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« Reply #225 on: 06/04/2010 04:29 PM » |
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Earth from Space: A smoke-free Iceland 4 June 2010 This Envisat image features a smoke-free Iceland. Although the island has received a lot of attention in the past months for its volcanic activity, it is also home to numerous glaciers, lakes, lava and hot springs. http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM8SH5XT9G_index_0.html
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« Reply #226 on: 06/11/2010 11:00 AM » |
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11 June 2010 This false-colour Envisat image highlights a unique cloud formation, created by ‘Von Karman vortices’, south of the Canary Island archipelago, some 95 km from the northwest coast of Africa (right) in the Atlantic Ocean. More at: http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM2UOPK2AG_index_0.html
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jacqmans
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« Reply #228 on: 06/29/2010 01:10 PM » |
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Image of the day: Oil still entering Loop Current 29 June 2010 This Envisat radar image acquired over the Gulf of Mexico on 22 June 2010 shows that the oil spill (outlined in white) has radiated all over the Gulf of Mexico basin and is also continuing to feed into the Loop Current (red arrow). http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Living_Planet_Symposium_2010/SEMBF3MZLAG_0.html
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« Reply #230 on: 07/09/2010 08:45 AM » |
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9 July 2010 This Envisat image features the vibrant colours and varied terrain that will serve as the backdrop for the 2010 World Cup final on Sunday, as the Netherlands and Spain play for the title in the city of Johannesburg. More at: http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMIDOO2CBG_index_0.html
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« Reply #232 on: 07/23/2010 11:34 AM » |
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Earth from Space: Rock desert 23 July 2010 This Envisat radar image features the terrain of the Gobi Desert, which stretches across vast areas of the Mongolian People's Republic and the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China. http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMMFKWNPBG_index_0.html
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Art LeBrun
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« Reply #233 on: 07/23/2010 03:19 PM » |
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That was a fascinating image and information bit on the Gobi!
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« Reply #234 on: 07/30/2010 01:51 PM » |
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30 July 2010 Central Russia and the Moscow region are experiencing their hottest July in history, with record temperatures reaching over 35ºC posing a high fire risk. Several large smoke plumes originating from burning peat fields and forest fires are visible in this Envisat image covering the area east of Moscow. More at: http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMWTBZNZBG_index_0.html
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« Reply #235 on: 08/13/2010 03:54 PM » |
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13 August 2010 Resembling the brush strokes of French Impressionist Claude Monet, electric blue-coloured plankton blooms swirl in the North Atlantic Ocean off Ireland in this Envisat image. More at: http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM09F5OJCG_index_0.html
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« Reply #236 on: 09/02/2010 09:59 AM » |
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Earth observation aids disaster relief in Pakistan 2 September 2010 Devastating around a third of the country, it is estimated that the floods in Pakistan have affected up to 20 million people. As part of the effort to support humanitarian relief, satellite data are being used to generate essential maps of the flooded areas. http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMOL8EODDG_index_0.html
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« Reply #237 on: 09/03/2010 09:33 AM » |
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3 September 2010 ESA's Envisat satellite has been tracking the progression of the giant iceberg that calved from Greenland's Petermann glacier on 4 August 2010. This animation shows that the iceberg, the largest in the northern hemisphere, is now entering Nares Strait – a stretch of water that connects the Lincoln Sea and Arctic Ocean with Baffin Bay. More at: http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM5SIEODDG_index_0.html
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« Reply #238 on: 09/10/2010 02:06 PM » |
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10 September 2010 Envisat captures sand and dust from the Sahara Desert blowing west across Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea Bissau and over the North Atlantic Ocean before turning in a northerly direction just above the Cape Verde islands. More at: http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM3B9HONDG_index_0.html
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« Reply #239 on: 09/13/2010 08:51 PM » |
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Satellites reveal Russian fires worst in 14 years 13 September 2010 More wildfires have burned around the Russian capital this year than in the last decade and a half, according to sensors aboard ESAs observation satellites. The forest and peat bog fires ignited this summer amid an unprecedented heat wave of up to 40ºC. http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMGQSJOXDG_index_0.html
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