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Tornado Hits La Plata, Maryland
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Tornado Hits La Plata, Maryland

This pair of images from the Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) shows the strip of flattened and possibly denuded vegetation left by the F4 tornado (winds from 207 to 260 miles per hour, causing “devastating damage”) that struck La Plata, Maryland on April 28, 2002.

Published May 8, 2002

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A Scarred Landscape in Oklahoma
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A Scarred Landscape in Oklahoma

The ASTER instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this wide view of the destruction wrought by the May 20, 2013, tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.

Published Jun 5, 2013

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Prospecting from Space Using ASTER
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Prospecting from Space Using ASTER

These images of the Saline Valley area, California, were acquired March 30, 2000, by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER).

Published Sep 8, 2000

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Isle of Jersey
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Isle of Jersey

Published Nov 2, 2002

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London, England
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London, England

Published Feb 11, 2003

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Three Gorges Dam, China
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Three Gorges Dam, China

Published Jul 26, 2002

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Tornado Damage near Birmingham, Alabama
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Tornado Damage near Birmingham, Alabama

Acquired May 4, 2011, this false-color image shows a tornado track near Birmingham, Alabama.

Published May 5, 2011

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