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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Science Team
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(Resolution: 1250 meters; MODIS Data Type: MODIS-PFM; MODIS Band Combination: 1, 4, 3) Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 3/5/00.
Topic: Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=240
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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Off the coast of the Brittany region of France (north of center), a colorful phytoplankton bloom is occurring in the waters of the Bay of Biscay. The different colors can be due to different species of organisms as well as different concentrations. Numerous airplane contrails are visible in the image as well. This image was acquired on May 31, 2002. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 5/31/02. Data End Date: 5/31/02.
Topic: Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=3105
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Oct 14, 2009
10/09
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NASA
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Space Radar Image of Lozere Department, Mende, France
Topic: Where -- France
Source: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01755
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Aug 28, 2009
08/09
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NASA/Glenn Research Center
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CENTER DIRECTOR DR MCCARTHY WITH VISITORS FROM FRANCE
Topic: Where -- France
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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As many as thirty forest fires were started in the last week of July 2003 along France’s Mediterranean Coast. Several tourists were killed and thousands more evacuated by the fires, which appear to have been started by arson, according to news reports. The fires are being helped along by exceptionally dry and sunny weather. This image from the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a>...
Topic: Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5541
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Nov 5, 2009
11/09
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Image courtesty
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Heavy rains starting on December 1, 2003, drenched Southern France and pushed the Rhone River over its banks. Flooding along the Rhone and its tributaries caused an estimated $29,500,000 worth of damage, according to the <a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7efloods/" target="outlink">Dartmouth Flood Observatory</a>. At least six people died in the floods, and two nuclear power plants were closed because of flood debris. By December 6, the waters...
Topic: Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19031
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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As many as thirty forest fires were started in the last week of July 2003 along France’s Mediterranean Coast. Several tourists were killed and thousands more evacuated by the fires, which appear to have been started by arson, according to news reports. The fires are being helped along by exceptionally dry and sunny weather. This image from the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a>...
Topic: Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5542
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, at NASA GSFC
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The Bay of Biscay forms a gentle “u” between the southwest shores of France (right) and the Iberian Peninsula (bottom). On April 29, 2005, the brilliant blue and green swirls of a phytoplankton bloom filled the entire bay. Phytoplankton—tiny ocean plants that grow in the sunlit surface waters of the ocean—thrive in areas where cold water is pushed to the surface. The cold water, rushing up from the ocean depths, carries with it nutrients that had settled on the ocean floor, providing...
Topic: Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19979
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Aug 28, 2009
08/09
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NASA/Glenn Research Center
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CENTER DIRECTOR DR MCCARTHY WITH VISITORS FROM FRANCE
Topic: Where -- France
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Jul 24, 2011
07/11
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
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Heavy rains starting on December 1, 2003, drenched Southern France and pushed the Rhone River over its banks. Flooding along the Rhone and its tributaries caused an estimated ,500,000 worth of damage, according to the www.dartmouth.edu/%7efloods/ Dartmouth Flood Observatory . At least six people died in the floods, and two nuclear power plants were closed because of flood debris. By December 6, the waters had receded in areas, but the medieval town of Arles, about 31 miles north of Marseilles,...
Topic: Where -- France
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=12527
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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Beneath airplane contrails and clouds, MODIS captured this image of a phytoplankton bloom occurring off Brittany, France (image center) on May 15, 2002. The bloom appears to extend westward as well, and is very bright blue in places. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 5/15/02. Data End Date: 5/15/02.
Topic: Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=3253
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
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SeaWiFS imaged several large bright patches (possibly coccolithophorids) of the Brittany coast of France and the Cornwall coast of England. Sensor: OrbView-2/SeaWiFS. Data Start Date: 6/26/00.
Topic: Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=705
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Nov 5, 2009
11/09
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC
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As many as thirty forest fires were started in the last week of July 2003 along France?s Mediterranean Coast. Several tourists were killed and thousands more evacuated by the fires, which appear to have been started by arson, according to news reports. The fires are being helped along by exceptionally dry and sunny weather.This pair of images from the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging...
Topic: Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18748
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Nov 5, 2009
11/09
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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
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The sediment plume from the emerging Rhone River is visible in this SeaWiFS image of southern France. Sensor: OrbView-2/SeaWiFS. Data Start Date: 2/26/99.
Topic: Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=1254
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Jul 5, 2011
07/11
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NASA -- NASA image by Robert Simmon, based on landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Landsat 7 ETM+ data provided by the UMD glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/index.shtml Global Land Cover Facility
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As the riders of the 2005 Tour de France bike race gasp across the finishing line on the mountaintop at Courchevel, France, at the end of the race's 10th stage on July 12, 2005, they probably won't want to think about the fact that even with the grueling 192.5 kilometers (119.6 miles) they put in that day, they are not quite half way through the famous race's 3,607-kilometer (2,241-mile) circuit around the country. This Landsat satellite image from July 30, 2001, shows the terrain in...
