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-- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

MADEIRA WILDFIRES
Wildfires broke out on the Madeira Islands in late July 2012, amid drought and intense heat.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78603&src=nha
 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 19, 2012 (Posted on Jul 20, 2012 8:45 AM)



-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

HEAVY RAINS IN BEIJING
The heaviest rainfall in 61 years fell on the Chinese capital city of Beijing in late July 2012.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78626&src=nha
 *** MPA(TRMM) image from Jul 21, 2012 (Posted on Jul 23, 2012 11:11 AM)



-- UNIQUE IMAGERY (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

DUDINKA, USSR
EO's Satellite Puzzler: Entry Number 2
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78570&src=nha
 *** (Reconnaissance Satellite) image from Jul 15, 1966 (Posted on Jul 17, 2012 3:56 PM)

PETERMANN GLACIER CALVING
A new chunk of Petermann Glacier broke off in July 2012, two years after another large ice island was launched into the sea.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78556&src=nha
 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 16, 2012 (Posted on Jul 17, 2012 2:35 PM)

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