Twenty-two teams of undergraduate and graduate students from throughout the country tested their robot designs in a "head-to-head" challenge at the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, near NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., May 27-28. Teams remotely controlled their excavators or "lunabots" to determine which one could collect the most simulated lunar regolith, or dirt, in a given time. The 1st place winning team was Montana State University, whose lunabot excavated 21.6 kilograms,...
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Students at Emily Dickinson Elementary School in Bozeman, Montana won a nationwide contest to re-name the twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory spacecraft formerly known as GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B. The winning names -- "Ebb" and "Flow". The spacecraft have been in orbit around the moon since New Year's Day -- collecting data to create a gravity map of the moon. Also, Moving Earth for the new home of Space Shuttle Atlantis, The Invention Challenge, Astronaut Cady Coleman...
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A major snow storm slid across the United States over the weekend of December 15, 2007, laying down ice and snow across the country from the Rockies to the Great Lakes. More than a foot of snow fell in some places, canceling air travel and causing some states to forbid all but emergency vehicles from being on the roads. This was the second major storm to wallop the country's mid-section in December; the earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17850 first arrived at the...
Topics: What -- Terra, Where -- United States of America, Where -- South Dakota, Where -- Idaho, Where --...
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eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/19000/19373/Turkey_TMO_2007313_lrg.jpg November 9, 2007 (5.63 MB JPG) Days of heavy rain triggered floods across parts of western Turkey, eastern Greece, and southeastern Bulgaria in November 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( modis.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS ) flying on NASA's terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite captured the top image of floods in the border region of the three countries on November 22. The Evros River, called the Meric...
Topics: What -- Terra, What -- Earth, Where -- Turkey, Where -- Greece, Where -- Bulgaria, Where -- Aegean...
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According to the September 4 report from the National Interagency Fire Center, 24 large fires burned in Montana and Idaho in early September 2007. Many of these fires had been burning in the states' remote, mountainous terrain for more than a month. Throughout the summer, the fires occasionally produced thick clouds of smoke that spread across the Great Plains and as far as the East Coast. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Montana, Where -- Idaho, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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More than a dozen large fires (some of them that included more than one fire) were burning in Idaho and Montana on September 12, 2007, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite passed overhead and captured this image. Fires (outlined in red) have been burning in these areas since earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14422 late July. Fire activity has flared up and then died down...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Idaho, Where -- Montana, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=18834
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In the Northern Rockies of Idaho and Montana, conditions were dry in July and August 2007. Dozens of large forest fires were burning in the area's remote, rugged terrain, much of which is federally designated wilderness area. This image of the area was captured on August 1, 2007, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite. Places where MODIS detected actively burning fire are outlined in red. Dozens of large fires...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Idaho, Where -- Montana, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=18822
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eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/18000/18855/USA4km_AMO_2007216_lrg.jpg United States mosaic (4 km/pixel) (431 kB JPG) Some things are so large that the perspective from space is necessary to appreciate them. One of those things is the long-distance impact that pollutants like smoke or dust can have on air quality. On August 4, 2007, for example, fires raging in Montana and Idaho polluted the air over much of the United States. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Atlantic Ocean, Where -- Chesapeake Bay, Where -- Maine, Where -- Maryland,...
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Intense wildfires (location in red) raged in Idaho and Montana when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( modis.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS ) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov/ Aqua satellite captured this image on August 4, 2007. According to reports from the www.nifc.gov/fire_info/nfn.htm National Interagency Fire Center on August 7, Idaho and Montana each had 14 large fires burning, with windy weather predicted to increase fire behavior in the area in subsequent days. In Montana, the fires had...
Topics: What -- Aqua, What -- Earth, Where -- Idaho, Where -- Montana, Where -- United States of America
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=18825
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Columns of thick smoke unfurled from forest fires burning across Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming and spread eastward across the plains at the foothills of the Northern Rocky Mountains on August 13, 2007. This image of the area was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite at 2:00 p.m. local time (U.S. Mountain Daylight Time). Locations where the sensor detected active fire are outlined in red. Fires are...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Idaho, Where -- Montana, Where -- Wyoming, Where -- United States of...
