Acquired on January 4, 2010, and December 22, 2009, these false-color images show the difference heavy rains can make on usually dry land. The image from January 2010 shows a newly created water body in New South Wales.
Acquired on December 31, 2010, and December 28, 2009, these images show part of Queensland, Australia, before and after flooding affected the state in late December 2010.
Water flowed through Australia’s Channel Country on February 18, 2009, as seasonal rivers and wetlands filled in response to seasonal rains in Australia's north.
These false-color images of southwestern Queensland on March 14, 2010 (top), February 17, 2010 (middle), and March 16, 2009 (bottom), reveal the extent of recent, severe flooding.