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A heat map of the American south west, including California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. The map indicates where the temperature at a given location is above or below historical average.
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The June Heat-Wave of the American South West

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Jun 30, 2017
In June 2017, the American south west experienced some of the hottest temperatures felt in a long time. It was hot enough to ground air planes, and even caused some deaths. NASA's Aqua satellite measured the temperature on the surface of the Earth during the heat wave, and here is some of the results.
A map of Canada which shows the locations of all forest fires and logging between 1985 to 2010.
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A complete map of forest disruption in Canada 1985-2011

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Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Jun 30, 2017
Researchers from the Canadian Forest Service have created a time-series map of where and how forests have been disrupted between the years of 1985 and 2011. This is specifically tracking logging/harvesting and forest fires. A staggering 10 percent of our country's total forests saw some kind of damage over the almost 30 years. This type of research is helpful in tracking the Earth's carbon cycle, which is critical to understanding our changing climate.
A false colour image taken by NASA's Sentinel-1A focussed on the 130 kilometer-long crack in the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Tracking a Crack in the Antarctic Ice Sheet

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Jun 30, 2017
Scientists have been closely following the growth of a large crack in the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula. From late 2016 until now, the crack has grown about 150 km long, accelerating in late June 2017. In these dark months, the most recent observations have been done by Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) on Landsat 8. If the crack reaches the coast, which is just about 13 km away, the ice will begin to calve and could be the largest iceberg ever recorded.
A satellite image of the arabian sea.
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What Can We Learn from Sunglint?

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Canada Aviation and Space Museum
May 1, 2017
It's amazing what you can learn from a picture. Take, for instance, this shot taken by NASA's Terra Satellite. It is of the Arabian Sea near Oman. The Sun can easily be seen reflecting off the still water of the sea back to the satellite, a phenomenon known as called 'sunglint.' But what about the dark, snake-like feature stretching through the middle of the reflection? Turns out... it's choppy water! The wind churns the water slightly, making it not as reflective as still water. Using an image
Satellite image of the snowpack in the Sierra mountains
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The Snowpack in the Californian Mountains Quadruples

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Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Apr 24, 2017
Data from NASA's Airborne Snow Observatory shows that the snowpack in the Tuolumne Basin of the Sierra Nevada mountains is 1.5 cubic kilometers, which is more than the previous 4 years combined. Californians are surely enjoying the extra precipitation, as they have been in a drought for the last 5 years. The Airborne Snow Observatory uses a combination of LIDAR and Imaging Spectrometer fixed to a small plane to measure the snowpack in the mountains of California.
A satellite view of the Strait of Gibraltar
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Phytoplankton in the Strait of Gibraltar

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Apr 21, 2017
Two NASA Satellites were used to create this image of the straight of Gibraltar: Suomi NPP, and Aqua. The images were processed and combined to highlight the blooms of phytoplankton in the area, which has been caught up in the turbulent ocean currents moving through the strait.

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