Outback Queensland has been transformed by recent wet weather. 9News
NASA has captured a photo of sediment which has eroded from the crater caused by a giant comet which wiped out almost all life on the planet over 66 million years ago.
The impact was catastrophic and triggered tsunamis, started wildfires, and sent a cloud of ash and dust around the globe, blocking the Sun, and cooling the climate. "These fires were occurring at the end of Australia's hottest and driest year on record, and towards the end of a multi-year drought," Ben Domensino from Weatherzone said.La Niña caused heavier rainfall across Australia both last summer and this spring, leading to changes in the landscape."This rain has been underpinned by a La Niña last summer and another La Niña-like pattern in the Pacific Ocean this spring.
Landsat 9 works together with the similar Landsat 8, which launched in 2013, to photograph the entire Earth once every eight days.
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