The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (30 August 2016)
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New Features:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/

* A Tale of Fire and Water: A NASA Scientist's Quest to Understand the Rain in Africa
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/IchokuRain/?src=eoa-features
Charles Ichoku wants to understand whether fires in sub-Saharan Africa are changing the timing and duration of rains. The viability of Lake Chad may depend on what his team finds.

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Latest Images:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/

* Hurricanes Madeline and Lester
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88662&src=eoa-iotd

* Tenerife, Canary Islands
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88659&src=eoa-iotd

* Manila, Philippines
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88643&src=eoa-iotd

* Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88639&src=eoa-iotd

* Badlands National Park
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88628&src=eoa-iotd

* Mesa Verde National Park
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88632&src=eoa-iotd

* Cape Hatteras National Seashore
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88619&src=eoa-iotd

* Capulin Volcano National Monument
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88581&src=eoa-iotd

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Recent Blog Posts:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/

Earth Matters
* August Puzzler
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=6382&src=eoa-blogs

* 6 Ways Earth Observations Tackle Real-World Problems
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=6352&src=eoa-blogs

* Tour Your National Parks From Space
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=6357&src=eoa-blogs

Notes from the Field
* Whither Life in the Sea
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=8186&src=eoa-blogs

* A Globe Trotter's Lessons Learned
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=8165&src=eoa-blogs

* Monkey Business over the Tropical Thermocline
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=8178&src=eoa-blogs

* Challenging Back Half
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=8155&src=eoa-blogs

* Mathematicians from the 18th Century
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=8156&src=eoa-blogs

* Is there any such thing as remote clean air?
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=8117&src=eoa-blogs

* Traveling the length of the Atlantic Ocean, Part 1: Chile to Ihla Terceira, Azores
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=8142&src=eoa-blogs

* Mooring Deployments
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=8132&src=eoa-blogs

* The ATomic Diner: Cuisine from 500 to 40,000 ft
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=8112&src=eoa-blogs

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