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    July 9, 2012

    The Fontenelle Fire began in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest on June 24. When NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite took this image on July 4, the wildfire, which had already burned 57,324 acres, was 16 percent contained and moving northeast. The image of the burn scar reveals the breadth of the damage and shows smoke from the flames.

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    In this image of the Fontanelle Fire burn scar, the charred forest is shown in red while unburned forest is green.

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    Tropical Storm Debby wreaked havoc in late June, dumping heavy rain over the southeastern U.S. On June 25, NASA's Terra satellite caught this image of the expansive storm clouds covering the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and southern Georgia.

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    On June 25, NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of a Sahara dust storm over northwest Africa and the Mediterranean Sea.

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    Flooding of India's Brahmaputra River and its tributaries caused more than 70 deaths early this summer. NASA's Aqua satellite captured images of the river before and after its swelling. At left is the river on June 18, next to a shot from July 2.

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    Between June 23 and July 5, the Waldo Canyon Fire burned 18,247 acres just west of Colorado Springs, Colo. NASA's Terra satellite took this shot (which depicts the damage in dark brown) on July 4, when the fire was 90-percent contained.

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    Africa's Mount Nyiragongo has been emitting ash plumes this month reaching an altitude of 18,000 feet, 6,500 feet above the volcano's summit. The unusual energy was caught on NASA's Aqua satellite on July 5, when the plume was visible flowing south from Nyamuragira.

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    In late June, fires in eastern Spain forced about 3,000 residents to evacuate. NASA's Aqua satellite caught an image of the smoke on June 30.

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    Italy's Mount Etna erupted April 24, but the volcano's smoke was still visible from space two months later. The northeast crater has been emitting a steady stream of gases, and NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite snapped a shot on June 26.