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Drilling rig fire south of the Louisiana coast
The shallow-water natural gas drilling rig Hercules 265 (located in about 150 feet of water, 55 miles off the coast of Louisiana) caught fire late in the evening on 23 July 2013. This fire event was captured by polar orbiting satellites with VIIRS, MODIS, and AVHRR instruments (above) and also... Read More
Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) in southern California
A comparison of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 µm Day/Night Band and 11.45 µm IR channel data (above) showed a large mesoscale convective system in southwestern Arizona at 08:40 UTC or 2:40 am local time on 20 July 2013. With ample... Read More
Train derailment fire in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
A large fire resulted from a train derailment in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec at around 05:15 UTC (1:15 AM local time) on 06 July 2013. According to the TSB investigation report and a CBC news story, the 72 rail cars were... Read More