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NASA Looks at the North American Monsoon
North America experiences a yearly monsoon weather system in late summer as moisture comes up from the west coast of Mexico and enters the southwestern U.S. The seasonal weather pattern brings both much of the region's precipitation but...
NASA
NASA Catches Hurricanes Jose and Maria
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission shows the rainfall distribution for two major storms churning in the Atlantic and Caribbean basins. The visualization shows Hurricane Jose as it continues to slowly move northward off...
NASA
What is GOES-R?
The GOES-R series, NOAA's next-generation geostationary weather satellites, is a game changer. These satellites will provide continuous imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s Western Hemisphere, total lightning data, and space...
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NASA | 2013 Wildfires
NASA scientist Dr. Doug Morton talks about the 2013 wildfire season as well as future trends for wildfires and how NASA resources are used to help detect and monitor wildfires around the world.
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Flying Over Hurricanes For New NASA Mission
NASA scientists are investigating key questions about hurricanes in a new mission from the skies. This August, the East Pacific Origins and Characteristics of Hurricanes, or EPOCH, mission will fly over East Pacific storms to better...
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Risk Management 101 for IT Professionals Essential Concepts - The Three Categories of Threats
This video explains the categories of threats. This clip is from the chapter "Understanding Risk" of the series "Risk Management 101 for IT Professionals: Essential Concepts".This section explains how to understand risk.
NASA
Through Smoke and Fire, NASA Searches for Answers
For years, NASA has used the vantage point of space, combined with airborne and ground-based field campaigns, to decipher the impact of fires—from first spark to final puff of smoldering smoke— and help other agencies protect life and...
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NASA Captures Hurricane Harvey's Rainfall
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory captured these images of Hurricane Harvey at 11:45 UTC and 21:25 UTC on the 27th of August nearly two days after the storm made landfall as it was meandering slowly southeast at...
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The Little Satellite That Could
The satellite was tiny, the size of a small refrigerator, only supposed to last one year and constructed and operated on a shoestring budget — yet it persisted for a total of 17 years on orbit. On March 30, 2017, the satellite was...
Science360
Passport to Discovery - Surf's Up!
Today your Passport to Discovery takes you to Oregon State University at their Wave Research Laboratory. Come learn how this facility uses two different wave making pools to recreate natural disasters and learn how NSF supports this...
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NASA | Earth's Water Cycle
Water is the fundamental ingredient for life on Earth. Looking at our Earth from space, with its vast and deep ocean, it appears as though there is an abundance of water for our use. However, only a small portion of Earth's water is...
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Aerials of aftermath, clean-up after deadly tsunami
Various of American Samoa
1. Zoom in from wide of area to cars on road
2. Various of destruction, pull out to wide of scene
3. More of destruction
4. Beach front
5. More of damage to villages
6. Coastline, zoom in
A helicopter belonging...
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Am vid of flooded street after tsunamis hit Samoas
1. Amateur video showing flooded street in aftermath of tsunami
A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early on Tuesday, flattening villages, killing at least 39...
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An impressive solar flare is heading toward Earth and could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. Forecasters say the sun erupted Tuesday evening and the effects should start smacking Earth late Wednesday night.
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Solar flare heads toward earth
CAPTION: An impressive solar flare is heading toward Earth and could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. Forecasters say the sun erupted Tuesday evening and the effects...
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NASA released video of a large solar flare that erupted February 24. Scientists say the flare was directed away from earth and should not disrupt satellites or communications.
HEADLINE Raw Video: Large solar flare erupts
CAPTION: NASA released video of a large solar flare that erupted February 24. Scientists say the flare was directed away from earth and should not disrupt satellites or communications....
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NASA observatory captures view of massive solar flare
1. Solar flare erupts from surface of Sun. REPEATS TWICE
NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory filmed images of a large solar flare on February 24 2011.
The (M3.6 rating) event is not the strongest solar flare ever recorded but was still big...
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Observatory records moment when earthquake shook northeastern Indonesia
1. Exterior of Hong Kong Observatory
2. Close-up of sign above entrance reading "Hong Kong Observatory Centenary Building"
3. Pan of drum recorder recording seismic signals
4. Close-up of drum recorder recording signals
5. Close-up of...
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SYND 06/05/1970 ICELAND'S MOUNT HEKLA HAS STARTED TO ERUPT THREATENING VILLAGES NEAR THE MOUNTAIN AND ALSO A RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANT
The largest volcanic mountain in Iceland, Hekla, erupts.
1. Aerial shot of the smoke coming from the volcano
2. WS of lava and sparks shooting up from several places on the volcano
3. Aerial shot of smoke rising from a fissure
4. WS of...
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No sign of life at dormitory, rescuers end search
1. Wide of rubble of house where a survivor was pulled out from on Tuesday
2. Mid of firemen and workers at the scene
3. Pile of rubble
4. Closer of firemen and workers talking to each other
5. Wide of rubble
6. Wide of cranes working at...
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LIB 08/12/73 LANDSLIDE ON SHANTY TOWN
Scenes in the aftermath of the collapse of a cliff onto a shanty town.
1. vs of the shanty and the cliff above and of the crumbled edge of the cliff
2. vs of people in the streets of the shanty and rescue workers digging through the...
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SYND 1-1-72 THE VILLARRICA VOLCANO ERUPTS
Houses and bridges are damaged during the eruption of the Villarrica volcano.
1. ls aerial volcano
2. ws aerial top of volcano
3. vs aerial smoke rising from fissure
4. vs aerial volcano and lava flow into sea
Film: Rev - Sound: N -...
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NOAA graphics of Pacific tsunami
Animation released on 30 September 2009
1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) animation showing the propagation of the tsunami after the earthquake
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington,...
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SYND 7 9 75 EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATION RESCUE ATTEMPTS
Lice earthquake devastation rescue attempts
1 gv pan wreckage of buildings
2 cu body
3 cu wounded man
4 ms rescuers injured people
5 mc old man
6 ms body tilt up wrecked building
7 gv injured people carried away
8 gv debris
9 ms...
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SYND 11/07/71 SCENES FROM THE AFTERMATH OF AN EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE
The aftermath scenes of the Chilean earthquake in the towns of Illapel, Llay-Llay and Valaparaiso.
1. cu sign pt Pullali (Pullalli bridge, near Illapel)
2. ms damaged Pullalli bridge pan to wrecked truck
3. ws damaged bridge
4. ms people...