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In Africa, rainfall is the most important factor that affects where people and animals live, and influences patterns of plant growth. Life thrives when rain falls. These Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) images show characteristics of vegetation in Africa during December 2000. LAI corresponds to the green leaf area and FPAR measures how much sunlight the leaves are absorbing. The measurements were taken by the <a...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2386
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NASA -- NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Rapid Response Team
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On October 22, 2005, the Sierra Negra Volcano on Isla Isabela in the Galapagos Islands began erupting, sending ash as high as 12,800 meters (42,000 feet), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Subsequent satellite observations estimated the cloud height at 7,600 meters (25,000 feet). Three days later, the volcano continued to erupt. On October 25, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (MODIS) flying onboard the terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite captured this...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=5972
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Dec 15, 2009
12/09
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JSC2004-E-28048 (21-25 June 2004) --- Three NASA astronaut candidates and a JAXA astronaut pull an ?injured? classmate or ?crewmate,? in this case, to safety following a simulated parachute evacuation over terra firma. The exercise was part of five days of during water survival training at Pensacola Naval Air Station. From the left are Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger, Educator Mission Specialist, Robert L. Satcher, Jr., Mission Specialist; and Richard R. Arnold II, Educator Mission Specialist.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/behindthescenes/training/html/jsc2004e28048.html
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC
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Mount Pago, located on the island of New Britain in the South Pacific, began in early August and continued through August 15, 2002, when this true-color scene was acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), aboard NASA's Terra satellite. An ash plume is visible streaming northwards from the volcano, which is located near the center of the image in the red box. According to news articles, roughly 8,000 people have been evacuated from villages surrounding the volcano by...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17975
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Nov 5, 2009
11/09
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At the southern end of the West Siberia Plain, several large and smoky fires were burning in the area around Novosibirsk on May 19, 2006. This image of the fires (outlined in red) was captured by the MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite. According to news reports, May 2006 has been hot and dry, with accompanying high fire danger. The West Siberia Plain is a wet region, and it has large amounts of peat. Peat fires can be long-lived and can produce vast amounts of smoke. It is possible that some of...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20870
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Oct 30, 2009
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A red tide bloom has waxed and waned along Florida’ southwestern coastline for months, dating back to late 2001. As recently as March 1, 2002, high concentrations of <i>Karenia brevis</i> were located along the Lee County and Collier County shorelines. In-water measurements revealed there are more than 1 million cells of the algae per liter of water—a level at which the organism become highly toxic to fish and shellfish in the area.This true-color image was...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2520
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Jul 26, 2011
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
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Hurricane Emily is shown here in the Caribbean bearing down on the Yucatan Peninsula on the morning of July 17, 2005. The image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on the terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite at 16:25 UTC (12:25 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time). At this time, it was a well-developed and powerful hurricane with winds over 250 kilometers an hour (130 knots) and gusts as high as 300 km/hr (160 knots). Tourists in the Yucatan Peninsula...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=15169
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Oct 31, 2009
10/09
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Image by Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory; data provided by the , NASA GSFC
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Packing winds of 160 miles per hour (257 km per hour), Hurricane Kenna intensified into a Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, 2002. Kenna is shown in this true-color image bearing down on Mexico’s west coast.This scene was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, on October 24. Category 5 hurricanes, the strongest category, are capable of causing catastrophic damage. The storm is predicted to make landfall by late morning on Oct....
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=4143
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Nov 5, 2009
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC.
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The MODIS instrument on board NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Sudal on April 14 at 1:55 UTC. At the time this image was taken, Sudal was located approximately 547 miles west-southwest of Iwo Jima and was packing sustained winds of 117 mph with gusts to 132 mph. Sudal was moving northeast at 16 mph, and this movement was expected to continue over the next few days as the storm continues to weaken. Sensor: Terra/MODIS.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19226
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Nov 5, 2009
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Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the
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As Northern Hemisphere autumn progresses toward winter, fire activity in the Sahel and savannas just south of Africa’s Sahara Desert begins to increase. This image of western Africa captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on the Terra satellite on November 10, 2003, shows active fires marked with red dots. Sensor: Aqua/MODIS.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19001
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Nov 5, 2009
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NASA image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the at NASA GSFC
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In the nearly twenty-two hours that elapsed between when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (<a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">MODIS</a>) on NASA’s <a href="http://aqua.nasa.gov/" target="outlink"> Aqua</a> satellite snapped the above image on August 30, and when the Terra satellite flew over the <a...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19521
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Nov 5, 2009
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Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, at NASA GSFC
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The MODIS instrument onboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft captured this true-color image of Hurricane Ignacio as it was bearing down on the southern tip of Baja.At the time this image was taken, Ignacio was packing winds near 105 mph, making it a Category 2 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The National Hurricane center was predicting 10-15 inches of rain to fall in the southern baja region and said the rains could cause “life-threatening” flash floods and mudslides. Sensor: Terra/MODIS.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18821
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Nov 5, 2009
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NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC.
