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Brush fires consumed nearly 750,000 acres across Southern California between October 21 and November 18, 2003.

These natural-color images were acquired by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) during October and November 2003.

Iceberg B-15A was the largest iceberg in the world (measuring about 11,000 square kilometers) when it broke away from Western Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000.

Large plumes of smoke rising from devastating wildfires burning near Los Angeles and San Diego on Sunday, October 26, 2003, are highlighted in this set of images from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR).

A newly-released data product from NASA's Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) is currently being examined by the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines (DNRM), Australia, with the intent of utilizing multiangle and multispectral information to assess the structural properties of vegetation and improve the mapping and monitoring of forest and woodland areas.

During the 2003 fire season, blazes in the taiga forests of Eastern Siberia were part of a vast network of fires across Siberia and the Russian Far East, northeast China and northern Mongolia.

Here's another chance to play geographical detective! This natural-color image was acquired by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) in July 2003, and represents an area of about 355 kilometers x 463 kilometers.

Cloud-top radiance and height characteristics of Hurricane Isabel are depicted in these data products and animations from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR).

The extent, height, and amount of smoke originating from the B&B Complex Fires in central Oregon are captured in these September 4, 2003 views from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR).

Strong synoptic winds usually help to disperse pollutants over the skies of Greece and the Aegean Sea during winter months, and in late summer relatively strong northly winds typically prevent significant aerosol influx from the south.

Global models of the Earth system need accurate measurements of how much solar energy is reflected and absorbed by surfaces because this energy drives processes such as plant photosynthesis, snow melt, and longwave reradiation.

During Spring 2003, students, teachers, and scientists worked side-by-side, measuring the properties of aerosols (fine particulate matter suspended in the air) over Baltimore, Maryland using hand-held instruments.

Global summaries of aerosol optical thickness from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument are now available at the NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center.

This natural-color image from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument on the Terra satellite represents an area of about 296 kilometers x 353 kilometers, and was acquired by MISR's nadir (vertical-viewing) camera sometime in 2003.

Several oil slicks occurred on Lake Maracaibo in northwestern Venezuela between December 2002 and January 2003, and were observed by various satellite instruments.

This natural-color image from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) captures the beauty of the western United States and Canada.

The height and motion of the ash and gas plume from the April 22, 2003, eruption of the Chikurachki volcano is portrayed in these views from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR).

In the boreal zone of Eurasia, particularly in the Russian Federation and northern China, the number and extent of fires have been observed to increase over the last few years.