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=18829
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A thick plume of smoke blew eastward across Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas on August 15, 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (MODIS) flying on NASA's terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, the smoke appears as a semi-transparent gray blur across the middle of the image. In contrast, clouds in the area are opaque and bright white. Red dots in the image indicate fires, but they are not responsible for the massive...
Topics: What -- Terra, Where -- Montana, Where -- Wyoming, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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The oppressive heat that crept over parts of the western United States during the earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14380 first few days of July 2007 took hold of the entire West during the week of July 4 through July 11. Deep red tones blanket every western state in this land surface temperature image, an indication that temperatures were warmer than in previous years. The image was made with data collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging...
Topics: What -- Terra, Where -- Texas, What -- Launch Abort System (LAS), What -- Earth, Where -- United...
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Smoke sprawled over much of Montana on July 29, 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite captured this image the same day. This picture shows smoke mingling with clouds over Wyoming, Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. The smoke appears especially thick where the borders of Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan meet. The smoke can be distinguished from the clouds by its duller color and more diffuse outlines. As...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Montana, Where -- Wyoming, Where -- Idaho, Where -- Goddard Space Flight...
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Haze collected over the Great Lakes region at the end of July 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (MODIS) flying on NASA's terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite captured this image on July 31. In this image, the haze appears as a blue-gray film, thickest over northern Michigan and Lake Superior. Haze also obscures the view of Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Although the exact source of the haze was uncertain, it could have resulted from fires in...
Topics: What -- Terra, Where -- Michigan, Where -- Canada, Where -- United States of America, Where --...
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In the northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho and Montana, dozens of large, dangerous wildfires burned tens of thousands of acres in late July and early August 2007. Several communities in Montana were under evacuation on August 1, according to the daily report from the www.nifc.gov/ National Interagency Fire Center. Like much of the United States (with the notable exception of the southern earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14356 Great Plains ), the Northern...
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eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/18000/18583/FortPeck_TMO_2007161_lrg.jpg June 10, 2007 (478 kB JPG) On June 16, 2007, an intense thunderstorm rolled across the eastern plains of Montana. The storm pelted the region with hailstones up to eight centimeters (three inches) in diameter. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( modis.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS ) on NASA's terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite captured the top image on June 19, three days after the storm passed. The storm's...
Topics: What -- Terra, What -- Earth, Where -- Montana, Where -- Wisconsin, Where -- Madison, Where --...
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An anomalous warming of the central and eastern Pacific along the equator is part of a well-known climate event called El Nino. An El Nino began in the spring of 2006 and reached its peak in November and December. El Nino has far reaching effects. The anomalous warming of sea surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific affects general atmospheric circulation patterns, which impacts both temperature and precipitation patterns well into middle latitudes. Deviations in the rainfall patterns across...
Topics: What -- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), Where -- United States of America, Where --...
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=17950
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Over the Labor Day weekend, a large fire burning in southern Montana forced hundreds of people to evacuate from their homes. The Derby Fire had scorched about 178,400 acres between the towns of Big Timber and Absarokee as of September 5, 2006, according to the daily report from the www.nifc.gov/information.html National Interagency Fire Center. This pair of images of the fire was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Montana, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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In early September 2006, firefighters in the western United States had their hands full. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's terra.nasa.gov Terra satellite shows large wildfires (red dots) burning in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada on September 5. Some clouds are scattered across the area, some of them likely building into afternoon thunderstorms, which may help or hinder firefighters, depending on...
Topics: What -- Terra, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), What -- Columbia, Where -- United...
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=17060
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In wilderness areas of central Idaho's Salmon River, Bitterroot, and Sawtooth Mountain Ranges, numerous fires were burning in mid-August 2006. When the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite passed overhead on August 14, the sensor detected more than a dozen active fires (locations marked in red) burning in the area. Across the state line in Montana, several fires are visible as well. Although there are no large cities in...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Montana, Where -- Idaho, Where -- United States of America, Where -- Goddard...
