The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (4 December 2018)

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• Cyclone Effects Run Deep https://earthobservatory nasa gov/images/144221/cyclone-effects-run-deep/?src=eoa-iotd

• Winter Arrives in the Sierra Nevada https://earthobservatory nasa gov/images/144337/winter-arrives-in-the-sierra-nevada/?src=eoa-iotd

• The Smoking Terror https://earthobservatory nasa gov/images/144334/the-smoking-terror/?src=eoa-iotd

• Crater Lurks Beneath the Ice https://earthobservatory nasa gov/images/144279/crater-lurks-beneath-the-ice/?src=eoa-iotd

• Icescapes of the Anzhu Islands https://earthobservatory nasa gov/images/144323/icescapes-of-the-anzhu-islands/?src=eoa-iotd

• Unusual Heat Fuels Fires in Queensland https://earthobservatory nasa gov/images/144312/unusual-heat-fuels-fires-in-queensland/?src=eoa-iotd

• Floods Swamp Iraq https://earthobservatory nasa gov/images/144308/floods-swamp-iraq/?src=eoa-iotd

EO Kids * Glaciers: Ice on the Move Explore a shrinking glacier in Alaska from space and make your own "mountain" glacier https://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/eokids/2018/11/29/glaciers-ice-on-the-move/?src=eoa-blogs

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Earth Matters * 6 Trends to Know about Fire Season in the Western U S Researchers analyzed more than 40,000 fires between 1950 to 2017 to learn how wildfire frequency, size, and location has changed Here's what they learned https://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/earthmatters/2018/11/29/6-trends-to-know-about-fire-season-in-the-western-u-s/?src=eoa-blogs

Notes from the Field * SWESARR is Ready to Fly Scientists and engineers are ready to fly a new instrument designed to measure the water contained within a snowpack https://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/2018/11/30/swesarr-is-ready-to-fly/?src=eoa-blogs

• Ambushing the Aurora Like the isbjørn (polar bears), we are ambush hunters Our prey are atmospheric fountains, jets of gas being shot into space under the impact of the cusp aurora https://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/2018/11/29/ambushing-the-aurora/?src=eoa-blogs

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