-- FIRES
FIRES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Wildfires raged in Los Angeles County in late August and early September 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40245&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 16, 2009 (Posted on Sep 18, 2009 3:35 PM)
FIRES IN MOZAMBIQUE
Agricultural fires and wildfires burned in and around Mozambique in mid-September 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40242&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 17, 2009 (Posted on Sep 18, 2009 2:16 PM)
FIRES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Wildfires raged in Los Angeles County in late August and early September 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40198&src=nha
*** TM(Landsat 5) image from Sep 07, 2009 (Posted on Sep 15, 2009 5:46 PM)
-- SEVERE STORMS
SUPER TYPHOON CHOI-WAN
Super Typhoon Choi-Wan reached a dangerous Category 5 status as it tracked northwest across the western North Pacific Ocean in mid-September 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40238&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 18, 2009 (Posted on Sep 18, 2009 8:25 AM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40234&src=nha
*** CPR(CloudSat) image from Sep 15, 2009 (Posted on Sep 17, 2009 1:21 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40226&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 17, 2009 (Posted on Sep 17, 2009 10:26 AM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40215&src=nha
*** (TRMM) image from Sep 16, 2009 (Posted on Sep 16, 2009 2:55 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40209&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 16, 2009 (Posted on Sep 16, 2009 11:53 AM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40186&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 15, 2009 (Posted on Sep 15, 2009 11:25 AM)
-- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE
AUSTRALIAN DUST OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN
A dense cloud of dust blew across southern Australia and over the Pacific Ocean in mid-September 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40201&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 12, 2009 (Posted on Sep 16, 2009 11:05 AM)
DUST PLUME ACROSS NORTHERN PATAGONIA
A rippling plume of dust crossed northern Patagonia, Argentina, in mid-September 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40190&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 11, 2009 (Posted on Sep 15, 2009 1:57 PM)
FIRES AND SMOKE IN BORNEO
Thick smoke covered much of Borneo in September 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40182&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 13, 2009 (Posted on Sep 14, 2009 2:51 PM)
-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES
OL DOINYO LENGAI ASHFALL
A series of explosive eruptions altered Tanzania’s Ol Doinyo Lengai, the only volcano in the world that erupts natrocarbonatite lava.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40217&src=nha
*** ALI(EO-1) image from Sep 12, 2009 (Posted on Sep 16, 2009 5:11 PM)
EARTHQUAKE OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA
A strong earthquake struck off the Venezuelan coast on September 12, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40194&src=nha
*** SRTM(Space Shuttle) image from Sep 12, 2009 (Posted on Sep 15, 2009 3:43 PM)
