Tournament: Earth 2013 -- Round 4!

Four winners have emerged from the four brackets Which one will make it to the final face-off? The underdog Pine Island glacier crack (#7 seed from the data visualization section) is facing off against a solar storm (#3 seed from the true color section) Another longshot -- the #7 seeded El Hierro submarine eruption (event bracket) -- goes head to head with the global map of night lights (#2 in the Earth at night section) Voting is open for the fourth round of Tournament: Earth Pick your winners before 4 p m ET on Friday, March 29

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The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days

-- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

FIRES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Hundreds of fires were detected across Southeast Asia in March 2013 Widespread fires are a common occurrence during the region's annual dry season * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=80724&src=nha * MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 22, 2013 (Posted on Mar 25, 2013 3:03 PM)

-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (3 updated events, 3 new images) --

DUST STORM ON THE ARABIAN PENINSULA In late March 2013, a dust storm arose on the Arabian Peninsula, blowing through parts of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=80740&src=nha * MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 24, 2013 (Posted on Mar 26, 2013 2:22 PM)

DUST STORM IN IRAQ A dust storm struck Iraq in late March 2013 * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=80727&src=nha * MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 23, 2013 (Posted on Mar 25, 2013 4:29 PM)

DUST STORM IN EGYPT A dust storm blew through Egypt in late March 2013 * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=80718&src=nha * MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 22, 2013 (Posted on Mar 25, 2013 2:48 PM)

-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (7 updated events, 9 new images) --

EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION AT PALUWEH VOLCANO A recent eruption covered much of Indonesia's Paluweh Volcano in ash * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=80796&src=nha * ALI(EO-1) image from Mar 31, 2013 (Posted on Apr 01, 2013 10:58 AM) * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=80737&src=nha MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 24, 2013 (Posted on Mar 26, 2013 12:56 PM) * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=80734&src=nha ALI(EO-1) image from Mar 26, 2013 (Posted on Mar 26, 2013 11:52 AM)

VOLCAN COPAHUE With a history of eruptions throughout the Twentieth Century, Volcan Copahue showed signs of new life in late 2012 and early 2013 * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=80765&src=nha * ALI(EO-1) image from Feb 19, 2013 (Posted on Mar 29, 2013 12:04 PM)

ACTIVITY AT TOLBACHIK VOLCANO Tolbachik Volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula continued to erupt in March of 2013, along with several other nearby volcanoes * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=80721&src=nha * ALI(EO-1) image from Mar 20, 2013 (Posted on Mar 25, 2013 3:01 PM)

ACTIVITY AT KIZIMEN VOLCANO Kizimen Volcano began erupting in 2010 More than two years later the eruption continued, with frequent ash and gas emissions, pyroclastic flows, and an active lava flow * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=80781&src=nha * ASTER(Terra) image from Mar 02, 2013 (Posted on Mar 29, 2013 4:14 PM)

MOUNT ETNA With a series of paroxysms, Mount Etna has reclaimed its status as one of the most active volcanoes on Earth * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=80731&src=nha * ALI(EO-1) image from Mar 23, 2013 (Posted on Mar 25, 2013 6:19 PM)

ACTIVITY AT SHIVELUCH VOLCANO Shiveluch Volcano remained very active during the winter of 2013, with a slowly growing lava dome accompanied by frequent ash emissions and rockfalls * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=80773&src=nha * ASTER(Terra) image from Mar 02, 2013 (Posted on Mar 29, 2013 2:35 PM)

PLUME FROM MOUNT PAGAN Starting in 2009, and continuing into 2013, North Pagan Volcano has emitted intermittent plumes of gas and ash * http://earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php?id=80793&src=nha * MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 25, 2013 (Posted on Mar 29, 2013 5:07 PM)

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