MODIS; aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite flew over Indonesia and captured this true-color image of spectacular clouds rising over the landscape.
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![Tropical Cyclone Alessia (02S) over Australia](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/MCST_Gallery/tropical_cyclone_alessia.jpg?itok=c9FYINro)
The first storm of the Australian region's cyclone season threatened Australia’s Top End in late November 2013.
![Plume from Sakura-jima, southern Japan](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/MCST_Gallery/plume_japan.jpg?itok=tEN3M-8L)
On November 23, 2013 violent eruptions shook Japan’s Sakura-jima volcano.
![Tropical Storm Issac](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/MCST_Gallery/TSIssac.jpg?itok=nDC_qzpx)
In late August 2012, Tropical Storm Isaac hovered over the Caribbean Sea, taking aim at populated areas. At 2:00 p.m. EDT on August 23, shortly after MODIS took this picture, the U.S.
![Fires and smoke in western United States](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/MCST_Gallery/ColoradoFires.jpg?itok=jEz2oEol)
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of the fires on August 13, 2012.