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The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Ivan on September 5, 2004 at 13:30 UTC (9:30 AM EDT). At the time this image was taken Ivan was located approximately 1670 km (1040 miles) east of the Windward Islands and was moving towards the west near 33 km/hr (21 mph). Ivan had maximum sustained winds near 140 km/hr (85 mph) with higher gusts.The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at <a...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19549
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Nov 5, 2009
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Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory
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Hurricane Bud formed in the eastern Pacific on July 10, 2006 off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The tropical depression gathered power and size rapidly as it traveled northwesterly over the next several days, roughly parallel to, but well away from, the Mexican coast. The tropical depression was upgraded to tropical storm status and given the name Bud around midnight (local time) on July 11, and Bud was upgraded again to hurricane status only a few hours later. After a brief hiccup when it lost...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20920
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Jul 28, 2011
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
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Dust blew off the west coast of Africa on April 13, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (MODIS) flying onboard the terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, a pale beige plume of dust sweeps off the west coast and over the ocean. Immediately off the coast, the water appears pale green. This coloration probably results from sediment. Image courtesy rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Rapid Response Team , which offers...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=16219
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NASA -- NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
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Typhoon Kai-Tak was a powerful typhoon when it was observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS ) on the terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite at 10:10 a.m. local time on October 30, 2005. At that time, Typhoon Kai-Tak had sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour (85 miles per hour), and the storm continued to gather strength as it moved northeastward toward a projected landfall on the northern Vietnamese coast. The large image provided above has a...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=5981
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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Clouds ring Australia's western coast in this true-color <a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) image. In the lower right corner, intermittent salt lakes form light grey patches against the dark red sand of the Australian desert. These lakes occasionally fill during the wet season. To the left, the Peron Peninsula separates Denham Sound (left) and Shark Bay (right). The point...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5839
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Image by Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory; data provided by the , NASA GSFC
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Packing winds of 160 miles per hour (257 km per hour), Hurricane Kenna intensified into a Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, 2002. Kenna is shown in this true-color image bearing down on Mexico’s west coast.This scene was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, on October 24. Category 5 hurricanes, the strongest category, are capable of causing catastrophic damage. The storm is predicted to make landfall by late morning on Oct....
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18124
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The MODIS instrument onboard NASA Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Storm Bonnie on August 9th at 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC). At the time this image was taken, Bonnie was just beginning to exhibit signs of tropical storm development and had maximum sustained winds around 40 mph. Sensor: Terra/MODIS.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19463
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Jul 8, 2011
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NASA -- NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided by Inbal Reshef as part of the www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/glam.cfm Global Agricultural Monitoring Project between NASA, the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), and the University of Maryland.
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Drought settled over West Africa's Ivory Coast region when wet season rains came late in 2007. Instead of beginning in February, the rainy season didn't start until March, and steady rains didn't start until late March, said the www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWFiles2007.nsf/FilesByRWDocUnidFilename/5B50927053A82B97852572C100649301-Full_Report.pdf//Full_Report.pdf Famine Early Warning System Network. Though the rain had started to alleviate the drought, vegetation was still depressed in parts of Cote...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=7627
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Jun 28, 2011
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NASA -- Image courtesy Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory, using data provided by the MODIS Ocean Science Team, University of Miami
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The two false-color images above show the relationship that is sometimes apparent between sea surface temperature and biological activity in the ocean. The top scene shows sea surface temperature around California's Channel Islands, ranging from 10 - 20 degrees Celsius. The bottom scene shows concentrations of chlorophyll in the surface waters for the same region, ranging from zero to 2.5 milligrams per cubic meter. Both images were produced using data collected on February 3, 2003, by the...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=3192
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With sustained winds near 64 km per hour (40 mph), Tropical Cyclone Graham (20S) is located approximately 200 miles northeast of Port Hedland and is drifting southeastward at 6 km per hour (3 mph). This true-color image of the storm was acquired on February 28, 2003, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Terra satellite. The high-resolution image available here is 500 meters per pixel. Visit the <a...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18334
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC.
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The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this bird's-eye view of Hurricane Kate on October 3, 2003 at 13:35 UTC. At the time this image was taken Kate had sustained winds of 110 mph with higher gusts. Kate has taken the shape of a classic hurricane with a well-defined eye that is approximately 25 miles in diameter. The National Hurricane Center is predicting that Kate will strengthen over the next 24 hours. Sensor: Terra/MODIS.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18914
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The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Cyclone Monty located 165 kilometers north-west of Karratha. At the time of this image, Monty was travelling down the coast at 12 kilometers an hour. A category 4 storm, communities from Onslow to Barrow Island were on "blue alert" as they were in the path of predicted destructive winds with gusts of up to 240 kilometers an hour. Sensor: Aqua/MODIS.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19128
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Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, at NASA GSFC.