Topics: What -- Landsat, Where -- France
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=5632
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Oct 15, 2009
10/09
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NASA
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Space Radar Image of Rhine River, France and Germany
Topics: Where -- France, Where -- Germany
Source: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01859
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Nov 5, 2009
11/09
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC
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Forest fires have swept through scenic woodlands along the French Riviera on the country’s Mediterranean coastline, killing five people, destroying scenic forests and forcing thousands to evacuate the region. This image shows the Maures hills region along the coast of southeast France on July 28, 2003. A dark brown burn scar is evident to the northeast of the apex of the coastline, which is roughly centered in the image. Left of center (to the east of the lake) is the city of Marseille....
Topics: What -- Apex, Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18741
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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This MODIS image from April 22, 2002, shows France (top right) and Spain (bottom), as well as the bay of Biscay. Numerous airplane tracks criss-cross the right of the image. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 4/22/02. Data End Date: 4/22/02.
Topics: Where -- France, Where -- Spain
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=3098
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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The Pyrenees Mountains (center) act as a natural border between France to the north and Spain to the south. In this MODIS image from January 18, 2002, they are covered in snow (bright red in the false-color image.) At upper left, contrails are visible over the Bay of Biscay, which, along the French shores, sport miles and miles of white sandy beaches. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 1/18/02.
Topics: Where -- France, Where -- Spain
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2690
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA/GSFC
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This MODIS true-color image of France and a small strip of Spain shows the characteristic blue-green swirls of phytoplankton blooming in the Bay of Biscay, as well as another bloom, mostly obscured by clouds, to the east of Brittany in the upper left corner of the image. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 5/28/01.
Topics: Where -- France, Where -- Spain
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2079
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Dec 8, 2009
12/09
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NASA
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Jacques Cousteau, the French undersea researcher, is shown addressing members of the press on his experiences during an Antarctic expedition with the oceanographic ship, Calypso. The Calypso used satellite communication and weather equipment provided by NASA to test the accuracy of satellite observations in relation to the ship's surface observations. Calypso used satellite observation information to navigate into safe waters after getting hit by an iceberg. Cousteau was born in...
Topics: Earth Science, Where -- France
Source: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2003-00023.html
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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NASA image by Robert Simmon, based on ETM+ data provided by the UMD
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As the riders of the 2005 Tour de France bike race gasp across the finishing line on the mountaintop at Courchevel, France, at the end of the race’s 10th stage on July 12, 2005, they probably won't want to think about the fact that even with the grueling 192.5 kilometers (119.6 miles) they put in that day, they are not quite half way through the famous race’s 3,607-kilometer (2,241-mile) circuit around the country.This Landsat satellite image from July 30, 2001, shows the terrain in...
Topics: What -- Landsat, Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17240
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC
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Forest Fire in Southern France As many as thirty forest fires were started in the last week of July 2003 along France?s Mediterranean Coast. Several tourists were killed and thousands more evacuated by the fires, which appear to have been started by arson, according to news reports. The fires are being helped along by exceptionally dry and sunny weather. This pair of images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite was captured on July 30, 2003. The...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=16528
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Nov 20, 2009
11/09
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NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center
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Sir William Congreve developed a rocket with a range of about 9,000 feet. The incendiary rocket used black powder, an iron case, and a 16-foot guide stick. In 1806, British used Congreve rockets to attack Napoleon's headquarters in France. In 1807, Congreve directed a rocket attack against Copenhagen.
Topics: Where -- France, Where -- Copenhagen
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=850
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Jun 29, 2011
06/11
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NASA -- Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
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Forest Fire in Southern France As many as thirty forest fires were started in the last week of July 2003 along France's Mediterranean Coast. Several tourists were killed and thousands more evacuated by the fires, which appear to have been started by arson, according to news reports. The fires are being helped along by exceptionally dry and sunny weather. This pair of images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite was captured on July 30, 2003. The...
Topics: What -- Aqua, Where -- France
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=3669
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Dec 16, 2010
12/10
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NASA
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This view of deforestation in Rondonia, far western Brazil, (10.0S, 63.0W) is part of an agricultural resettlement project which ultimately covers an area about 80% the size of France. The patterns of deforestation in this part of the Amazon River Basin are usually aligned adjacent to highways, secondary roads, and streams for ease of access and transportation. Compare this view with the earlier 51G-37-062 for a comparison of deforestation in the region.
Topics: Where -- Brazil, Where -- France
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Nov 5, 2009
11/09
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC
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These false-color <a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) images show the extent of flooding along the southern reaches of the Rhone River in France. Almost constant rain has fallen over the region since early October. Then, torrential rains began on December 1, 2003, pushing the Rhone River to its highest ever recorded volume. Thousands of people fled their homes as the flood...
