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-- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
THE SUMMER OF 2012-13 BRINGS FIRES TO AUSTRALIA
Wildfires burned in Australia during 2012 and 2013.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80187&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Jan 15, 2013 (Posted on Jan 16, 2013 3:35 PM)
-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (4 updated events, 6 new images) --
DUST PLUMES OFF LIBYA
Dust plumes blew off the coast of Libya in mid-January 2013.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80206&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 15, 2013 (Posted on Jan 17, 2013 3:46 PM)
DUST STORM IN COLORADO AND KANSAS
A dust storm arose along the Colorado-Kansas border in early January 2013.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80164&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 11, 2013 (Posted on Jan 14, 2013 5:36 PM)
DUST STORM OVER IRAN AND THE ARABIAN SEA
Starting on January 11, 2013, a dust storm blew over parts of Iran, Pakistan, and the Arabian Sea.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80161&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 13, 2013 (Posted on Jan 14, 2013 3:37 PM)
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80159&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 12, 2013 (Posted on Jan 14, 2013 3:35 PM)
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80155&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 11, 2013 (Posted on Jan 14, 2013 3:32 PM)
HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA
Thick haze hovered over eastern China fall 2012 and winter 2013.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80152&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 03, 2013 (Posted on Jan 14, 2013 3:17 PM)
-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
ACTIVITY AT TOLBACHIK VOLCANO
Tolbachik Volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula continued to erupt in January of 2013, along with several other nearby volcanoes.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80226&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jan 11, 2013 (Posted on Jan 18, 2013 4:18 PM)
-- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
DROUGHT PARCHES THE UNITED STATES
Nearly two-thirds of the continental United States suffered some form of drought in the summer of 2012.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80221&src=nha *** (GRACE) image from Jan 08, 2013 (Posted on Jan 18, 2013 2:20 PM)
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