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A Closer Look at Smoke from …
Title A Closer Look at Smoke from Eastern Australia, 1/02/2002
Abstract The fires in New South Wales continue to send great quantities of smoke across the Tasman Sea.
Completed 2002-01-02
A Closer Look at Smoke from …
Title A Closer Look at Smoke from Eastern Australia, 1/02/2002
Abstract The fires in New South Wales continue to send great quantities of smoke across the Tasman Sea.
Completed 2002-01-02
A Closer Look at Smoke from …
Title A Closer Look at Smoke from Eastern Australia, 1/02/2002
Abstract The fires in New South Wales continue to send great quantities of smoke across the Tasman Sea.
Completed 2002-01-02
Smoke from Eastern Australia …
Title Smoke from Eastern Australia, 1/02/2002
Abstract The Fires in New South Wales Continue to Send Great Quantities of Smoke Across the Tasman Sea.
Completed 2002-01-02
Smoke from Eastern Australia …
Title Smoke from Eastern Australia, 1/02/2002
Abstract The Fires in New South Wales Continue to Send Great Quantities of Smoke Across the Tasman Sea.
Completed 2002-01-02
Algal Bloom off Tasmania
Title Algal Bloom off Tasmania
Description The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] and Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellites helped scientists identify this large algal bloom off the eastern coast of Tasmania. Large blooms have not been detected in the Tasman Sea in the past, and scientists from CSIRO Marine Research, the largest marine research organization in Australia, believe this one resulted from the natural upwelling of nutrients along the island's coast. The bloom is made up of coccolithophores, and is not believed to be harmful to the coastal ecosystem. MODIS imagery, such as the image above, revealed just how large this bloom is. The bloom forms bright blue-green clouds in the water that stretch from Flinders Island in the north down the entire east coast of Tasmania. The color is caused by light reflecting off the chalky outer scales of millions of microscopic coccoliths. The effect is a cloud of bright blue or green water in satellite imagery. In addition to helping scientists identify algal blooms, the MODIS images "provide a valuable interpretation for researchers wanting to understand any impact this species may have in the coastal or offshore environments," said Dr Susan Blackburn, a CSIRO researcher, in a press release [ http://www.marine.csiro.au/media/04releases/27oct04.html ]. The above MODIS image was acquired on October 20, 2004, by NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC.
Floods in New Zealand
Title Floods in New Zealand
Description The flood waters had largely receded on New Zealand's North Island when the clouds cleared away on February 25, 2004, and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on the Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image. Only a few muddy pools of standing water and swollen rivers, not present in an image taken on January 17, remain in what was the worst flood to strike the area in 100 years. Tan and green clouds of sediment in the Tasman Sea on the west side of the island also point to the recent floods, which pushed extra water and mud into the Sea. The flooding began on February 13, when a series of unusual summer storms brought heavy rain and strong winds to the lower North Island. The floods damaged at least 19 bridges, affected water and sewer systems, and knocked out power and communications for several days. It is no coincidence that the flood area is one of New Zealand's primary crop-growing regions. Many previous floods have carried rich soil to the land, making the ground fertile crop land. This year, however, the floods destroyed crops and devastated cattle and sheep farmers. Since the flooding began, vegetable prices have increased more than 200 percent. As the waters recede, farmers are beginning to assess the damage, which is expected to soar up to 200 million dollars. The high-resolution images provided above are at MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC
Floods in New Zealand
Title Floods in New Zealand
Description The flood waters had largely receded on New Zealand's North Island when the clouds cleared away on February 25, 2004, and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on the Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image. Only a few muddy pools of standing water and swollen rivers, not present in an image taken on January 17, remain in what was the worst flood to strike the area in 100 years. Tan and green clouds of sediment in the Tasman Sea on the west side of the island also point to the recent floods, which pushed extra water and mud into the Sea. The flooding began on February 13, when a series of unusual summer storms brought heavy rain and strong winds to the lower North Island. The floods damaged at least 19 bridges, affected water and sewer systems, and knocked out power and communications for several days. It is no coincidence that the flood area is one of New Zealand's primary crop-growing regions. Many previous floods have carried rich soil to the land, making the ground fertile crop land. This year, however, the floods destroyed crops and devastated cattle and sheep farmers. Since the flooding began, vegetable prices have increased more than 200 percent. As the waters recede, farmers are beginning to assess the damage, which is expected to soar up to 200 million dollars. The high-resolution images provided above are at MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC
Floods in New Zealand
Title Floods in New Zealand
