Ash from recent eruptions blackened the snow-covered flanks of the Alaskan volcano. After three years…
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The NASA Earth Observatory is a premier online platform launched by NASA in 1999 to share satellite imagery, maps, and data-driven visualizations that showcase our planet’s dynamic systems. Designed to inform the public and support educators, scientists, and policymakers, the site covers a wide range of Earth science topics including climate change, natural disasters, land use, and atmospheric conditions. With regularly updated imagery from NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites, the Earth Observatory offers compelling insights into both long-term environmental trends and real-time global events.
Observations made by NASA’s newest storm-watching satellites captured the evolution of Hurricane Adrian’s structure as…
Differences in the amount of sand cover explain the starkly contrasting colors of the Egyptian…
Smoke originating from Canadian wildfires caused historically poor air quality. The northeastern U.S. experienced another…
Fires in Quebec have delivered one of the most intense outbreaks of smoke seen in…
Decades of retreat are visible from above, but harder-to-see changes below the waterline could also…
Researchers have found that even modest amounts of desert dust can improve the health of…
One of Mexico’s most active volcanoes continues to put on a show for satellites and…
Petroglyphs, hanging gardens, and deep canyons make this remote landscape a notable part of Bears…
Paths that cut across the still-frozen Tunulliarfik Fjord in southern Greenland were likely made by…
Wet weather set the stage for prescribed burning to ramp up through April 2023 in…
The long-term trend for sea ice in the south is still flat, while the global…
Tropical Cyclone Freddy, an unusually long-lived storm, wandered in the Indian Ocean for more than…
Shadows from skyscrapers and other city buildings give the photograph a 3D look. Orbiting over…
Scientists are using satellite images to locate landslides following the powerful earthquakes that struck in…
The tropical cyclone made landfall on February 21, 2023, after traveling for more than two…
Although the outbreak of fires in early February 2023 has subsided, the burned area remained…
This winter, ice cover in the Great Lakes Basin has hovered at unusually low levels.…