I love this picture, as only a geologist who loves streams and sediments could. From NASA's Earth Observatory site: Rare Refill of Lake Eyre, Australia's Simpson Desert. From the EO description: Waves in central Australia’s Simpson Desert usually come in the form of sand dunes. In these images, they ripple in long vertical lines across …
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Australia flooding images
While the southern parts of Australia have been burning over the past two months, the northern parts have experienced cool weather and heavy rainfall. The following images are of Normanton, Queensland, which has been cut off by flooding for several weeks. The first image is in natural color; the second is enhanced with infrared, which …
Australia heatwave
From NASA's Earth Observatory: Exceptional Australian Heat Wave. This image was created using data from NASA's Terra satellite. It shows surface temperatures---as opposed to the air temperatures given in weather reports---for the end of January, which of course is in the midst of southern hemisphere summer. The highest air temperature recorded in this heat wave …
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