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  • Irene's Sediment in New York Harbor
    In the wake of Hurricane Irene's heavy rains, sediment filled the Hudson River and New York Harbor.
     
  • Steady Eruption of Puyehue Cordón Caulle
    This pair of satellite images shows the steady eruption of the Puyehue Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex
     
  • Red Rock Fire, Wyoming
    Smoke billows over the mountainous backcountry near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in this image from August 23, 2011. Started by lightning, the wildfire is burning through insect-damaged forest, beginning the process that will renew the ecosystem.
     
  • Flooding Fills Vermont Reservoir
    An aerial photo from July 6, 2009, and a satellite image from August 29, 2011, show the North Springfield Reservoir before and after Irene's heavy rains.
     
  • Tropical Storm Talas
    Acquired September 1, 2011, this natural-color image shows Tropical Storm Talas just off the southern coast of Japan.
     
  • Rising Water along the Ganga River
    Acquired August 30, 2011, and June 23, 2011, these false-color images show changes to part of the Ganga, or Ganges, River.
     
  • Hurricane Irene Dampens Great Dismal Swamp Fire
    These detailed images from August 15 show a large, hard-to-access wildfire burning in Virginia's Great Dismal Swamp. Firefighters hoped that rain from Hurricane Irene would slow the fire.
     
  • Typhoon Nanmadol
    Acquired August 27, 2011, this natural-color image shows Typhoon Nanmadol over the northern Philippines and the southern tip of Taiwan.
     
  • Lightning Fires in Oregon
    Smoke hangs over central Oregon in this image of widespread lightning fires on August 27.
     
  • Flooding along the Mekong River
    Acquired August 24, 2011, and August 26, 2010, these false-color images compare conditions in Cambodia. Flooding occurred along the Mekong River, Tônlé Sab, and around Phnum Penh in 2011.
     
  • Flooding in Nigeria
    Acquired August 21, 2011, and July 18, 2011, these false-color images compare conditions in northeastern Nigeria, which experienced severe flooding in August.
     
  • Notes from the Field Blog: Eco3D: Exploring the Third Dimension of Forest Carbon
    From August through September, NASA's P-3 research aircraft will be flying from Quebec to Florida to measure the three-dimensional structure and carbon storage capacity of North American forests.
     
  • Lingering Floods along the James River
    Acquired August 1, 2011, and August 6, 2010, these false-color images compare conditions along the James River, a Missouri River tributary, in South Dakota.
     
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    Cloud Quiz is an interactive quiz to test what you really know about clouds.
     
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