Description The flood waters had largely receded on New Zealand's North Island when the clouds cleared away on February 25, 2004, and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on the Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image. Only a few muddy pools of standing water and swollen rivers, not present in an image taken on January 17, remain in what was the worst flood to strike the area in 100 years. Tan and green clouds of sediment in the Tasman Sea on the west side of the island also point to the recent floods, which pushed extra water and mud into the Sea. The flooding began on February 13, when a series of unusual summer storms brought heavy rain and strong winds to the lower North Island. The floods damaged at least 19 bridges, affected water and sewer systems, and knocked out power and communications for several days. It is no coincidence that the flood area is one of New Zealand's primary crop-growing regions. Many previous floods have carried rich soil to the land, making the ground fertile crop land. This year, however, the floods destroyed crops and devastated cattle and sheep farmers. Since the flooding began, vegetable prices have increased more than 200 percent. As the waters recede, farmers are beginning to assess the damage, which is expected to soar up to 200 million dollars. The high-resolution images provided above are at MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC
Brown Cloud off of Australia
Title Brown Cloud off of Australia
Description On December 19, 2002, a brownish gray cloud could be seen over the Tasman Sea just off the coast of southern Australia near Canberra. The plume, which is probably made up of dust or pollution, can be seen in this true-color image taken by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS). In the large image, one can also see a large algae bloom in the lower left-hand corner just south of Tasmania. Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ] NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
Dust Storm off Australia
Title Dust Storm off Australia
Description A substantial plume of dust (light brown pixels) was blowing off the east coast of Australia, between Sydney and Brisbane, and out over the Tasman Sea. Winds that gusted up to 37 miles per hour carried the dust from the continent?s dry interior out over the coast in a rare dust storm. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS), aboard NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite, on October 28, 2003. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC
Dust Storm off Australia
Title Dust Storm off Australia
Description Fierce winds whipped across southern Australia on October 28, 2003, scouring dust from the rocky desert terrain of South Australia and spreading it out over New South Wales and on to the Tasman Sea. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite pictures northeastern South Australia where there are three separate streams of dust blowing eastward. At top left, dust blows over the dry Lake Eyre lake bed. In image center, dust blows over the southern part of the Sturt-Stony Desert, which lies northeast of the dark, sinuous ripples of the Flinders Ranges (left of center). A reddish plume of dust runs along the bottom right of the scene, stretching out over the Darling River. Just east of the area pictured here, severe wind damage was reported in the town of Broken Hill, New South Wales. Trees were uprooted and roofs were ripped off homes by the strong winds that also blew the dust out to sea. 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
East Australian Current
Title East Australian Current
Description The East Australian Current sweeps warm water down the east coast of Australia. Like the Gulf Stream, the East Australia Current is pushed to the western edge of the ocean by the rotation of the Earth. The current carries nutrient-poor water from the Coral Sea into the cool waters of the Tasman Sea, spinning off into eddies as it does. The temperature difference between the current and the waters of the Tasman Sea make the current stand out clearly in this sea surface temperature image, taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on August 17, 2005. The image shows the warm water of the current in warm peach in contrast to the cooler pinks and purples of the surrounding ocean. Patches of white show where clouds veiled the ocean's surface. The East Australia Current is the largest ocean current close to Australia, moving as much as 30 million cubic meters of water per second in a broad ribbon that covers as much as 100 kilometers in width and 500 meters in depth. The current is strongest in the early months of the year—the Southern Hemisphere's summer— and weakens during the winter, the middle of the year. During the winter, the current hooks to the east off the coast of New South Wales. This image shows the southern edge of the current as it is making its eastward turn. For more information about the East Australia Current, see the CSIRO Marine Research web site, The East Australian Current [ http://www.marine.csiro.au/LeafletsFolder/37eac/ ]. NASA image courtesy Norman Kuring, MODIS Ocean Color Team [ http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ]
Fire Danger Extreme in New S …
Title Fire Danger Extreme in New South Wales
Description New South Wales, Australia, has been experiencing severe drought in late 2002. Crops have suffered, and wildfire danger is extreme. In southeast New South Wales, multiple large wildfires are burning both north and south of Sydney, which can be seen roughly in the center of the image. Throughout the territory, people have been evacuated from their homes or have been urged to remain indoors and watchful. This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was captured by the Aqua satellite on December 4, 2002, and shows active fires marked with red outlines. In the southern part of the image, large plumes of grayish-brown smoke waft out over the Tasman Sea. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Fires in New South Wales, Au …
Title Fires in New South Wales, Australia
Description Several large fires were burning in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, on November 21, 2006. This image from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] shows the active fire locations outlined in red. Thick smoke blows eastward over the Tasman Sea. Northern Sydney is mostly hidden by clouds at bottom center of the scene. According to news reports, winds of 100 kilometers per hour (62 mph) were causing fires to spread rapidly. Towns in the mountainous area could be threatened as the fires continued to spread. The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides twice-daily images of the area at additional resolutions. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia6/2006325 ] NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC.
