Heat Wave: What Happens in Vegas Ain't Stayin' in Vegas
Last night I was trying to figure out how to use remote sensing imagery to depict the broiling heat wave that has settled in over the Southwestern United States and is beginning to bulge outward like a blob of magma. So I did what I often do: I explored the latest composite images from NASA's dynamic duo of satellites: Terra and Aqua.
The image above is what I came up with: a portion of Terra's June 26th composite view, which takes in part of the Pacific Ocean and much of the West stretc