Hundreds of Wildland Fires Darken Skies Over Alaska
Satellite images show smoke from hundreds of wildland fires darkening Alaskan skies. Alaskan summers are usually described as brief and mild. In the early summer…
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Heat and Fires Scorch Northern Canada: Hundreds of Fires Raging in Northwest Territories and Yukon
In early July 2022, a combination of dry weather, lightning, and unusual heat fueled hundreds of wildland fires in northern Canada. 136 fires were burning…
Exploring Earth From Space: Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, two of the Canary Islands lying in the North Atlantic Ocean, are featured in this false-color satellite image captured by the Copernicus…
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Measuring War’s Effect on a Global Breadbasket
NASA Harvest scientists use satellite observations and economic data to track how the Russia-Ukraine conflict is disrupting the global food system. When farmers in Ukraine…
Exploring Earth From Space: Patagonia and the Falkland Islands
This impressive, wide-angled view of Patagonia at the southern end of South America, as well as the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) was captured by the European…
Exploring Earth From Space: Kyiv, Ukraine
This satellite image from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Kyiv – the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. (Note that this image…
Exploring Earth From Space: Lake Balkhash – The Largest Lake in Central Asia
Lake Balkhash, the largest lake in Central Asia, is featured in this false-color satellite image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. The lake, which is…
Catastrophic Flooding in Yellowstone – Historic Destruction of Homes, Roads, and Bridges
Snowmelt and heavy rain caused historically high water in Yellowstone National Park that destroyed homes, roads, and bridges, and isolated some of the national park’s…
Exploring Earth From Space: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Part of the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, which lies along the coast of southeast Alaska, is featured in this detailed satellite image captured…
Exploring Earth From Space: City-Island-Nation of Singapore [Video]
This radar image, captured from space by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, shows us the only city-island-nation – Singapore – and one of the busiest ports…
Fire and Ice in Kamchatka: Stratovolcano in Russia’s Far East Ejects Towering Plume
Bezymianny, a stratovolcano in Russia’s Far East, ejected a towering plume that streaked the snow with dark ash. A stratovolcano, also known as a composite…
Exploring Earth From Space: Puglia, Italy [Video]
Part of Puglia, or Apulia, a region in southern Italy, is featured in this image captured from space by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Puglia is…
Traces of an Ancient Watery World in Capitol Reef Photographed From Space Station
In the Utah desert, the red rocks, cliffs, and canyons of this nautically named national park—and many of its famous fossils—owe their existence to water….
A New World Built of Sand: Some of the Largest Land Reclamation Projects on Earth
Dubai’s coast has some of the largest and most recognizable land reclamation projects on Earth. There are no other coastlines on Earth quite like the…
Exploring Earth From Space: Bonn – One of the Oldest Cities in Germany
ESA’s Living Planet Symposium – one of the largest Earth observation conferences in the world – is being held on May 23–27, 2022, in Bonn,…
Darkening Skies and Sickening People: Persistent Dust Storms Batter Iraq
At least eight major events in Iraq have darkened skies and sickened people in the past six weeks. Iraq and other countries of the Middle…
Maui’s Iconic Waves Break With the Crushing Speed of a Freight Train
When large waves break in Māʻalaea Bay, they do so with the crushing speed of a freight train. “Freight Trains” and “Jaws” may sound like…
Exploring Earth From Space: Arc de Triomphe, Paris in High Resolution
This spectacular, high-resolution image of the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, was captured by Planet SkySat – a fleet of satellites that have just joined…
