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