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Don’t Eat Orange Snow
Roughly one month ago, social media (and, later, more conventional media) outlets were inundated with numerous reports of orange snow in eastern Europe and western Asia – reports like this one, this one and this one. Of course, it wouldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Sea, colorado, DEBRA, dust, EUMETSAT Dust, Europe, I-1, ice and snow, M-3, M-4, M-5, resolution, RGB composite, true color
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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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The Hewlett Fire
According to reports, a man camping along the Hewlett Gulch trail in Roosevelt National Forest on 14 May 2012 had his camping stove knocked over in a gust of wind. One week (and $2.9 million) later, the Hewlett Fire scorched … Continue reading
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