Topics: Where -- France, Where -- Black Sea
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19035
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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The chalky white exteriors of single-celled marine plants called coccolithophores are coloring the water of the Atlantic Ocean bright blue. Like other types of phytoplankton, coccolithophores are a source of food for marine organisms. Though coccoliths are small, they often form large, concentrated blooms that are visible from space. On June 15, 2004, the <a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging...
Topics: Where -- Atlantic Ocean, Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6574
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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These <a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) images show the extent of flooding along the southern reaches of the Rhone River in France. Almost constant rain has fallen over the region since early October. Then, torrential rains began on December 1, 2003, pushing the Rhone River to its highest ever recorded volume. Thousands of people fled their homes as the flood waters...
Topics: Where -- France, Where -- Mediterranean Sea
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6111
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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These <a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) images show the extent of flooding along the southern reaches of the Rhone River in France. Almost constant rain has fallen over the region since early October. Then, torrential rains began on December 1, 2003, pushing the Rhone River to its highest ever recorded volume. Thousands of people fled their homes as the flood waters...
Topics: Where -- France, Where -- Mediterranean Sea
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6110
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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These <a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) images show the extent of flooding along the southern reaches of the Rhone River in France. Almost constant rain has fallen over the region since early October. Then, torrential rains began on December 1, 2003, pushing the Rhone River to its highest ever recorded volume. Thousands of people fled their homes as the flood waters...
Topics: Where -- France, Where -- Mediterranean Sea
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6112
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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These <a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) images show the extent of flooding along the southern reaches of the Rhone River in France. Almost constant rain has fallen over the region since early October. Then, torrential rains began on December 1, 2003, pushing the Rhone River to its highest ever recorded volume. Thousands of people fled their homes as the flood waters...
Topics: Where -- France, Where -- Mediterranean Sea
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6109
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Jun 29, 2011
06/11
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NASA -- Image courtesy landsat.nasa.gov/ Landsat 7 Science Team
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The 16th stage of the Tour de France -- the world's toughest bike race -- travels across the Pyrenees Atlantiques region from Pau to Bayonne. Instead of traveling the gentle gradient along the Gave de Pau and Adour rivers, the race heads south for a final 197 km (122.4 mile) trip through the mountains. The riders must surmount five climbs during the day, totalling more than 2,800 meters (9,200 feet) of elevation gain. The average speed of the race will likely be 35 km per hour (22 miles per...
Topics: What -- Landsat 7, Where -- France
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=3640
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
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On a clear day SeaWiFS captured this view of France. Note the large number of aircraft contrails over the English Channel. Sensor: OrbView-2/SeaWiFS. Data Start Date: 6/24/99.
Topics: Where -- France, Where -- English Channel
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=1175
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jeff Schmaltz
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A series of images highlights depicts the breakup of a giant iceberg in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. The first image, seen when you first open this page, was acquired on October 27, 2005, before the breakup. If you place your mouse over the image, it will shift to one captured on October 28, 2005, after the breakup; move the mouse to the side of the image and it will revert back to the first image. The ice-covered land and ocean seen in these images are the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf, located on...
Topics: Where -- Ross Sea, Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=8268
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Nov 5, 2009
11/09
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Image courtesy Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA GSFC,
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The bright blue water west of the English Channel in this <a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) image is probably a bloom of coccolithophores, single-celled marine plants with white calcium carbonate shells. The white shells, combined with the blue reflectance of the water, tint the water bright blue. The color could also be caused by other phytoplankton, microscopic marine...
Topics: Where -- English Channel, Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19329
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team
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This true-color MODIS image shows a phytoplankton bloom, indicated by the blue-green swirls, off the coast of Brittany, France. At the top of the image is the southern edge of England, and to its south is the English Channel. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 6/4/01.
Topics: Where -- France, Where -- English Channel
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=1981
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Nov 5, 2009
11/09
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Images courtesy Jacques Descloitres, and Mark Gray, , both at NASA GSFC
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An unusually high number of ship tracks were visible in the clouds off of the coasts of France and Spain in these true- and false-color images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on January 27, 2003. Ship tracks form when very small, airborne particles emitted in the exhaust of large ships (and airplanes) attract water molecules, acting as ?seeds? for clouds. These seeds are called cloud condensation nuclei. Continued accumulation of droplets on...
Topics: What -- Sun, Where -- France, Where -- Spain
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18279
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC
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Torrential rains earlier this week led to severe flooding in southern France that killed as many as 26 people and forced hundreds from their homes. The floods can be seen in this false-color image (right) acquired on September 11, 2002, by the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) aboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft. The river running down the center of the image is the Rhone River, which flows into the...
Topics: What -- Aqua, What -- Terra, Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=4060
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC
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Torrential rains earlier this week led to severe flooding in southern France that killed as many as 26 people and forced hundreds from their homes. The floods can be seen in this false-color image (right) acquired on September 11, 2002, by the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) aboard NASA?s Aqua spacecraft. The river running down the center of the image is the Rhone...
