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"Terra at Ten" highlights the stunning images and unique insights into our planet the mission has provided over the past decade.

Terra
Terra is a multi-national, multi-disciplinary mission involving partnerships with the aerospace agencies of Canada and Japan. Managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the mission also receives key contributions from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Langley Research Center. Terra is an important part of NASA’s Science Mission, helping us better understand and protect our home planet.

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Flooding in Tanzania

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By mid-January 2010, several weeks of heavy rain had destroyed homes, crops, pastures, roads, and bridges in Tanzania. The heavy rains had affected an estimated 40,000 people, many of whom lost their homes, and academic terms had to be delayed as displaced residents sought shelter in schoolhouses, according to news reports.

The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured these false-color images on January 15, 2010 (top), and January 21, 2003 (bottom). In these images, red indicates vegetation, and croplands appear as rectangles of red or gray. In both images, white clouds cast their shadows onto the land surface below. Pale brown indicates muddy water, which is prominent in the image from January 2010. Acquired at the same time of year, these images show the dramatic impact of heavy rains that pushed rivers over their banks and onto nearby floodplains in 2010.

This image shows an area in north-central Tanzania, at approximately 6.43 degrees south and 37.61 degrees east. Some of the hardest hit residents lived in central and southern Tanzania.

References

Afrique en ligne. (2010. January 14). U.S. provides relief for flood victims in Tanzania. Accessed January 19, 2010.
BBC. (2010, January 11). Tanzania school term delayed by flood displaced. Accessed January 19, 2010.

NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Michon Scott.

Status Update
August 17 - 23, 2007

(Last Updated 24 August 2007)

Podcasts
Terra Podcasts are courtesy of EarthSky.org.

Wayne Esaias on honeybee behavior
6/29/2009
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Jeff Key connects polar winds with your local weather
8/10/2009
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