Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite.

Floods Surround Bangkok : Natural Hazards

earthobservatory.nasa.gov 09 Nov '11, 1pm

Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite.

View Image Comparison View Both Images On November 7, 2011, floods surrounded two industrial estates east of Bangkok, Reuters reported. On November 9 (November 8 in the United States), Bangkok Post described desperate attempts by officials to protect the heart of Bangkok from floods as the director of the flood relief operations command warned that more water threatened to flow into the city. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured these images on November 8, 2011 (top), and November 13, 2008 (bottom). These images use a combination of visible and infrared light to better distinguish between water and land. Water ranges in color from electric blue to navy. Vegetation is green. Bare ground and urban areas are earth-toned. Clouds are pale blue-green. The image from 2008 shows relatively normal conditions in which the Chao ...

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Jason Ling

09 Nov '11, 4pm
@RichardBarrow check this out - more cool NASA imagery
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@pbjpaulito » 12 Nov '11, 4pm
RT @CrisisMappers: Imagery Before & After: Floods Surround #Bangkok (as of 11/8/11) [link] ht @NASA #ThaiFloods #Thailand
@CrisisMappers » 12 Nov '11, 4pm
Imagery Before & After: Floods Surround #Bangkok (as of 11/8/11) [link] ht @NASA #ThaiFloods #Thailand
@RGMontgomery » 11 Nov '11, 7am
much as I like to think this flood may be over, this image from 2 days ago suggests otherwise [link] #thaifloodeng
@KOGEN_twt » 10 Nov '11, 6am
タイな話、チト、たいむりー。水没な様子を、上から目線で。規模、デカすぎ。血管みたいな模様は高台かナ？首都高ではないハズ(*_*) RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand... [link]
@fishmyman » 10 Nov '11, 4am
Floods Surround Bangkok [link] via @zite
@TJmini14 » 09 Nov '11, 6pm
Will Bangkok become the modern day Atlantis on 11/11/11. [link]
@fvjmac » 09 Nov '11, 5pm
バンコク周辺のみ切り取りました…。オリジナルの高解像度はこちらから…。＞NASA　Floods Surround Bangkok : Natural Hazards [link] [link]
@fvjmac » 09 Nov '11, 5pm
　今のペースだと、これ、全部排水する前に、また雨期が来そうな嫌な予感…？　　＜Floods Surround Bangkok : Natural Hazards [link]
@korecho_dai » 09 Nov '11, 4pm
By November 8, floods had been slowly encroaching on the Bangkok, just north of the Gulf of Thailand, for three weeks. [link]
@fvjmac » 09 Nov '11, 4pm
NASA最新衛星画像　高解像度版リンクあり。唖然とするほかないけど…。　＜Floods Surround Bangkok : Natural Hazards [link]
@edwarelearning » 15 Nov '11, 9am
Floods Surround Bangkok in Thailand. [link]
@Triphackr » 14 Nov '11, 4am
RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
@nordicgeo » 12 Nov '11, 4pm
RT @CrisisMappers: Imagery Before & After: Floods Surround #Bangkok (as of 11/8/11) [link] ht @NASA #ThaiFloods #Thailand
@lindaconstant » 11 Nov '11, 7am
RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
@willoxh » 11 Nov '11, 6am
Floods Surround Bangkok [link]
@JAGARAK » 10 Nov '11, 7am
RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
@cherryhihi » 10 Nov '11, 4am
RT @RichardBarrow: Latest images from NASA of the floods in Thailand: [link] /via @JasonLingX #ThaiFloodEng
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RT @RichardBarrow: Latest images from NASA of the floods in Thailand: [link] /via @JasonLingX #ThaiFloodEng
@Ilya_Makar » 10 Nov '11, 3am
RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
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RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
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RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
@kanzaki_sumire » 10 Nov '11, 1am
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@robinyatesph » 10 Nov '11, 1am
RT @RichardBarrow: Latest images from NASA of the floods in Thailand: [link] /via @JasonLingX #ThaiFloodEng
@BinEing » 10 Nov '11, 12am
RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
@AM_Thailand » 09 Nov '11, 11pm
RT @RichardBarrow: Latest images from NASA of the floods in Thailand: [link] /via @JasonLingX #ThaiFloodEng
@aisuru113 » 09 Nov '11, 11pm
RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
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@saekhow » 09 Nov '11, 9pm
RT @RichardBarrow: Latest images from NASA of the floods in Thailand: [link] /via @JasonLingX #ThaiFloodEng
@tajiabu » 09 Nov '11, 9pm
RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
@masabbir » 09 Nov '11, 8pm
RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
@AmrDiab_z » 09 Nov '11, 7pm
Latest images from NASA of the floods in Thailand: [link]
@JimBobert » 09 Nov '11, 7pm
RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
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RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
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Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link] (via @NASA)
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@itsaion » 09 Nov '11, 5pm
RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
@ThaiFloodRelief » 09 Nov '11, 5pm
RT @RichardBarrow: Latest images from NASA of the floods in Thailand: [link] /via @JasonLingX #ThaiFloodEng
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RT @RichardBarrow: Latest images from NASA of the floods in Thailand: [link] /via @JasonLingX #ThaiFloodEng
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RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
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RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
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RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
@idiotninja24 » 09 Nov '11, 4pm
RT @RichardBarrow: Latest images from NASA of the floods in Thailand: [link] /via @JasonLingX #ThaiFloodEng
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RT @RichardBarrow: Latest images from NASA of the floods in Thailand: [link] /via @JasonLingX #ThaiFloodEng
@bogomite » 09 Nov '11, 4pm
RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
@johnbollwitt » 09 Nov '11, 4pm
RT @NASA: Flood waters surround Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. [link]
@BryanHarwich » 09 Nov '11, 4pm
RT @RichardBarrow: Latest images from NASA of the floods in Thailand: [link] /via @JasonLingX #ThaiFloodEng