Fires in New South Wales, Au …
Title Fires in New South Wales, Australia
Description Several large fires were burning in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, on November 21, 2006. This image from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] shows the active fire locations outlined in red. Thick smoke blows eastward over the Tasman Sea. Northern Sydney is mostly hidden by clouds at bottom center of the scene. According to news reports, winds of 100 kilometers per hour (62 mph) were causing fires to spread rapidly. Towns in the mountainous area could be threatened as the fires continued to spread. The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides twice-daily images of the area at additional resolutions. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia6/2006325 ] NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC.
Fires in Northeastern Tasman …
Title Fires in Northeastern Tasmania
Description According to news reports, more than a dozen houses burned in small towns along the east coast of Tasmania when bushfires hit the island in December 2006. Like Victoria, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14036 ] to the north, Tasmania has been experiencing extreme fire conditions, with hot temperatures and gusty winds. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite shows a large fire burning south of St. Marys on December 13. Places where MODIS detected actively burning fire are outlined in red. A plume of smoke spreads southeast from the blaze over the Tasman Sea. A 250-meter-resolution KMZ file [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Dec2006/tasmania_tmo_2006347.kmz ] of the Victoria fires is available for use with Google Earth. [ http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html ] NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center.
Severe Bush Fires Near Sydne …
Title Severe Bush Fires Near Sydney, Australia
Description Bush fires surrounding Sydney continue to burn feverishly, and vast smoke plumes ascend from the southeastern coastline of Australia and extend out over the Tasman Sea. This true-color image from NASA?s Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was made from data collected on January 2, 2002. More than a dozen active fires are burning in the region, as indicated by the thick plumes of greyish smoke streaming southeastward. The southern end of Sydney?s urban area is bounded by the third cluster of fires up from the bottom of the image, and the fires encircle the city, which stands out in tan against the surrounding green vegetation. Sydney is surrounded by several National Parks, many of which have been damaged by the fires. Reports indicate that the fires, which have been aided by daytime temperatures hovering around 100°F and winds blowing at nearly 40 miles per hour, have burned approximately 1.24 million acres of bush land as of January 2. Firefighters have shifted their efforts from attempting to extinguish the fires to preventing them from reaching the western edges of Sydney. Many of the fires are believed to have been set by arsonists, and police have arrested 21 people in connection with the devastating blazes. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Severe Bush Fires Near Sydne …
Title Severe Bush Fires Near Sydney, Australia
Description Bush fires surrounding Sydney continue to burn feverishly, and vast smoke plumes ascend from the southeastern coastline of Australia and extend out over the Tasman Sea. This true-color image from NASA?s Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was made from data collected on January 5, 2002. More than a dozen active fires are burning in the region, as indicated by the thick plumes of greyish smoke streaming southeastward. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Severe Bush Fires Near Sydne …
Title Severe Bush Fires Near Sydney, Australia
Description Bush fires surrounding Sydney continue to burn feverishly, and vast smoke plumes ascend from the southeastern coastline of Australia and extend out over the Tasman Sea. This true-color image from NASA?s Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was made from data collected on January 3, 2002. More than a dozen active fires are burning in the region, as indicated by the thick plumes of greyish smoke streaming southeastward. The southern end of Sydney?s urban area is bounded by the third cluster of fires up from the bottom of the image, and the fires encircle the city, which stands out in tan against the surrounding green vegetation. Sydney is surrounded by several National Parks, many of which have been damaged by the fires. Reports indicate that the fires, which have been aided by daytime temperatures hovering around 100øF and winds blowing at nearly 40 miles per hour, had burned approximately 1.24 million acres of bush land as of January 2. Many of the fires are believed to have been set by arsonists, and police have arrested 21 people in connection with the devastating blazes. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Fires in Victoria, Australia
Title Fires in Victoria, Australia
Description In the forested mountains of Victoria's Gippsland region, several fires were burning on April 19, 2006, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite passed over. Places where the sensor detected actively burning fires are marked in red. Plumes of bluish smoke drift southeastward over the Tasman Sea. The westernmost fire in the scene is burning west of the town of Dargo, and it was started by an abandoned campfire, according to news reports [ http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200604/s1618903.htm ] from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Website. The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia6/ ] of the area in a variety of resolutions and formats. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center.
