The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days

-- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

FIRES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA The fire season in southeast Asia typically winds down after March But in mid-April, the landscape remained peppered with numerous fires

* Unhealthy Smoke Over Thailand (Image from Apr 12, 2019; Posted Apr 12, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
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WILDFIRE NEAR EVENSK In early April, a wildfire began to spread in the otherwise icy Arctic landscape near Evensk, Russia

* A Fire Surrounded by Ice (Image from Apr 8, 2019; Posted Apr 9, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
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gov/images/144803/a-fire-surrounded-by-ice/?src=nha

-- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

DUST STORM IN THE U S SOUTHWEST Strong winds in early April stirred up dust and carried it across Texas, New Mexico, and northern Mexico

* Storm System Stirs Up Dust (Image from Apr 10, 2019; Posted Apr 11, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
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gov/images/144813/storm-system-stirs-up-dust/?src=nha

-- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

MELT ON THE ANTARCTIC PENINSUA Unusual late-season events could produce long-term changes to the snowpack on the Larsen C ice shelf

* Warm Winds Trigger Melting in Antarctica (Image from Mar 3, 2016; Posted Apr 11, 2019)
    https://earthobservatory
nasa
gov/images/144764/warm-winds-trigger-melting-in-antarctica/?src=nha

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