[nh-announce] 15 September 2017 -- Natural Hazards Updates

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day.

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-- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

FIRES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES

Smoky fires plagued the western U.S. and Canada in the summer of 2017.

    * An American Aerosol in Paris (Image from Sep 7, 2017; Posted Sep 15, 2017)

        https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90980&src=nha

-- SEA AND LAKE ICE (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

RIFT AND CALVING AT LARSEN ICE SHELF

Scientists observed the cracking and rifting of a Delaware-sized piece of an ice shelf along the Antarctic Peninsula.

    * Daylight Returns to Larsen C (Image from Sep 11, 2017; Posted Sep 14, 2017)

        https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90968&src=nha

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