Tournament: Earth -- The Winner!

The second annual Tournament: Earth has come to an end, and the winner is a familiar face In 2013, a submarine volcano off of the Canary Islands took the first championship This year, the entire island chain got in on the action "Trailing the Canaries," the #2 seed in the art bracket, romped through the tournament in 2014 The image showed interesting wind and wave patterns in sunglint on the lee side of the islands The Canary Islands have a lot of fans!

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

TROPICAL CYCLONE HELLEN Tropical Cyclone Hellen became a strong Category 4 storm before moving ashore over the African island of Madagascar * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=83468&src=nha * Image from Mar 30, 2014 (Posted on Apr 04, 2014 4:21 PM)

-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

ACTIVITY AT MOUNT MERAPI Indonesia's Mount Merapi exhibited a short-lived increase in activity on March 27, 2014 * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=83442&src=nha * Image from Mar 27, 2014 (Posted on Mar 31, 2014 6:13 PM)

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