The winding Mississippi River historically has been used to define many state lines in the…
Browsing: NASA Earth Observatory
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.
Each summer, parts of the Arctic Ocean and peripheral seas lose their ice cover and…
You may not be able to travel to Jezero Crater on Mars, but you can…
In 400 BC, the renowned Greek physician Hippocrates offered the earliest known account of a…
Rainfall that accompanies Asia’s summer monsoon plays an important role in the region’s economy by…
In July 2020, the Eastern Pacific experienced its first major hurricane of the year. After…
Since the start of Asia’s summer monsoon season on June 1, 2020, excessive rainfall has…
Less than two months into hurricane season, the Atlantic basin has already produced six named…
On July 17, 2020, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this natural-color…
Look up toward the stars this month, and you just might spot the brightest comet…
When the usually chilly Great Lakes feel like bath water, you know it has been…
In southern South America, clouds often rule the skies. But in June 2020, just the…
Every summer in the Northern Hemisphere, electric blue streaks form high in the atmosphere. These…
A young volcanic island has been growing in the western Pacific Ocean since 2013. Since…
Winds routinely drive clouds of Saharan dust out of West Africa and across the Atlantic…
Moving at eight kilometers (five miles) per second, the International Space Station (ISS) circles our…
The 2019-20 winter in Europe was the warmest on record, with little snow. The spring…
A day after the summer solstice, a new Moon passed in front of the Sun…