Snow Blanketed Missouri to Canada
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True-color image captured by MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite on March 4, 2010. Credit: NASA
Middle East Covered by Sand Storms
Dust was still blowing over the Middle East on March 4, 2010, when NASA’s MODIS captured this true-color image. A 100-km wide sand plume extends from Saudi Arabia across southeastern Kuwait and into Iran. Credit: NASA
Heavy Rain in Queensland, Australia
A monsoon low-pressure system moved into Queensland, Australia in late February and early March 2010, inundating a vast expanse of land with some areas reporting heaviest rainfall in 100 years. Color-coded image shows estimated rainfall amounts from February 24 to March 2, 2010. Amounts less than 50 millimeters appear in pale green, more than 450 millimeters in dark blue. Image used measurements from many satellites and was calibrated with rainfall measurements from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite. Credit: NASA. Caption edited by FEWW
Widespread Fires, Smoke-filled Skies Across SEA
The skies over Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam were smoke-filled on March 5, 2010, when NASA’s MODIS captured this image. Hundreds of active fires in the region are outlined in red. Small fires are often lit by farmers to burn off stubble and weeds, while larger fires generating thick smoke plumes may be forest-clearing fires. Credit: NASA