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=17176
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In southeastern Montana and northern Wyoming, the winds were whipping eastward and spreading several large wildfires on July 13, 2006. This image of the area around the Yellowstone, Bighorn, and Powder Rivers was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite at 1:35 p.m. U.S. Mountain Time. Places where MODIS detected actively burning fire are outlined in red. Long ribbons of gray smoke stream toward the east....
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Montana, Where -- Wyoming, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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In Montana, two large fires were burning along the Yellowstone and Bighorn Rivers east of Billings in mid-July 2006. The Bundy Railroad Fire threatened structures, powerlines, rangeland and livestock, and timber. Voluntary evacuations were underway in the region as of July 17, according to the www.nifc.gov/information.html National Interagency Fire Center. The fire was about 80,000 acres. To the south, the Pine Ridge Complex Fire was about 100,000 acres, and it was threatening numerous...
Topics: What -- Terra, Where -- Montana, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Where -- Wyoming
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Fires have been racing through sagebrush, timber, and grasslands in Montana throughout mid-July 2006. On July 18, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite captured this image of fires along Fort Peck Lake in northern Montana. Places where the sensor detected actively burning fire are outlined in red. Burned areas appear dark brown. The Soda Creek Fire was about 23,000 acres and 5 percent contained as of July 19, and the...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Montana, Where -- United States of America, Where -- Goddard Space Flight...
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Although most of the United States enjoyed clear skies on April 19, 2006, North and South Dakota and sections of Montana and Wyoming were hammered with a late-spring snow storm. The storm dumped up to two feet (60 centimeters) of snow on the northwestern Plains, knocked out power in thousands of homes and businesses, and closed highways, reported the Associated Press. The storm was also blamed for four deaths, most of which occurred in a single accident on an ice-covered road. The Moderate...
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In southeastern Washington, the School Fire was raging through the Umatilla National Forest about 16 miles south of the town of Pomery. According to reports from the National Interagency Fire Center on August 8, 2005, the fire had grown to 32,000 acres and was not at all contained. This image of the region was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite on August 7. It shows thick smoke pouring from the burning...
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In the Northern Rockies in mid-August 2005, more than a dozen fires were burning across Washington, Idaho, and Montana. This image of the tinder-dry, flammable region was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite on August 15. Locations where MODIS detected active fires are marked in red. Among the large fires are the earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13040 School Fire in...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Washington, Where -- Idaho, Where -- Montana, Where -- China, Where --...
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In the northern Rockies, the Bitterroot Range Mountains along the border of Idaho and Montana were experiencing severe drought in late August. Fires were burning when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite passed over the region and captured this image on August 27, 2005. The image centers on Idaho County, where MODIS detected numerous ''hot spots,'' which are outlined in red. The smokiest of the blazes is the Frank...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Idaho, Where -- Montana, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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As September approached, fires continued to burn in the Bitterroot Mountains along the border of Idaho and Montana, as well as in other National Forests in the two states. When this image of the area was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's terra.nasa.gov Terra satellite on August 29, 2005, numerous large fires were billowing smoke to the north and east. A line of clouds along the left edge of the image could be an indication of an...
Topics: What -- Terra, Where -- Idaho, Where -- Montana, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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From December to March, snowfall was light in the northwestern United States. Now at winter's end, the Pacific Northwest is facing ongoing drought. Melting snow feeds the region's streams and rivers throughout the summer, so if little snow falls, drought ensues. By March 17, 2005, snowpacks in the mountains of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Montana were at near-record lows, nearly guaranteeing low water levels on rivers and streams during the summer. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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Fire season is winding down in western North America, but this false-color image from the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite reveals the season's fire-scarred landscape. Vegetation is in shades of green, while burned areas are red. Scars dot the Northern Rockies from Canada (roughly top half of image) to Montana (bottom right) and Idaho, to its west. Additional large scars are visible in the Coast Mountains (left) which...
