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Image of the Week Archive — June 2004
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Memorial Day 2004 Cyclone System
June 27, 2004 —
This image, acquired on Memorial Day, May 31, 2004, by the MODIS instrument onboard the Terra satellite, shows a well-defined low pressure system. The center of the system was over Wisconsin and Minnesota, not visible on this image, and was the source of . . . [continued]
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Satellite coverage and satellite orbits
June 20, 2004 —
How are Earth-observing satellite orbits selected? There are many factors that have to be taken into account, such as how close to the surface the instruments have to be to provide useful information, the type of coverage desired, the requirements for ge . . . [continued]
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Venus Transit Reduces Solar Energy Input to Earth
June 6, 2004 —
On June 8, 2004, Venus crossed between the Earth and the Sun, a "transit", for the first time since 1882. Ingress and egress times, when Venus crossed into and later exited the view of the Sun from Earth, lasted about 20 minutes, and the total time of t . . . [continued]
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