Fires in Victoria, Australia
Title Fires in Victoria, Australia
Description A river of smoke more than 25 kilometers wide flowed southeast toward the Tasman Sea from fires burning in the Great Dividing Range Mountains in Victoria, Australia, on December 5, 2006. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite shows the smoke crossing Ninety Mile Beach and spreading out over the sea. Fires (red outlines) were detected across a broad area of the mountains between Lake Eildon and the Dartmouth Reservoir. According to news reports, 50 fires—most of them in remote forests and parks—were burning out of control across Victoria in early December, and fire conditions were predicted to worsen in subsequent days. Across Australia in 2006, fires sprang up before summer was even officially underway. An ongoing drought and high temperatures have created extremely risky conditions for fires in many parts of the country. In late November and early December, satellites captured numerous images of fires in places as far flung as northwestern Australia and Southern Queensland. (See other images in the Natural Hazards: Fires [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?topic=fire ] section.) In most of Victoria (among other places in the country), rainfall in the six months preceding the outbreak of these fires was categorized as either at a "severe deficiency" or "lowest on record," according to maps [ http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/climate/rainmaps.cgi ] provided by the Website of the Australian government's Bureau of Meteorology. The Bureau's November 22, 2006, seasonal El Niño-Southern Oscillation update [ http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/ ] indicated that the current El Niño had strengthened throughout November. A strong El Niño could be bad news for firefighters in southeastern Australia. According to the Bureau of Meteorology Website, "El Niño events are associated with an increase in the number of extreme fire-risk days over southeastern Australia, that is, days which are hot, dry and windy." The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides twice-daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia6 ] of the area in additional resolutions. A 250-meter-resolution KMZ file [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/Australia.A2006339.0050.250m.kmz ] of the Victorian fires is available for use with Google Earth. [ http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html ] NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center
Fires in Victoria, Australia
Title Fires in Victoria, Australia
Description Clouds over the December 16-17 weekend may have kept temperatures down a bit, but they apparently did little to quench dozens of large fires raging in the Barry Mountains of Victoria, Australia. This image of the area was captured on December 18, 2006, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite. Places where MODIS detected actively burning fires are outlined in red. Thick smoke billows eastward from the fires across Victoria and New South Wales. Fires burned throughout the state during December. The large image provided above has a spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. An image from the previous satellite overpass was stitched to the east (right) edge to show the extent of the smoke over the Tasman Sea. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides twice-daily [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia6 ] images of the region in additional resolutions and formats, including an infrared-enhanced version that highlights burned areas and openly flaming fire fronts. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center
Fires in Victoria, Australia
Title Fires in Victoria, Australia
Description Thick smoke hung over Victoria and spread eastward to the Tasman Sea on December 8, 2006. When the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite passed over head that morning and captured this image, only a few of the active fires (marked in red) could be detected through the smoke. Although Melbourne had been spared the thick smoke on previous days, on this morning, the plume was encroaching on the northeast edge of the metro area. Skies over the Snowy Range Mountains in New South Wales cleared to the north. At least 50 fires were burning in early December in Victoria, and many were threatening to merge into unified, large blazes. Weather conditions over the weekend were predicted to deteriorate, making the work of firefighters even more difficult. High temperatures and far-below-average rainfall in the area have elevated the late spring fire hazard across the region. The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides twice-daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia6 ] of the area in additional resolutions. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center
Fires on Cape Barren Island
Title Fires on Cape Barren Island
Description On October 13, 2006, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite captured this image of fires burning in a long line across southern Cape Barren Island, south of Australia. Places where the sensor detected active fire are outlined in red. A long plume of smoke widens out to the east over the Tasman Sea. According to the daily bushfire summary report from the Tasman Fire Service on October 16, two fires—each about 39,000 hectares (96,371 acres)—were burning on Cape Barren Island. Neither was considered controlled. The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center.
