Tropical Cyclone Muifa NASA Satellite Image August 4, 2011



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Captured in the NASA LANCE satellite monitoring system is Tropical Cyclone Muifa south of the country of Japan. Taken on August 4th 2011 at 2:15 UTC, Tropical Cyclon Muifa was recorded with as Very Strong in intensitty. The cyclone has appeared to be weakening as the weather system nears land. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the Tropical Cylone Muifa will mostly miss Japan but could make landfall near Shanghai, China. 

NASA Satellite Image of Hurricane Eugene August 3rd 2011



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While Hurricane Emily has gathered in the United State's Atlantic Ocean side, another Hurricane is gathering up strength on the Pacific Ocean. Hurricane Eugene captured on the NASA Rapid Response satellite network, the image above was captured at 18:05 UTC (1:05 PM Eastern Time). Near the time of the image, Hurricane Eugene was measured with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour according to the National Weather Service's National Hurricane Center. 

August 3rd shot of Hurricane Emily from NASA Satellite






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Through an image taken from the NASA Terra satellite, Hurricane Emily is shown as a massive formation preparing to bear down on the Greater Antilles islands. Recorded Wednesday at 14:45 to 14:50 UTC (9:45 to 9:50 AM Eastern time) within the NASA's Lesser Antilles region.

NASA Image Showing Smoke Plumes Over Upper Great Slave Lake July 27th 2011

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NASA AERONET satellite image from July 27th 2011 shows smoke plumes in the middle of Canada's Northwest Territories. The fires appear in a region within the upper part of Great Slave Lake inside the Northwest Territories below Artillery Lake. Largest plume of smoke and/or fire is roughly 300 kilometers east of Yellowknife. Historic Fort Reliance is about 30 kilometers between both a larger and smaller plumes.

Fires in Northern Ontario from NASA Satellite July 19, 2011



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NASA MODIS Satellite Image of Fort McMurray Fires May 31, 2011

The image over upper Alberta and Saskatchewan taken by the NASA MODIS in Aqua view. I apologize that the location marker placements are not completely to scale but the representation shows the fires north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as if May 31st 2011.

Total Lunar Eclipse Summary

Greetings:

During the early morning of December 21st 2010, thanks to a near perfect night time sky. I decided to observe the total lunar eclipse over North America. In order to share the experience, I've taken pictures of the moon transitioning through several stage. Using a digital camera with a generous optical zoom lens, the pictures still observes the moon from a distance even as the zoom setting is maximized. For that, please accept my apologies ahead of time for the inconsistency in the image quality. Because I was operating at the end of my camera's zoom lens and most of the pictures were taken on a very slow twilight setting, a quantity of the shots have resulted as blurry.

While I've taken over 100 images, the images being shared in this blog represents some of the better and most significant shots.

Thank you for viewing and I sincerely wish these shots of the total lunar eclipse will be appreciated.