Heatwave in Northern Africa and Southern Europe
Heatwave in Northern Africa and Southern Europe
25 July 2005
Already in the throes of severe drought, Spain and Portugal endured scorching temperatures in July. The high temperatures extended around the Mediterranean to Northern Africa, where 13 died of sunstroke inAlgeria.
TERRA
12 – 19 July 2005 
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(source: EarthObservatory)
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite recorded these high temperatures between July 12 and July 19, 2005. The western Mediterranean is surrounded by the warm yellow and pink tones that denote hightemperatures. The colours in this image reflect the temperature of the ground, not the air. Because the land tends to retain more heat than the air, ground temperatures are slightly warmer than the air temperatures measured by weatherthermometers.
