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September 13, 2002

Canada:  Prairie Drought Slashes Production

False-color Landsat7 Satellite Image - Kelvington, Saskatchewan

Fields are sparsely vegetated in this area of Saskatchewan.  Normal small grain fields would appear solid red, and normal canola fields would be solid purple.

Vegetation is sparse because of drought.
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