The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days.
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-- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

THE SUMMER OF 2012-13 BRINGS FIRES TO AUSTRALIA
Wildfires burned in Australia during 2012 and 2013.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80252&src=nha
*** ASTER(Terra) image from Jan 14, 2013 (Posted on Jan 24, 2013 3:35 PM)



-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) --

DUST ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
A plume of Saharan dust spanned the Mediterranean Sea in late January 2013.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80243&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 21, 2013 (Posted on Jan 22, 2013 5:11 PM)

DUST STORM IN THE SAHARA DESERT
A dust storm blew through northeastern Mauritania in late January 2013.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80239&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 20, 2013 (Posted on Jan 22, 2013 3:48 PM)



-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 2 new images) --

VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AT KILAUEA'S SUMMIT
Kilauea Volcano continues to erupt, with centers of activity at Pu'u O'o and Halema'uma'u Craters.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80258&src=nha
*** (Photograph) image from Feb 19, 1977 (Posted on Jan 24, 2013 5:58 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80247&src=nha
*** ASTER(Terra) image from Jan 07, 2013 (Posted on Jan 23, 2013 11:49 AM)



-- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

UNUSUAL COLD IN CHINA AND NORTHEAST ASIA
Between late November 2012 and early January 2013, China recorded its lowest temperatures in 28 years.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80235&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 01, 2013 (Posted on Jan 22, 2013 11:59 AM)

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