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Many dozens of #fires speckled the Sahel of Guinea (north) and Sierra Leone on 4/17/22, creating a veil of smoke that wafted over both the land & North Atlantic Ocean when MODIS on board #NASA’s Aqua #satellite acquired this image.

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On 4/14/22 MODIS acquired this image of early #ice breakup on NE Hudson Bay. Open water can be seen in several spots, especially near mainland #Quebec, #Canada (lower right).

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On 4/14/22, strong winds stirred up #SaharanDust & carved delicate swirling patterns in the #clouds on the lee side of the Canary Islands. As strong winds strike the high, immobile faces of the Canary Islands, eddies are created.

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Deep in the heart of Central #Africa, an ancient depression & a long river combine to create a vast marshy area. It is here, in the Upemba Depression where the Lualaba River widens to create a myriad of marshy lakes. This image was acquired on 4/11/22.

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MODIS on board #NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of a strengthening #Typhoon #Malakas on 4/11. At that time, the very large storm showed circulation around a poorly-formed & cloud-filled center. The eastern islands of the #Philippines are seen west of the storm.

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On 4/7/22, MODIS acquired a true-color image of a clear #spring day over the southern United States. The image centers on the Mississippi River Valley, a rich agricultural region.

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#Texas #Louisiana #Mississippi #Arkansas #mississippiriver #USA #NASA

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On 4/6/22 MODIS on board #NASA’s Terra #satellite acquired a true-color image of the stunning, rugged landscape of SW #Africa near the end of the wet season. The contrasts in landforms and ecosystems are stark in both southwestern #Angola and NW #Namibia.
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Sea #ice and #snow dominated the landscape of #Russia’s Far East on 4/2/22 when #NASA’s MODIS acquired this image of the early spring scene. According to @NSIDC, the sea ice extent was below average in the Sea of Okhotsk through the months of Feb & Mar.

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On 4/5/22, MODIS acquired a true-color image of #Tropical #CycloneFili as it strengthened off of NW New Caledonia. The 5th named storm of the 21-22 South Pacific cyclone season was carrying max sustained winds of 52 mph. The storm was moving southwards over the Coral Sea.

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Bright blue tones colored the South Atlantic #Ocean off the coast of #Argentina on 4/2/22. The brightest line of color stretches about 620 mi southward from the same lat as the mid-Rio de la Plata, disappearing under clouds in the south.

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On 3/31/22, MODIS on board #NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of the #GreatBarrierReef. The reef is currently experiencing a bleaching event due to heatwave conditions.

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#NASA’s MODIS sensor aboard the Aqua #satellite acquired this image of Lake #Balkhash under the influence of #spring warmth of 3/31/22. The western end of the lake has shed its icy coat, although sediment swirls in the chilly water.

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This true-color image acquired by MODIS shows an ice shelf in #Antarctica before (top) and after it had collapsed (bottom). The top image was acquired by MODIS on 1/15/22 and the bottom image on 3/21/22.

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MODIS captured this image centered on #Cuba on 3/28/22. The island itself appears a mix of brown and green, created by a patchwork of plains filled with agricultural fields still in winter senescence, green pastures, & rolling hills covered in vegetation.

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On 3/28/22, MODIS acquired this image of #spring greening in #Turkmenistan and #Afghanistan. Scant snow remains on the peaks of theParopamisus Mountains while a wide swath of green covers a large area of at the edge of the Karakum #Desert.

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This beautiful color off Tunisia's coast, captured 3/23/22, is the result of a large phytoplankton bloom - microscopic plant-like organisms that live there year-round but, when conditions are right, undergo explosive reproduction to create huge, colorful, floating colonies.
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#NASA’s #Terra MODIS sensor acquired a false-color image of snow & ice on the Missouri #River in #NorthDakota on 3/23/22. Much of the river (SE of the lake) appears #ice free (dark blue), but both Lake Sakakawea & the river NW of the lake contain ice (bright blue).

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On 3/22/22 #NASA's MODIS sensor acquired a true-color image of a gorgeous clear-sky early spring day over much of #Europe. The image stretches more than 1,240 mi from #France (E) to #Ukraine (W) and over 1,300 from #Estonia (N) to #Turkey (S).

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Tropical #Cyclone Charlotte formed off the NW coast of Western #Australia, approximately 522 mi N-NW of Exmouth on 3/21/22. By the next day, when MODIS acquired this image, the storm carried maximum sustained winds of about 92 mph & was moving the out over the Indian Ocean.