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Remote Islands, part II: Tristan da Cunha
Are you tired of 100 °F heat? We sure are in Colorado. Denver tied an all-time record of five consecutive days of 100+ °F high temperatures this week (two of which had the all-time highest recorded temperature of 105 °F). … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, I-1, remote island, resolution, RGB composite, VIIRS
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Wild Week of Wildfires, Part II
Last time on “Wild Week of Wildfires“, we looked at the Little Bear Fire and High Park Fire, two lightning-ignited fires burning out west that were so hot they caused saturation in the two 3.7 µm channels on VIIRS (I-04 … Continue reading
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A Wild Week of Wildfires
The last few weeks have been filled with lightning-ignited wildfires across the United States. The County Line Fire, along the Florida-Georgia border was caused by lightning on 5 April 2012 and burned ~35,000 acres. The Whitewater-Baldy Complex (began 16 May … Continue reading
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Tagged colorado, day/night band, fire, I-4, I-5, M-11, M-12, M-13, new mexico, VIIRS
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Cape Verde Waves and Plumes
Cape Verde is an island nation off the west coast of Africa, located in the North Atlantic. The islands are a popular initiation point for tropical storms. The original capital of the 10-island archipelago was sacked twice by Sir Francis … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Verde, dust, false color, gravity waves, M-12, M-15, M-16, RGB composite, split window difference, true color, VIIRS, vortex street
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