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March 2008

Photo credit: NASA Mount Etna erupting on the island of Sicily in October 2002.

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February 2008

Photo credit: H. D. Chadwick San Francisco, California's Mission District burning in the aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.

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January 2008

Photo credit: NOAA Wreckage covering the city of Galveston, Texas in the wake of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900.

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December 2007

275px Photo credit: NASA NASA MODIS satellite photo from October 24, 2007, showing the active fire zones and smoke plumes from the California wildfires.

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November 2007

Photo credit: NASA The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this photo-like image of Tropical Storm Noel as the storm passed over the Bahamas Islands on November 1, 2007, at 2:15 p.m., local time.

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October 2007

Photo credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration This picture shows the EF4 damage in the foreground at Waterford Square Apartments in Huntsville, Alabama during the November 1989 Tornado Outbreak.

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September 2007

SUBPAGENAME}}]] August 2007 Photo credit: John McColgan, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska Fire Service The Elk Bath picture was taken by the Alaskan Type I Incident Management Team on August 6, 2000 on the East Fork of the Bitterroot River on the Sula Complex. July 2007 Photo credit: 19th century artist John R Chapin. An artist's rendering of the The Great Chicago Fire in Chicago in Flames — The Rush for Lives Over Randolph Street Bridge by John R Chapin. June 2007 Photo credit: Corporal Alicia M. Garcia, United States Marine Corps A massive sand storm cloud is close to enveloping a military camp as it rolls over Al Asad, Iraq, just before nightfall on April 27, 2005. May 2007 Photo credit: Corporal Alicia M. Garcia, United States Marine Corps A massive sand storm cloud is close to enveloping a military camp as it rolls over Al Asad, Iraq, just before nightfall on April 27, 2005. April 2007 Photo credit: Corporal Alicia M. Garcia, United States Marine Corps A massive sand storm cloud is close to enveloping a military camp as it rolls over Al Asad, Iraq, just before nightfall on April 27, 2005. March 2007 Photo credit: Corporal Alicia M. Garcia, United States Marine Corps A massive sand storm cloud is close to enveloping a military camp as it rolls over Al Asad, Iraq, just before nightfall on April 27, 2005. February 2007 320px Photo credit: Maveric149 and Fir0002 The picture shows Mount St. Helens from Monitor Ridge showing the cone of devastation, the huge crater open to the north, and the post-eruption lava dome inside it. The small photo on the left was taken from Spirit Lake before the eruption and the small photo on the right was taken after the eruption from approximately the same place. Spirit Lake can also be seen in the larger image, as well as two other Cascade volcanos. view - talk - history January 2007 Photo credit: NASA Cyclone Catarina was an extremely rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone. Catarina hit southeastern Brazil in late March of 2004, and though not the first southern Atlantic tropical cyclone, it was the first positively identified hurricane-strength system in the basin. The storm killed at least 3 people and caused an estimated $350 million (2004 US dollars, $359.45 million 2005 USD) in damages. view - talk - history November 2006 The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck at 5:12am on Wednesday, April 18, 1906 with a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.8. The mainshock epicenter occurred offshore about 2 miles from the city along the San Andreas Fault. The earthquake and resulting fire would be remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States. This panorama of the city was taken in May 1906 by the Lawrence Captive Airship, 2000 feet (606 m) above San Francisco Bay overlooking the waterfront with sunset over the Golden Gate. Photo credit: George R. Lawrence Co. ...Archive Suggest... view - talk - history October 2006 A waterspout off the Florida Keys. Photo credit: Manchot ...Archive Suggest... view - talk - history