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The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this bird's-eye view of Hurricane Isabel at 14:15 UTC on September 11, 2003. In this image Isabel is located at 530 miles east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and was packing maximum sustained winds near 150 mph. This takes Isabel 5 mph short of a category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Sensor: Terra/MODIS.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18863
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Nov 5, 2009
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This animation presents a sequence of images acquired in March 2000 by the MODIS, MOPITT and CERES instruments aboard Terra. The first image shows a MODIS true color image draped over surface topography. In the next frame, we see a high concentration of water vapor, or humidity, just south of the Himalayas. This humidity contributes to the growth of dense vegetation, as indicated by the darker greens in the true color image. The lush landscape attracts people--about half a billion people reside...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=90
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Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, at NASA GSFC
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The MODIS instrument onboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft captured this true-color image of Hurricane Ignacio as it was bearing down on the southern tip of Baja.At the time this image was taken, Ignacio was packing winds near 105 mph, making it a Category 2 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale. On Monday, Aug. 25, 2003, the National Hurricane center issued a warning that the storm could produce 20 inches or more of rain to fall in the southern baja region and said the rains could cause...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=16554
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11/09
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Jeff Schmaltz
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In southern Mexico, numerous fires were burning in the area between Lake Cuitzeo in the state of Michoacán and the Sierra Madre del Sur in the state of Guerrero on April 26, 2006. The MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image along with detections of actively burning fires (marked in red). Although MODIS cannot determine the cause of the fires it detects, this time of year is near the end of the region’s dry season, a time when people set agricultural fires to prepare for the...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20847
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Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the at NASA GSFC
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The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Storm Larry as it was 65 miles east of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. At the time this image was taken, Larry was moving very slowly to the south at 2 mph and had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. Larry was expected to dump 8 to 12 inches of rain over portions of southeastern Mexico. Sensor: Terra/MODIS.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18924
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC.
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The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Kate on October 4, 2003 at 14:20 UTC. At the time this image was taken Kate had sustained winds of 115 mph and was moving towards the west at 12 mph. Sensor: Terra/MODIS.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18918
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Nov 4, 2009
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Image courtesy Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory, using data provided by the MODIS Ocean Science Team, University of Miami
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The two false-color images above show the relationship that is sometimes apparent between sea surface temperature and biological activity in the ocean. The top scene shows sea surface temperature around California’s Channel Islands, ranging from 10 - 20 degrees Celsius. The bottom scene shows concentrations of chlorophyll in the surface waters for the same region, ranging from zero to 2.5 milligrams per cubic meter. Both images were produced using data collected on February 3, 2003, by the...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=16355
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Nov 4, 2009
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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The <a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Isabel northeast of the Lesser Antilles Islands. At the time Isabel maintained a rare Category 5 status with maximum sustained winds near 160 mph. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 9/12/03. Data End Date: 9/12/03.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5861
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Image courtesy of the and MOPITT teams
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Forest fires, for example those caused by lightning strikes, have long been part of many ecosystems. However, fires are having greater and greater impacts on the land and the atmosphere as the scale of the burning increases with human activity. Burning of forest and grassland is used in many regions for the purpose of land clearing, such as in Southeast Asia, where the yearly agricultural burning is <a...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17081
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC
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A red tide bloom has waxed and waned along Florida’ southwestern coastline for months, dating back to late 2001. As recently as March 1, 2002, high concentrations of <i>Karenia brevis</i> were located along the Lee County and Collier County shorelines. In-water measurements revealed there are more than 1 million cells of the algae per liter of water—a level at which the organism become highly toxic to fish and shellfish in the area.This true-color image was...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17640
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Tropical Storm Hagupit can be seen closing in on Hong Kong in this true-color image taken on September 11, 2002, by the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s Terra spacecraft. The storm was packing sustained winds of up to 75 kilometers (47 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 95 kilometers (59 miles) per hour when this image was taken. Hong Kong is...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18038
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Image by Brian Montgomery, NASA GSFC; data courtesy MODIS Science Team
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Almost an iceberg "nursery," icebergs continue to break away from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. This image from the MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Terra spacecraft, shows the level of activity along the shelf near Ross Island on September 21, 2000. The B-15 fragments are remnants of the huge iceberg (nearly 4,250 sqare miles) which broke away from the Antarctic shelf in late March 2000.Slightly visible is the line where iceberg B-20 broke away...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=1363
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the team.