Fires on Cape Barren Island
Title Fires on Cape Barren Island
Description On October 13, 2006, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite captured this image of fires burning in a long line across southern Cape Barren Island, south of Australia. Places where the sensor detected active fire are outlined in red. A long plume of smoke widens out to the east over the Tasman Sea. According to the daily bushfire summary report from the Tasman Fire Service on October 16, two fires—each about 39,000 hectares (96,371 acres)—were burning on Cape Barren Island. Neither was considered controlled. The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center.
Winter Storm in New Zealand
Title Winter Storm in New Zealand
Description A powerful winter storm swept across New Zealand on June 12, 2006. The storm brought strong winds that gusted up to 130 kilometers per hour (80 miles per hour) and at least one tornado, reported the Australian Broadcasting Corporation [ http://www.abc.net.au/news/ ] (ABC). Heavy rains triggered floods and landslides along the western coast of South Island, and snow blanketed the central part of the island. This wild weather, said the ABC, knocked out power in Auckland, on North Island (not pictured), and throughout the Canterbury region, shown here. On June 13, skies were clear when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this photo-like image of South Island, New Zealand. Snow covers the Southern Alps, making the finger-like glacier lakes stand out like sapphires against a field of white. The snow stretches to the sea on the east side of the island. It is here, in the river basins and valleys east of the mountains and around Christchurch, that deep snow closed roads and isolated communities, say news reports. The impact of heavy rain along the western shore of South Island is also evident in this image. Mud-laden water, full of sediment from landslides and run-off, flows into the Tasman Sea from the many streams that run out of the mountains. In the ocean, the muddy water is tan and fades to a cloudy green as the sediment disperses. The large image provided above has a resolution of 250 meters per pixel. It is available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2006164-0613/NewZealand.A2006164.0225 ] from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC
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date 2006-12-05
creator NASA -- NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
identifier SEAustralia3_TMO_2006339
Chlorophyll Around New Zeala …
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle …
Swirls of chlorophyll trace …
NewZealand_AMO_2006269
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2006-09-26
creator NASA -- NASA image by Norman Kuring, NASA Ocean Color Team.
identifier NewZealand_AMO_2006269
Chlorophyll Around New Zeala …
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle …
Swirls of chlorophyll trace …
NewZealand_AMO_2006269
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2006-09-26
creator NASA -- NASA image by Norman Kuring, NASA Ocean Color Team.
identifier NewZealand_AMO_2006269
Snow in New Zealand: Image o …
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle …
A powerful winter storm swep …
NewZealand_AMO_2006164
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2006-06-12
creator NASA -- NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
identifier NewZealand_AMO_2006164
East Australian Current: Nat …
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The East Australian Current …
AustraliaSST_AMO_200522
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2005-08-17
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier AustraliaSST_AMO_200522
Algal Bloom off Tasmania: Na …
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The Moderate Resolution Imag …
ge_14176
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2004-10-20
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier ge_14176
Severe Bush Fires Near Sydne …
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Bush fires surrounding Sydne …
Sydney_Fire_010502
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2002-01-05
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier Sydney_Fire_010502
Brown Cloud off of Australia …
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On December 19, 2002, a brow …
tasman.S2002353
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2002-12-19
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier tasman.S2002353
Fires in Victoria, Australia …
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
In the forested mountains of …
Gippsland.AMO2006109
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2006-04-19
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier Gippsland.AMO2006109
Dust Storm off Australia: Na …
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Fierce winds whipped across …
Australia.AMOA2003301
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2003-10-28
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier Australia.AMOA2003301
Fires in Victoria, Australia …
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Clouds over the December 16- …
Vict_AMO_2006352
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2006-12-18
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier Vict_AMO_2006352
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