Towering Brandberg: Stunning View of “Burning Mountain” of Granite Captured From Space
This reddish “burning mountain” of granite is the highest point in Namibia. This photograph, taken by a crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS),…
This reddish “burning mountain” of granite is the highest point in Namibia. This photograph, taken by a crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS),…
Images spanning four decades show how buildings and blacktop have spread into Ireland’s countryside. Dublin is the social and economic heart of Ireland. About 40…
Lights, snow, and clouds brighten this wintery scene of Earth’s northern latitudes. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photo of eastern Canada….
The large coral islands off the African coast are home to giant tortoises and unique birdlife. Aldabra Atoll in the Indian Ocean is one of…
Some of the world’s largest deposits of this useful metal lie in the high plains of the Central Andes. Some of the largest known deposits…
A Landsat satellite acquired this image of discolored water drifting from the active underwater volcano. Kavachi is one of the most active submarine volcanoes in…
This wide-angle photo offers the feeling of looking out over the Persian Gulf from an altitude of about 250 miles. An astronaut aboard the International…
A volcano on Fernandina, an uninhabited island dense with wildlife, is lighting up the night sky with the glow of lava. Fernandina, the youngest of…
The large reservoir in Catalonia shrank to 1 percent of capacity in March 2024. Three subsequent years of record low precipitation have taken a toll…
Ranchers in the Texas Panhandle recently faced a fire that charred more than 1 million acres. The Texas Panhandle is a sparsely populated region of…
Huge understory fires are spreading throughout the state in northern Brazil as drought and heat turn the rainforest into tinder. Roraima—Brazil’s northernmost state—has a wet…
The surface melting of a high-elevation glacier in the Alps has rendered it unusable for scientific research. Glaciers are natural archives of past climate. In…
The future site of Indonesia’s new capital saw rapid change between 2022 and 2024. Since the summer of 2022, the jungles of eastern Borneo have…
Lakes and lava flows fill the depression atop this geologically young stratovolcano in eastern Türkiye. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this photo…
New research shows that while some Antarctic ice shelves have been thinning since at least the 1970s, widespread thinning accelerated in the 1990s. For many…
Refreshed by precipitation from an atmospheric river, a temporary lake in Death Valley is extending its stay. An ephemeral lake in Death Valley’s Badwater Basin…
Alaska’s Columbia Glacier has significantly retreated over 20 km since the 1980s, with climate change being a major factor. Satellite imagery from 2023 highlights the…
Highlighting Dubai’s development and artificial islands, a false-color Sentinel-2 image reveals the city’s rapid urban expansion and distinctive coastal features, including the Palm Islands and…