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The MODIS instrument flying aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Cyclone Bento on November 22, 2004 at 05:20 UTC. At the time this image was taken, Bento was located approximately 380 miles east-southeast of Diego Garcia and was moving towards the southwest at 5 mph. Maximum sustained winds were near 75 mph with gusts to 92 mph. Sensor: Terra/MODIS.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19722
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Oct 30, 2009
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Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, at NASA GSFC
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With sustained winds near 64 km per hour (40 mph), Tropical Cyclone Graham (20S) is located approximately 200 miles northeast of Port Hedland and is drifting southeastward at 6 km per hour (3 mph). This true-color image of the storm was acquired on February 28, 2003, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Terra satellite. The high-resolution image available here is 500 meters per pixel. Visit the <a...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5064
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MOC wide angle cameras captured a dust storm advancing across the northern plains toward Tempe Terra on August 22, 1998.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02067
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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On September 23, 2002, Hurricane Isidore was stalled over the Yucatan Peninsula, churning the surf and dumping heavy rains on the region. The eye of the storm is located just over the tip of the Yucatan, roughly in the center of this true-color <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) image from the Terra satellite. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 9/23/02. Data End Date:...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=3898
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Images courtesy NASA/GSFC/Boston University
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In Africa, rainfall is the most important factor that affects where people and animals live, and influences patterns of plant growth. Life thrives when rain falls. These Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) images show characteristics of vegetation in Africa during December 2000. LAI corresponds to the green leaf area and FPAR measures how much sunlight the leaves are absorbing. The measurements were taken by the <a...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=15955
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC.
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The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Isabel northeast of the Lesser Antilles Islands. Isabel continues to maintain Category 5 status with maximum sustained winds near 160 mph. Sensor: Terra/MODIS.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18867
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Image courtesy of the NCAR and University of Toronto MOPITT teams.
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Forest fires, for example those caused by lightning strikes, have long been part of many ecosystems. However, fires are having greater and greater impacts on the land and the atmosphere as the scale of the burning increases with human activity. Burning of forest and grassland is used in many regions for the purpose of land clearing, such as in Southeast Asia, where the yearly agricultural burning is at its peak.Among other pollutants and particles, biomass burning releases high amounts of...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19821
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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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A vortex street streams slightly southeast of the Ilha da Madeira (Madeira Island) in this true-color Terra MODIS image acquired December 1, 2002. A vortex street forms when clouds over the ocean are disturbed by winds passing over land or other above-sea-surface obstacles, in this case the Ilha da Madeira. The southeastern movement of the low-level winds caused the clouds to line up in the same direction, called a street, and the wind’s passage over the islands caused the swirls, called...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=4388
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The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Cyclone Fay just hours before it would begin turning back towards the Western Australian coast. The cyclone was downgraded from a category five to a category four system overnight and was expected to begin moving south. As a result, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology issued new advisories for coastal and island communities between Cape Leveque and Mardie, along the Pilbara coast. Sensor: Terra/MODIS.
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19173
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Nov 4, 2009
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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The <a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Juan approximately 360 miles south of Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the time this image was taken on September 28, 2003, Juan was packing sustained winds near 100 miles per hour and was moving to the north at 20 miles per hour. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5871
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Oct 30, 2009
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Tropical Storm Hagupit can be seen closing in on Hong Kong in this true-color image taken on September 11, 2002, by the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS), flying aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft. The storm was packing sustained winds of up to 75 kilometers (47 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 95 kilometers (59 miles) per hour when this image was taken. Hong Kong is located on the lip of the...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=4055
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Feb 12, 2010
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NASA flies three large, multi-sensor satellites that monitor Earthâs land, atmosphere, oceans and energy balance. Because the instruments on each satellite take measurements at the same time from the same vantage point, scientists are able to compare observations and tease out connections between different parts of the Earth system. The first of the three satellites, Terra, launched ten years ago on Dec. 18, 1999. In the decade since Terra launched, scientists have gained insight into the...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1549.html
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Over the last weekend of July, a large forest fire on the Greek island Rodos (Rhodes) forced hundreds of tourists to evacuate. This image of the island was captured on July 29, 2008, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's terra.nasa.gov Terra satellite. It uses a combination of visible and infrared light to highlight the burned area, which stands out as a brick red patch across the central part of the island. Unburned vegetation is bright...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=20301
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NASA -- NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Rapid Response team.
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Dust blew eastward out of the Taklimakan Desert on August 22, 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's terra.nasa.gov Terra satellite took this picture the same day, capturing beige dust plumes snaking their way out of the desert basin as bright white clouds hover overhead. The dust plumes mirror the color of the underlying desert basin. In contrast, the rugged topography of the surrounding mountains is darker. Mountains in the north sport...
Topic: What -- Terra
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=7982
