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Edited Terra MODIS image (250m/pixel) of Northern California showing the various burn scars from this (and recent) years. Color/processing variant.
Image source: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144300/camp-fire-adds-an...
Original caption: The 2018 fire season in California has been record-breaking. The Mendocino Complex in July was California’s largest fire by burned area on record, destroying nearly half a million acres. The Camp Fire in November was the deadliest and most destructive in state history, completely wiping out the town of Paradise.
The image above shows the charred land—known as a burn scar—from the Camp Fire, which has destroyed more than 18,000 structures and caused at least 85 deaths. The fire, which has burned more than 153,000 acres, is now fully contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. This image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite on November 25, 2018.
The second image shows a wide view of Northern California, where burn scars from nine major 2018 fires are visible from space. The image was acquired by Terra MODIS on November 25, 2018.
“Every year, we keep hearing fires labeled as ‘the biggest’, ‘worst’, and ‘deadliest’,” said Amber Soja, a wildfire scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center. “We keep hearing that this is the ‘new normal.’ Hopefully it’s not true for long, but right now it is.”
California’s fire activity in 2018 is part of a longer trend of larger and more frequent fires in the western United States. Of the total area burned in the West since 1950, 61 percent of it has occurred in the past two decades, according to Keith Weber, GIS Director at Idaho State University and principal investigator of the NASA project RECOVER. “The 2018 fire year is going to fit right in to what's been going on the last decade or two. In fact, it might be a taller spike in the overall trend.”
High temperatures, low relative humidity, high wind speed, and scarce precipitation have increased dryness and made live and dead vegetation in western forests easier to burn. “Those fire conditions all fall under weather and climate,” said Soja. “The weather will change as Earth warms, and we’re seeing that happen.”
Soja also noted that California had a really wet winter in 2017, which helped build up grass and brush in rural and forested areas. The vegetation was an abundant fuel source as California headed into the 2018 dry season, which was exceptionally dry and lasted into late October.
As fires are becoming more numerous and frequent, NASA’s Disasters Program has been working with disaster managers to respond to the blazes. For California’s Camp Fire and Woolsey Fire, NASA scientists and satellite analysts have been producing maps and damage assessments of the burned areas, including identifying areas that will be more susceptible to landslides in the upcoming winter.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Kasha Patel.
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Edited MODIS Aqua image of the Arabian Sea part of the Indian Ocean.
Image source: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144435/watercolor-painti...
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The ocean is more than just a hue of blue; it runs a gamut of greens to grays and everything in between. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this image showing swirls of color in the Arabian Sea on November 23, 2018.
The image appears like a watercolor painting—a blend of art and science. Like a photographer adjusting lighting and using filters, Norman Kuring of NASA’s Ocean Biology group works with various software programs and color-filtering techniques to draw out the fine details in the water. The detailed swirls in the chlorophyll-rich water are all quite real; Kuring simply separates and enhances certain shades and tones in the MODIS data to make the biomass more visible.
The range of ocean colors represents various types of activity occurring in the waters. For instance, different kinds of sediment—from a variety of soils, rock types, and organic debris—can flow into the ocean and color the water many shades near the shore. Scientists use satellite imagery to monitor sediment outflow and other debris such as dissolved organic material, which can affect water quality.
Water color can also be affected by the presence of phytoplankton, plant-like organisms that serve as the center of the aquatic food web. Phytoplankton abundance depends on the availability of carbon dioxide, sunlight, and nutrients, but also other factors including water temperature, salinity, depth, wind, and abundance of animals grazing on them. When conditions are right, phytoplankton populations can grow explosively, a phenomenon known as a bloom.
Phytoplankton blooms—drawn into thin swirling ribbons by turbulent eddies—commonly occur in the Arabian Sea. In the northern Arabian Sea, phytoplankton blooms are strongly influenced by monsoon winds. Large blooms tend to occur in the summer when strong southwesterly winds blow from the ocean towards land, mixing the water. Blooms also happen in the winter when northeast winds blow offshore.
Ocean imagery by Norman Kuring, NASA’s Ocean Color web. Story by Kasha Patel.
Image from Sohrab Modi's 'Hamlet' the first Indian language Shakespeare talkie. (“Blood for blood” ) 1935. Dir: Sohrab Modi. Studio: Minerva Movietone, Stage Film.
One of 21 most wanted missing Indian cinema treasures identified by National Film Archive of India founder P K. Nair.
