The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days.
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-- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) --
FOREST FIRES IN SUMATRA
Early September brought seasonal agricultural fires to Sumatra.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86596&src=nha *** Image from Sep 05, 2015 (Posted on Sep 11, 2015 9:59 AM)
FIRES IN CALIFORNIA
In summer 2015, fires charred tens of thousands of acres in California.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86569&src=nha *** Image from Sep 07, 2015 (Posted on Sep 08, 2015 2:31 PM)
-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
TROPICAL STORM ETAU
A tropical storm stalled near Japan in September 2015 and caused devastating floods.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86584&src=nha *** Image from Sep 06, 2015 (Posted on Sep 10, 2015 2:52 PM)
-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
DUST STORM IN IRAQ AND IRAN
A cyclone-shaped wall of dust traversed the Middle East and Persian Gulf in September 2015.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86571&src=nha *** Image from Sep 07, 2015 (Posted on Sep 08, 2015 2:41 PM)
-- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
FALL COLORS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE IN 2015
As temperatures cooled, deciduous trees made their annual transformation from green to shades of brown, yellow, orange, and red.
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86579&src=nha *** Image from Sep 09, 2015 (Posted on Sep 09, 2015 4:25 PM)
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