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GOTTA SEE THIS --SAT IMAGING, FIRES, ROCKETS of July 7/10/02
Reuters, NASA, AP, Yahoo, Other sources | 7/10/02

Posted on 07/09/2002 6:43:09 PM PDT by Diogenesis

GOTTA SEE THIS -- SATELLITE IMAGING DURING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM 7/10/02

BREAKING NEWS - The Big Picture: Fires and Rockets of July around the World and Universe


===== ROCKETS OF JULY 2002 ======

In Nizhny Tagil, 800 miles east of Moscow, a Russian-made Smerch 300 mm Multiple Launch Rocket System
fires a rocket during an exhibition 7/9/02.
Russia's weapons export agency Rosoboron unfortunately continues
to offer this and other war technology to Iran. Better get your act together, Ivan.


Kourou space base, French Guyana - European rocket Ariane 5 lifts off 7/6/02
with the European communication satellite Stellat-5
and the Japanese communication satellite N-Star-C.


Cape Canaveral, The CONTOUR probe, on a Boeing Delta 2, rockets to observe comets


To Cape Canaveral, from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base CA
the Space Shuttle Endeavour hitches a rides.


========= FIRES OF JULY ============

Northern Quebec, July 8, 2002 - ~600 brave firefighters beneath a 125-mile wide wall of smoke.
Heroes span the Northern Hemisphere fighting these disasters.


========= Rodeo-Chediski fire, Arizona =========

Rodeo-Chediski fire, Arizona. NASAs Moderate Imaging Spectro Radiometer Airborne Simulator
yields this images taken on a ER-2 from an altitude of 64,000 feet.
The colors vary between pictures in these false colored images.
Recent: Burned areas = red, bright orange = active fire. smoke = blue

7/1/02 - IR infrared image shows burned area at the top.

Very bright yellow = active fires. Clouds are pale blue.


6/28/02, satellite image Rodeo-Chediski at the western edge of Show Low, Ariz.

Dirt road runs north-south. Area to the west of the road is burned.


======== THE BIG PICTURE OF HEAT AND STORM IN THE US ===========

7/9/02: NOAA satellite shows cold front moving through the Lakes and Northeast.

Thunderstorm and secondary fire in Montana and Dakotas.

Thunderstorms over Florida and off Texas coast.


======= VIEWS BELOW THE EQUATOR ===============

Galapagos - Fuel spill off the archipelago 3/12/02


Woomera rocket range, Australia - Planned next generation Japanese supersonic (mach 2) model aircraft.


Western Pacific island of Chuuk in Micronesia - 39 people were killed, more missing, by typhoon 7/2/02



======= MEANWHILE, OUR SUN ===============

Our sun: Massive solar eruption, 30 times Earth's diameter.

7/1/02, 13:19 GMT, SOHO satellite capture the eruptive prominence, a loop of magnetic fields that trap hot gas inside.

This one missed Earth.


===== FAR AWAY IN A DIFFERENT GALAXY ===========

Horsehead Nebula, in Orion [Very Large Telescope" (VLT), Chile]


A celestial spiral galaxy [Very Large Telescope" (VLT), Chile]


Cassiopeia A: Hubble reveals 'fireworks' from remnant supernova
the light of which first reached Earth ~320 years ago.


END OF TRANSMISSION 7/10/02 .......... K


TOPICS: Canada; Extended News; News/Current Events; Russia; Technical
KEYWORDS: arizona; canaveral; chuuk; edwardsafb; frguyana; galapagos; horseheadneb; imaging; irimages; kourou; nizhnytagil; noaa; quebec; rodeochediski; satellite; smerch300mm; soho; vlt; woomera
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To: Diogenesis
We're expecting to see the typhoon shown at Chuuk (Truk) tommorrow morning here in Japan. After Chuuk, it hit Guam pretty hard, then briefly reached super typhoon strength with sustained winds of 130 kts and gusts of 160 kts.

It has since weakened, but it's still a good sized storm.
21 posted on 07/09/2002 7:16:44 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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To: Diogenesis
All I can say is WOW! Thanks so much for the ping...I might not always thank you, but your work is always appreciated.
22 posted on 07/09/2002 7:17:01 PM PDT by Pharmboy
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To: Diogenesis
Those are just plain cool!! Great pics. thanks.
23 posted on 07/09/2002 7:18:22 PM PDT by meyer
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To: Diogenesis
Your lamp never fails, Diogenesis!

Leni

24 posted on 07/09/2002 7:18:59 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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Awesome photos! Horsehead is the best. SAT image over Mass. explains why it has been so weird here lately. Sunday was yellow-gray all day and I can't imagine what it must be like to be closer (not going looking, either).
25 posted on 07/09/2002 7:21:15 PM PDT by Lady Jag
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Thanks for the ping and pictures.
26 posted on 07/09/2002 7:24:22 PM PDT by mystery-ak
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To: kayak; Diogenesis
Awesome collection! I've been offline for a week and in withdrawals...this most certainly makes up for it! Thanks for the beautiful post, Diogenesis.

Thanks for the ping, kayak! It's greatly appreciated.

27 posted on 07/09/2002 7:37:45 PM PDT by callisto
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To: Diogenesis
Spectacular.

A virtuoso performance.

28 posted on 07/09/2002 7:39:24 PM PDT by okie01
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To: Diogenesis
cool stuff bump.....
29 posted on 07/09/2002 8:09:48 PM PDT by Will_Zurmacht
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BUMP FOR SPACE R&D&Exploration

That's affirmative!
30 posted on 07/09/2002 8:12:44 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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WOW! SUPER! Speechless (don't tell Sauropod)!!!
31 posted on 07/09/2002 8:46:14 PM PDT by dixie sass
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To: Diogenesis
way cool. Thanks for the ping.
32 posted on 07/09/2002 8:47:54 PM PDT by SW6906
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To: Diogenesis
The shuttle and the jet remind me of a terrier trying to impregnate a German Shepherd.

Bear with me - it's been a while.

33 posted on 07/09/2002 9:06:28 PM PDT by 3catsanadog
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To: Diogenesis
WOW, what a thread! Thank you!
34 posted on 07/09/2002 9:32:53 PM PDT by nutmeg
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BUMP FOR SPACE R&D&Exploration

35 posted on 07/09/2002 9:37:42 PM PDT by Samwise
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Good stuff!
36 posted on 07/09/2002 9:55:47 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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"Heaven wheels above you displaying her eternal glories, yet still your eyes are on the ground." -- Dante
37 posted on 07/09/2002 10:02:50 PM PDT by Joe Brower
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To: Diogenesis
Not meaning to nit-pick, but the Horsehead Nebula is not "in a galaxy far, far away". However, since it's ~1500 light years away, one could argue that it's "A long time ago...".
38 posted on 07/09/2002 10:49:32 PM PDT by Redcloak
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Hehe...I wondered if anyone else would catch that. 1500 LY is relatively close, wonder where it is now?
39 posted on 07/10/2002 12:46:47 AM PDT by PeaceBeWithYou
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I'm not sure, but I think that its proper motion isn't all that different than ours. Thus it's still probably about where we see it now, i.e. where it was 1500 years ago.
40 posted on 07/10/2002 1:25:45 AM PDT by Redcloak
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