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Coastal Dunes, Brazil

The area shown here (10 kilometers across) is a small part of the dune field which is now protected as the Len&cceldeóis Maranhenses National Park, on Brazil’s north coast, about 700 kilometers east of the Amazon River mouth. Persistent winds…

Bialowieza National Park

Biolowieza National Park lies on the border between Poland and Belarus. It was first established asa park in 1932, and restored in 1947 in the wake of the Second World War. The park was also declareda biosphere reserve in 1977.…

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Flooding in Southern Texas

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on the Terra satellite detected flooding along the Nueces River just south of San Antonio in Southern Texas on October 15, 2003. Six to ten inches of rain fell in the region over…

Egmont National Park

Egmont National Park, in New Zealand, is dominated by the dormant volcano of Mt. Taranaki. Since the area has a high rainfall rate and mild coastal climate there is a lush rainforest covering the foothills, changing to subalpine and alpine…

Significant Event Report for Week Ending 10/17/2003

Cassini Significant Event Report For Week Ending 10/17/03 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the tracking station on Monday, October 6. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally. Information on the…

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Columbia Accident Investigation Board Biographies

The following are the biographies of the individuals whom served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. These biographies originally appeared on the CAIB Web site in 2003. Admiral Hal Gehman Adm. Harold W. Gehman Jr., U.S. Navy retired, completed more…

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B-15A Iceberg Breaks in Two

A massive iceberg that had been blocking traditional shipping routes to McMurdo Station, the National Science Foundation’s research station in Antarctica, snapped in two seemingly overnight. The B-15A iceberg seemed to be intact in the Terra MODIS image recorded on…

Autumn in Wisconsin and Michigan

Within just a few days the trees surrounding Lake Superior and Lake Michigan have gone from a deep green to a vibrant orange as autumn steals across the region. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on NASA’s Terra satellite…

Tree Cover

Trees are the interface between earth and sky. They draw water from the soil and give it back to the atmosphere as water vapor. They draw carbon from the air and give it back to the soil when their leaves,…

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Toquepala Copper Mine, Southern Peru

The rugged, mineral-rich Andes support some of the world’s biggest mines (gold, silver, copper, and more). This image looks down the bullseye of Peru’s Toquepala copper mine, a steep sided and stepped open-pit mine.

Aftermath of Hurricane Isabel

The Atlantic’s powerful waters gouged a new inlet across Hatteras Island in North Carolina’s Outer Banks on September 18, 2003, when Hurricane Isabel came ashore. The top image, taken by the Landsat 5 satellite on September 26, 2003, shows how…

High Dunes in the Namib Desert

Namib-Naukluft National Park is an ecological preserve in the Namib Desert in southwest Africa, thought to be Earth’s oldest desert. The park is the largest game park in Africa, and a surprising collection of creatures manages to survive in the…

Spring Thaw

These images show the progress of the spring thaw in Alaska during the year 2000. Snow and ice are displayed in blue shades, while ice crystals mixed with water and bare ground are colored yellow and red. A series of…