[nh-announce] 21 December 2017 -- Natural Hazards Updates

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The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day.
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-- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
Smoky wildfires plagued the western U.S. and Canada in the summer and autumn of 2017.

    * California's December Inferno (Image from Dec 18, 2017; Posted Dec 20, 2017)
        https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91466&src=nha


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

GROWING RIFT ON PINE ISLAND GLACIER
As the summer of 2017 came to an end, a rift grew on Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier.

    * Pine Island Iceberg Under the Midnight Sun (Image from Dec 15, 2017; Posted Dec 21, 2017)
        https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91470&src=nha



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