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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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December Fluff
By now, you probably know the drill: a little bit of discussion about a particular subject, throw in a few pop culture references, maybe a video or two, then get to the good stuff – high quality VIIRS imagery. Then, … Continue reading
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Tagged ash detection, Canada, clouds, day/night band, dust, eclipse, Europe, false color, fire, Fire Temperature RGB, Germany, gravity waves, great lakes, Hawaii, I-1, I-2, I-3, I-5, ice and snow, Indonesia, Japan, M-10, M-11, M-12, M-15, M-16, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, Natural Color, New Zealand, RGB composite, Russia, Scandinavia, sea surface temperature, smoke, Spain, split window difference, true color
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The Sirocco and the Giant Bowl of Dust
As mentioned before on this blog, there are typhoons, hurricanes, and cyclones, and they’re all basically the same thing. They’re just given a different name depending on where they occur in the world. Similarly, there are many different names for … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Blue Light, China, DEBRA, dust, EUMETSAT Dust, Europe, M-14, M-15, M-16, M-3, M-4, M-5, RGB composite, true color
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Germany’s Magic Sparkle
You may or may not have heard that a small town in Italy received 100 inches (250 cm; 2.5 m; 8⅓ feet; 8 x 10-17 parsecs) of snow in 18 hours just last week (5 March 2015). That’s a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged Czech Republic, Europe, false color, Fire Temperature RGB, Germany, I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4, I-5, M-1, M-10, M-11, M-12, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, Natural Color, resolution, RGB composite, solar panel, true color
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End of Autumn in the Alps
Much of the United States has had a below-average amount of snow this fall (and below-average precipitation for the whole year). Look at how little snow cover there was in the month of November. Parts of Europe, however, have seen … Continue reading
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Tagged Alps, Europe, false color, I-1, I-2, I-3, ice and snow, M-10, M-11, M-15, M-5, M-7, Meteosat, resolution, RGB composite, VIIRS
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