Acquired January 6, 2011, and December 12, 2010, these false-color images show the area around Goodooga, the first New South Wales community to be affected by Queensland flood waters moving south.
In June 2008, intense spring rains pushed the Iowa River over its banks in Iowa City. Though the flood had started to recede when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured the top image on June 22, the river was still swollen.
Acquired May 11, 2011, and April 21, 2007, these false-color images show the Mississippi River near Natchez, Mississippi. The image from May 2011 shows flooded conditions.