Illuminating Athens, Greece: Nighttime Wonders From Space
Stark contrasts between light and dark indicate the interface between urban and natural areas in the Greek capital. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station…
Stark contrasts between light and dark indicate the interface between urban and natural areas in the Greek capital. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station…
In ancient Greek and Roman times, the lush emerald isle of Ireland was called out for its long frosty seasons. The term Hibernophile may conjure…
The Alaskan stratovolcano has not come to life in thousands of years. Frosty is a stratovolcano located in Alaska’s Aleutian Island chain. Although the volcano…
The name “icicle” frequently shows up in and around the Bavarian-inspired town of Leavenworth in Washington state. Winter-like names are abundant in and around Leavenworth,…
Outbursts from Glacial Lake Missoula carved the Channeled Scablands in Washington state. In southeastern Washington state, neat grids of farmland stretch for miles across gently…
Two years after the eruption of Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands, some roads have been reconstructed. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS)…
After weeks of warnings, a new fissure has opened on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland. The waiting is over. After weeks of ominous earthquake…
A spate of solar activity produced widespread auroras across Canada. A flurry of solar activity in mid-December 2023 sent energized particles crashing into Earth’s magnetosphere,…
The first storm of the Australian tropical cyclone season aimed for Port Douglas. The 2023 tropical cyclone season in the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific oceans…
A warm, moisture-laden weather system soaked western Washington and Oregon. A powerful atmospheric river streamed toward the U.S. Pacific Northwest in early December 2023. The…
This small, unimposing volcano between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra has a destructive past. Anak Krakatau is a small, unimposing volcanic island between…
Stuck on the seafloor for decades, Iceberg A-23A now freely drifts northward toward warmer, iceberg-destroying waters. For decades, Iceberg A-23A sat quietly, out of sight,…
Erta Ale, in the East African Rift, is Ethiopia’s most active volcano. The heat is always on at Erta Ale volcano in Ethiopia. In East…
Fluid dynamics put on a spectacular show around Norway’s remote Bear Island. Theodore von Kármán, a Hungarian-American physicist, is well-known within NASA for helping found…
Heavy rainfall in the Horn of Africa submerged entire towns in floodwater. Heavy rainfall led to extensive flooding in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya in October…
The fiery and icy upper reaches of the Antarctic volcano pierced through a canopy of clouds. On a late spring day in 2023, the summit…
An unexpected color palette reveals the features of an iconic glacial landscape in southeastern Alaska. To human eyes, glacial ice typically looks white tinged with…
Ice cores and satellite images are helping preserve the history of a disappearing ice cap in the Peruvian Andes. The Quelccaya Ice Cap rests on…