Topics: What -- Aqua, What -- Columbia, Where -- Canada, Where -- Montana, Where -- Idaho, Where --...
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This expansive image of the United States was captured by the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers (MODIS) on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites. The left hand portion of the image comes from Aqua MODIS observations captured on the afternoon of October 22, 2003, while the right hand part of the image is from Terra MODIS observations captured a few hours earlier. Several geographic regions are experiencing fires, which were detected by the sensors and are marked with...
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More than 20 large fires are burning in the Northern Rockies region of Montana and Idaho as of September 4, 2003. Nearly half a million acres in the U.S. have been affected by the fires, which are marked in red in this modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite on September 2. Additional fires have been burning for weeks in the Rockies in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, to the north. Image courtesy Jesse Allen,...
Topics: What -- Terra, What -- Columbia, Where -- Montana, Where -- Idaho, Where -- Canada, Where --...
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On September 6, 2003, dozens of large fires were burning in the northern Rockies of British Columbia (top), Montana (bottom right), Idaho (bottom center), and Washington (bottom left). In Montana, a line of fires stretches southward from the U.S.-Canada border for 190 kilometers (118 miles), creating a wall of smoke that hangs over the Lewis Range Mountains east of Flathead Lake. This image of the fires (marked in red) was captured by the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging...
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On August 1, 2003, dozens of large fires were burning across western North America in Canada (top half of image) and the United States (bottom half). Huge plumes of smoke were streaming northeastward from massive fires in Canada's British Columbia (left) and Alberta (right) provinces, while across the international border, fires were burning in (left to right) Washington, Idaho, and Montana. This image was acquired by the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)...
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The Lost Creek Fire (center) continued to grow on August 1, 2003. The blaze is on the border of Alberta and British Columbia Provinces in western Canada. This image of the fire, and others to south in Glacier National Park in Montana, was captured by the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite. Active fire detections captured by the sensor have been marked in yellow (this image) and with a red outline in the high-resolution...
Topics: What -- Columbia, What -- Aqua, Where -- Canada, Where -- Montana, Where -- Goddard Space Flight...
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11836
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In eastern Montana, the Missouri Breaks Complex Fire burned more than 100,000 acres in late July 2003. This image of the charred landscape was captured by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on August 2. In this false-color image, water is deep blue, vegetation is shades of green, naturally bare ground (or very low vegetation) appears light purple, nad the burned area south of the Missouri River appears charcoal. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data...
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The large fires currently burning in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States are producing a significant amount of air pollution, as indicated by the elevated levels of carbon monoxide over the region. This false-color image shows the concentrations of carbon monoxide at an altitude of roughly 3 km (700 millibars) in the atmosphere. These data were taken by the Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite for the period Aug. 1-7, 2003....
Topics: What -- Terra, What -- Columbia, Where -- Canada, Where -- United States of America, Where --...
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11901
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Dozens of large fires were burning across the Rocky Mountains in Canada (top), Montana (bottom right), and Idaho (bottom center) on August 14, 2003. This image shows smoke plumes trailing from the fires, which were detected by the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite and are marked with red dots in the image. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Canada, Where -- Montana, Where -- Idaho, Where -- Goddard Space Flight...
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11956
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Dozens of fires burning in the Rocky Mountains in Montana were detected by the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite on the afternoon of August 19, 2003. In the image, fire locations have been marked in yellow. The fires are threatening power transmission lines and many residents have been told to prepare for blackouts as other residents are being evacuated. This image shows the region surround Flathead Lake (left of...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Montana, Where -- United States of America, Where -- Canada, Where --...
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11958
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Dozens of large fires were burning across British Columbia, Canada, on August 20, 2003. The fires (marked with yellow) have forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes and put thousands on evacuation alert. This image of the fires was captured by the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite. British Columbia is at top left, with Alberta to the east. At the bottom are Washington, Idaho, and Montana. The high-resolution...
