Projects Real-time Monitoring at Burning Man (2006-8) FEATURED ARTICLE: How wet was the Black Rock Desert this year? (2011)
| FEATURED ARTICLE: How wet was the Black Rock Desert this year? (2011) |
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ANSWERThe playa was pretty wet with water reaching the Burning Man sites as late as June 24th. To PAUSE the slide show, place the mouse on the current image. Alternately, click here to view all images in a list, download images, or view a slide show with forward/back/pause/speed controls. THE PROOFMODIS Satellite imagery overlain with the Burning Man 2006-10 sites gives some insight. This satellite imagery enhanced to detect water are shown for approximately every day of 2011 (very cloudy days have been excluded). Note, the Julian calendar measures the Nth day of each year. i.e. Day 1 = Jan 1, Day 365 = Dec 31. SEE FOR YOURSELFLive imagery can be viewed daily on the Friends of the Black Rocksite Imagery details: 250m resolution Terra bands 7-2-1, please see the Modis FAQ for more details. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ?
Please see our concerns for long-term, cumulative effects on the playa caused by increased use. Our observations from July 2011 to be posted here soon.
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