World of 2008 viewed from satellites

Large blocks of ice melt in Antarctica as the earth warms, the Mississippi River rises causing flooding. NASA space agency has just released photos of the world in the past year from satellites.

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January: Cold prices cover the Caspian Sea.

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February: Sandstorm in Morocco.

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March: 415 km square ice block separates from Wilkins iceberg in Antarctica and begins to melt due to the effects of global warming. Scientists warn that the glacier may disappear within the next 15 years.

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April: Tokyo is brilliant in the night.

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May: Field in Sudan.

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June: The Mississippi River section in the state of Illinois, USA, rises, causing flooding.

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July: Mind of the storm Bertha looks from the universe.

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August: Clouds fly over Central Asia.

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September: The sun in the Amazon river.

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October: America's Gulf Coast swamp is destroyed.

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November: Traces after the historic forest fire in California state.

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December: Bolivian forests are devastated, forming huge and square bare land.