This image is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 It was obtained from the NFAI's archive collection in May 2014 and is reproduced and placed in the public domain by agreement with the NFAI under a legal waiver.
If you have any posters, lobby cards, song books, photographs or film prints from the last century of Indian cinema, you can donate them to the NFAI. www.nfaipune.gov.in
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On September 23, The India Project at Brookings hosted an event to preview the Modi visit and release a new Brookings policy brief "The Modi-Obama Summit: A Leadership Moment for India and the United States," The panel discussion included Tanvi Madan, fellow and director of The India Project; Joshua Meltzer, fellow with the Global Economy and Development program; and Neil Ruiz, senior policy analyst and associate fellow in the Metropolitan Policy program. William Antholis, managing director of Brookings, moderated the discussion.
The panel was followed by a featured conversation on U.S.-India relations with Rep. Eliot Engel, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, moderated by Brookings President Strobe Talbott.©Paul Morigi Photography
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi & Prime Minister of Italy, H. E. Ms. Giorgia Meloni at the Raisina Dialogue 2023
U.S. Secretary of State meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Prime Minister's Residence in New Dehli, on June 25, 2019. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]
Mr. Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, and Mr. Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Chief Minister of M.P. meeting the physically challenged persons in Kalidas Academy, Ujjain. They were in Ujjain for the Govt. of M.P. sponsored programme - Sparsh. This was the first incidence when Mr. Modi & Mr. Chauhan were together in an event in M.P.
I went there with a few physically challenged people of the ashram I currently work with, Sewa Dham Ashram.
This was a chance opportunity. I dislike Mr.Modi & his religiously coloured policies & if any opportunity presents would never vote for him but he is a Chief Minister & the opportunity to photograph two Chief Ministers & that too with such close quarters was very exciting.
I had to sit in during the speeches made by both of them & I must add that Mr. Chauhan is a much better orator but Mr. Modi created highs & lows in a sentence to emphasize his words to a good effect.
Premier Christy Clark welcomed His Excellency Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, to British Columbia. The two leaders discussed new opportunities to grow the strong cultural and commercial ties between India and BC.
Edited Terra MODIS image of smoke from a fire near Gardnerville, Nevada. Color/processing variant. Color/processing variant.
Image source: modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2020-0...
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On July 6, 2020, residents living east of Gardnerville, Nevada, noticed a robust emergency response to a small fire that had sparked in grass, brush, and pinyon juniper. Within 24 hours the explosive fire had scorched 17,296 acres and consumed one structure and 10 outbuildings. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of the Numbers Fire on July 7. Lake Tahoe sits to the northwest of the Numbers Fire.
On July 6, a private citizen posted on a Nevada wildfire Facebook page “This hot spot just erupted about 8:30 p.m. tonight…it was a small puff then grew SO fast.” Evacuations were quickly ordered for residents of Pine View Estates, Bodie Flats, Our Our Way Area, Blue Bird, and Lena Way. Route 395 was closed at Riverview and SR 208 and Pinenut was closed Arroyo that same evening. The Douglas County Department of Emergency Management notified residents that shelters were located at specific local hotels and that livestock and domestic pets would be sheltered at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.
Firefighting efforts initially centered on public safety and protection of structures and these efforts have been supported by multiple local, state, and federal fire agencies. On July 7, the Numbers fire had reached and burned into the 2,323-acre Monarch Fire that started on June 26. No additional structures were damaged on that day.
As of the morning of July 8, the Numbers Fire has consumed approximately 18,000 acres, according to InciWeb Incident Information System. It is 5 percent contained, with no injuries or additional structural damage. All evacuations are lifted with the exception of Pinenut 2 Road East of Out Our Way. Dry, breezy weather is predicted, which may aid in fire spread.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. The following request for information has been made: “Fire officials on the Numbers Fire, 10 miles southeast of Gardnerville Nevada, seek public assistance with a multi-agency investigation. Anyone traveling Hwy 395 between Ridge View and Holbrook Junction on July 6, 2020, around 6:30-7:30 p.m. Anyone with information is asked to email 2020firetips@gmail.com. All information will be kept confidential.”
The Narendra Modi Stadium, commonly known as the Motera Stadium, is a cricket stadium situated inside the Sardar Patel Sports Enclave in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. As of 2020, it is the largest cricket stadium in the world and the second largest stadium overall, with a seating capacity of 132,000 spectators.It is owned by the Gujarat Cricket Association and is a venue for Test, ODI, and T20I cricket matches.