Topics: What -- Aqua, What -- Terra, Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18039
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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Forest fires have swept through scenic woodlands along the French Riviera on the country’s Mediterranean coastline, killing five people, destroying scenic forests and forcing thousands to evacuate the region. These images of the region show the Maures hill region along the coast of southeast France in true and false-color on July 28 and 29, 2003, and the wider Mediterranean region on July 29, 2003.On July 28, a dark brown burn scar (red in the false-color image) is evident to the northeast of...
Topics: What -- Apex, Where -- France, Where -- Italy
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5540
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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Forest fires have swept through scenic woodlands along the French Riviera on the country’s Mediterranean coastline, killing five people, destroying scenic forests and forcing thousands to evacuate the region. These images of the region show the Maures hill region along the coast of southeast France in true and false-color on July 28 and 29, 2003, and the wider Mediterranean region on July 29, 2003.On July 28, a dark brown burn scar (red in the false-color image) is evident to the northeast of...
Topics: What -- Apex, Where -- France, Where -- Italy
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5538
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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Forest fires have swept through scenic woodlands along the French Riviera on the country’s Mediterranean coastline, killing five people, destroying scenic forests and forcing thousands to evacuate the region. These images of the region show the Maures hill region along the coast of southeast France in true and false-color on July 28 and 29, 2003, and the wider Mediterranean region on July 29, 2003.On July 28, a dark brown burn scar (red in the false-color image) is evident to the northeast of...
Topics: What -- Apex, Where -- France, Where -- Italy
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5539
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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Forest fires have swept through scenic woodlands along the French Riviera on the country’s Mediterranean coastline, killing five people, destroying scenic forests and forcing thousands to evacuate the region. These images of the region show the Maures hill region along the coast of southeast France in true and false-color on July 28 and 29, 2003, and the wider Mediterranean region on July 29, 2003.On July 28, a dark brown burn scar (red in the false-color image) is evident to the northeast of...
Topics: What -- Apex, Where -- France, Where -- Italy
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5537
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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Forest fires have swept through scenic woodlands along the French Riviera on the country’s Mediterranean coastline, killing five people, destroying scenic forests and forcing thousands to evacuate the region. These images of the region show the Maures hill region along the coast of southeast France in true and false-color on July 28 and 29, 2003, and the wider Mediterranean region on July 29, 2003.On July 28, a dark brown burn scar (red in the false-color image) is evident to the northeast of...
Topics: What -- Apex, Where -- France, Where -- Italy
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5536
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Images courtesy Jacques Descloitres, and Mark Gray, , both at NASA GSFC
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An unusually high number of ship tracks were visible in the clouds off of the coasts of France and Spain in these true- and false-color images from the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) on the <a HREF="http://aqua.nasa.gov/" target="outlink">Aqua</a> satellite on January 27, 2003. Ship tracks form when very small, airborne...
Topics: What -- Sun, Where -- France, Where -- Spain
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=16383
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An unusually high number of ship tracks are visible in the clouds off of the coasts of France and Spain in these <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) images from the <a HREF="http://aqua.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Aqua</a> satellite and <a HREF="http://terra.nasa.gov/"...
Topics: Where -- France, Where -- Spain, Where -- Pacific Ocean
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5192
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Human history isn't confined to books; some of it is written across the surface of the Earth. Among the places where the earth itself tells a story of our past is the French landscape around the city of Verdun, where more than 300,000 French and Germans died during a World War I battle that went on from mid-February to mid-December 1916. In this image, Verdun is a small city on the banks of the Meuse River surrounded by the geometric pattern of farmed and fallow fields. The river is framed by...
Topics: What -- Earth, What -- Landsat 7, Where -- France
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=8211
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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On December 19, 2001, MODIS acquired data that produced this image of Antarctica's Victoria Land, Ross Ice Shelf, and the Ross Sea. The coastline that runs up and down along the left side of the image denotes where Victoria Land (left) meets the Ross Ice Shelf (right). The Ross Ice Shelf is the world's largest floating body of ice, approximately the same size as France. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 12/19/01.
Topics: Where -- Victoria, Where -- Ross Sea, Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2359
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Separated by the Strait of Bonifacio, the islands of Corsica (top) and Sardinia (bottom) sit in the Mediterranean Sea between Italy to the north and northern Africa to the south. A vast portion of Corsica is protected as the Regional Natural Park of Corsica, and the impact on vegetation is clearly visible in the image, with large stretches of lush vegetation apparent. The park boundaries are most clearly visible on the east coast, where dense vegetation gives way to the patchwork, mottled green...
Topics: Where -- Mediterranean Sea, Where -- Italy, Where -- France
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2834
