NASA's Terra Spacecraft Sees Thailand Flooding Size:14" x 20" Showing train station with clock

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NASA's Terra Spacecraft Sees Thailand Flooding Size:14" x 20" Showing train station with clockSince July 2011, heavy monsoon rains in southeast Asia have resulted in catastrophic flooding. In Thailand, about one third of all provinces are affected. On Oct. 23, 2011, when this image from ASTER, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft was acquired, flood waters were approaching the capital city of Bangkok as the Ayutthaya River overflowed its banks. In this image, vegetation is