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Do you recognize this area? If so, you might be a Star Trek fan! 🖖 This @NASA satellite image shows Vasquez Rocks Natural Area in Southern California. Multiple Star Trek scenes were filmed here, including an iconic battle between Captain James T. Kirk and a reptilian alien.
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NASA studies air pollution around the world to better understand what’s in the air and what it can mean for human health. #CleanAirDay
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Clean air matters for everyone. 🌎 With missions like TEMPO, NASA helps track air quality across North America, helping communities plan for a healthier future. #CleanAirDay Learn more: go.nasa.gov/4m3UQ3d
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Fires are smoldering in Indonesia, which is in a severe and widespread drought. Some of these are tropical peatland fires, which burn slowly, release higher amounts of air pollution, and are notoriously difficult to extinguish.
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Puerto Rico’s wet season usually begins in May, but rainfall has been low this year. By late August, drought had spread across much of Puerto Rico, contributing to water shortages and rationing in some areas. NASA data is helping scientists track drought conditions.
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Sep 2
From Texas to Maine, coastal wetlands and marshes are releasing over 1.45 billion pounds of carbon into the ocean each year. The finding comes from a study analyzing Landsat images and @USGS elevation data to track marsh loss in the area from 1985-2022. go.nasa.gov/3UxjvVD
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