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Goose Lake is Gone (Again)
We’ve covered mysteries before on this website. Well, here’s one from 150 years ago: The emigrants, coming west on the Applegate Trail to Oregon in the 1870s, were puzzled. The trail was, of course, a seemingly unending set of wagon-wheel … Continue reading
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Tagged California, drought, false color, I-1, I-2, I-3, Natural Color, Nevada, Oregon, resolution, RGB composite
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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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Remote Islands IV: Where’s Waldo (Pitcairn)? Edition
Take a look at this VIIRS “Natural Color” image and see if you can find Pitcairn Island. It’s in there somewhere: You’re definitely going to want to click through to the full resolution version. (Click on the image, then click … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, I-1, I-2, I-3, Natural Color, Pacific, Pitcairn, remote island, resolution, RGB composite
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The Rise of the Paraguay Brings Down Paraguay
When was the last time you heard anything about Paraguay? Nope – they weren’t in the World Cup, that was Uruguay. (Paraguay actually finished last out of all South American teams when it came to World Cup qualifying. Sorry to … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentina, Brazil, false color, flood, Paraguay, resolution, RGB composite, South America, true color
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Severe Weather in the Mesosphere
So far (*knock on wood*), it’s been a pretty quiet year for severe weather. If you only count tornadoes, there have been 81 tornado reports from 1 January to 4 April this year. (11 of those have come just this … Continue reading
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Tagged airglow, day/night band, gravity waves, I-5, overshooting tops, resolution, severe weather, Texas
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B-31 and the Pine Island Glacier
Nope. This post is not about a warplane, an alcoholic beverage or a “New Wave” band from the 1970s. (Those are all B-52s.) And I’m not talking about a county road in Michigan or a New York City bus line. … Continue reading
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Tagged antarctica, day/night band, ice and snow, Landsat, M-15, M-5, MODIS, Near Constant Contrast, resolution
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Rare Super Typhoon in the Pacific Ocean
If you pay attention to tropical cyclones, that headline may be confusing. Unlike the Super Cyclone in the Indian Ocean we just looked at, Super Typhoons are not rare in the Pacific Ocean. There have been 5 of them this … Continue reading
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Tagged day/night band, Haiyan, I-5, MTSAT, Philippines, resolution, RGB composite, tropical storm, Yolanda
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Land of Lincoln Underwater
The week beginning on 14 April 2013 was a big week for weather across the United States. There were 30 reports of tornadoes. (Make sure you click on each link, and look at the filtered reports.) And, when our home … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, flood, I-1, I-2, I-3, ice and snow, Illinois, michigan, resolution, RGB composite
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Pumice Rafts: The Floating Rocks of the Sea
Do rocks float? The answer to that is “Depends on which rocks you’re talking about.” We just looked at what happens in the atmosphere when a volcano like Copahue erupts. We also looked at the impact the 1912 eruption of … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, I-1, I-2, I-3, New Zealand, pumice rafts, Raoul Island, resolution, RGB composite, volcano
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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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