Topics: What -- Columbia, What -- Aqua, Where -- Canada, Where -- Washington, Where -- Idaho, Where --...
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11907
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Fires across the Northern Rockies continued to burn on August 21, 2003. This image of the dozens of large fires (marked in yellow) was captured by the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite. The lake in the top left quadrant of the image is Flathead Lake in northwest Montana. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Topics: What -- Terra, Where -- Montana, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11960
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Southwest of Fort Peck Reservoir in eastern Montana, just east of where the Musselshell River flows in from the south (bottom center of images) to join the Missouri, a few small fires (red dots) detected by the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite on July 19, 2003 (top image), burned rapidly toward each other over the course of the day. By July 20 (bottom image) the Missouri Breaks Complex Fire?composed of the Big...
Topics: What -- Terra, Where -- Montana, Where -- Missouri, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11790
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This modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite on July 22, 2003, shows a complex of fires burning in Montana south of the Missouri River, where it is joined by the Musselshell River, flowing in from the south. The actively burning areas of this fire, called the Missouri Breaks Complex, are marked with red outlines in this image. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid...
Topics: What -- Terra, Where -- Montana, Where -- Missouri, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11794
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Fast-moving forest fires raced through Glacier National Park in northwest Montana on July 25, 2003. The fires (marked in red) forced thousands of tourists and staff to evacuate the park (image center). This image of the fires was captured on July 25, 2003, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Montana, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11828
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Fast-moving forest fires continued to race through terrain at the front range of the Rocky Mountains in northern Montana (bottom right) and Alberta, Canada (top right), on July 27, 2003. In Montana, the fires (marked in red) forced thousands of tourists and staff to evacuate Glacier National Park (image center) late last week, while in Canada, the blaze forced many residents of the small community of Hillcrest to evacuate their homes on Sunday, as the fire, moving through the nearby forest at...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Montana, Where -- Canada, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11826
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This high-resolution Landsat image from July 28, 2003, shows the fires in and around Glacier National Park, Montana. Bright plumes of smoke spread over much of the park, which is at upper right. The fires were still burning as of August 6. Image by Jesse Allen based on data from the Landsat Project Office. GIS layers by Ned Gardiner, American Museum of Natural History.
Topics: What -- Landsat, Where -- Montana
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11838
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Fires continued to burn in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada (top), and northwest Montana (center) on July 28, 2003. Several fires were burning in Glacier National Park in Montana, forcing the continued evacuation of tourists, park staff, and residents in nearby communities. The Wedge Canyon Fire -- the northernmost of the Montana fires -- has burned almost 18,900 acres and destroyed or damaged 29 structures. Meanwhile, in Alberta, the Lost Creek Fire is keeping about 1,000 people away...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Canada, Where -- Montana, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11830
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This false-color image creates a dramatic contrast between vegetation (green) that was spared by the Wedge Canyon Fire in northwest Montana and the burned area (bright pink). This image is from the Advanced Land Imager sensor on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite on July 29, 2003. The image uses observations made by the sensor in the Short Wave Infra-Red part of the electromagentic spectrum. These wavelengths of light aren't visible to the human eye. The scar stretches over the thin blue...
Topics: What -- Imager, What -- Earth, What -- EO 1, Where -- Montana
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11842
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Through a shroud of smoke, the scorched, brown landscape left by the Wedge Canyon Fire in northwest Montana is visible in this image from the Advanced Land Imager sensor on the Earth Observing 1 satellite. The brown scar stretches over the tan ribbon of the Flathead River, which runs diagonally from top center to right center edge. At the time this image was acquired on July 29, 2003, the southwest perimeter of the fire appears most active, with a thick cloud of smoke rising from the fire. The...
Topics: What -- Imager, What -- Earth, What -- EO 1, Where -- Montana
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11840
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On July 29, 2003, the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite captured this image of ongoing wildfires in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada (top) and northwestern Montana (below). Active fire detections by MODIS have been marked with red outlines. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- Canada, Where -- Montana, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=11832
