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 | Like the forests of eastern North America in previous centuries, the Amazon Rainforest of South America is rapidly falling as people colonize and develop a new frontier. Where there was once no such thing as an “Amazon fire season,” fires are now widespread in the dry season as people clear forest or manage already cleared plots of crop or grazing land.
This image of Mato Grosso ... |  | 08/29/2007 | 412 | 
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 | This high-resolution satellite image shows the venue for the G8 summit being held 6-8 July 2005. The image was collected on 20 April 2005 from 681 km in space by the IKONOS satellite. |  | 10/08/2005 | 323 | 
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 | The Fourth of July, satellite image of an American flag made of flowers. The image was taken on June 30, 2002 and shows the floral flag located in Lompoc, California, midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The flag was planted by Bodger Seeds, Ltd, (www.bodger.com), as a patriotic gesture in response to the attack on America. The 6.5-acre flag measures 740 by 390 feet.
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 | South America Ozone. Conteudo de ozonio para a America do Sul. |  | 08/24/2005 | 526 | 



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 | On May 3, 2003, a group of intense supercell thunderstorms spawned multiple tornados that swept across Oklahoma and nearby states. One of the tornados touched down in the town of Moore, just south of Oklahoma City. The path of the tornado is visible in this high-resolution satellite image, acquired by the IKONOS satellite on May 10, 2003. In the center of the tornado’s swath homes were totally ... |  | 08/13/2008 | 1,174 | 



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 | GeoEye made sure to have a satellite over Washington DC today close to the time of the inauguration of President Obama. The flyover occurred at 1119 ET (about 45 minutes before the oath-taking). I first saw the image on CNN while watching the parade in front of the White House. I was a little worried about the prospects of this shot because there was some high cirrus clouds over DC today. But, ... |  | 01/21/2009 | 2,572 | 
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 | South America Soil Moisture. Umidade do solo para a America do Sul. |  | 08/23/2005 | 488 | 
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 | This is the Piri Reis Map drawn by Turkish captain Piri Reis in 1513. There is debate over whether the land to the south of the map is the south-east coast of South America, or if it is the north coast of Antarctica (which was covered by the snow cap around 10,000 years ago!). I'm resubmitting this hack with a smaller image. Should work this time round! |  | 11/29/2005 | 730 | 
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 | This one-meter resolution, color satellite image of the Lingshui military airfield on the southeastern coast of Hainan Island in the South China Sea, was collected at 10:32 a.m. local time on April 10, 2001 by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite. A US Navy plane made an emergency landing there after a mid-air collision with a Chinese fighter. The navy aircraft is clearly visible and parked on the ... |  | 10/09/2005 | 593 | 
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 | South America CO emission. Emissao de CO por queimadas e antropogenica. |  | 08/24/2005 | 533 | 



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 | Regularly updated weather satellite image from weather.com |  | 07/10/2005 | 35,779 | 
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 | South America Conective Available Potential Energy And Precipitable Water by COLA/IGES |  | 08/12/2005 | 712 | 



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