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Smoke from Siberian Taiga Fires

During the 2003 fire season, blazes in the taiga forests of Eastern Siberia were part of a vast network of fires across Siberia and the Russian Far East, northeast China and northern Mongolia. Fires in Eastern Siberia have been increasing…

Seasonal Flooding in the Rann of Kutch

The heavy rains of India’s summer monsoon drenched the land, filling lakes and rivers. These Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images contrast the wet and the dry seasons in the Rann of Kutch in northwestern India. The top image, captured…

3D Structure of Hurricane Isabel

Animation:Isabel’s Isotherms (4.6 MB MPEG)This animation, generated with data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder experiment on NASA’s Aqua spacecraft, depicts changes in the temperature of Hurricane Isabel as the storm moved across the Atlantic Ocean. The thermal structure of the…

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Johannesburg, South Africa

The center of Johannesburg is the fine-grained pattern (created by shadows cast from the high rise buildings in the city) in the center of this mosaic. On the southern fringe of Johannesburg is a line of light colored, angular patches…

Krakatau Volcano National Park

Nestled between the large Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra is the Krakatau Volcano NationalPark. In the fourth century, a single marine volcano stood at this site, but in 416 A.D., the calderaof the volcano collapsed. The remnants formed a…

Eileen Collins – NASA’s First Female Shuttle Commander

On her last mission, Eileen Collins became the first (and currently only) female Shuttle commander. On her next, she will command the historic STS-114 “Return to Flight” mission, the first after the Columbia tragedy. On becoming an astronaut “When I…

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Dust Storm over the Mediterranean

A large plume of Saharan Desert dust (tan pixels) was blowing northward off the coast of Libya and spreading over much of the Mediterranean Sea on October 3, 2003. Part of Tunisia’s northeastern coastline is visible along the left edge…

Tropical Storm Larry

The twelfth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season—Tropical Storm Larry—formed in the Gulf of Mexico, on Oct. 1, 2003, due west of the Yucatan Peninsula. The storm gained in intensity in its first 24 hours so that on Oct.…

Significant Event Report for Week Ending 10/3/2003

Cassini Significant Event Report For Week Ending 10/03/03 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Madrid tracking station on Wednesday, October 1. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally. Information on…

Las Vegas, Nevada

This image of Las Vegas, Nevada, was acquired on August, 2000, and covers an area 42 km (25 miles) wide and 30 km (18 miles) long. The image displays three bands of the reflected visible and infrared wavelength region, with…

Heritage Project Celebrates Five Years of Harvesting the Best Images from Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Heritage Team of astronomers, who assemble many of the NASA Hubble Space Telescope’s most stunning pictures, is celebrating its five-year anniversary with the release of the picturesque Sombrero galaxy. One of the largest Hubble mosaics ever assembled, this…