Satellite imagery and local data helped researchers assess how landscape features, such as watering holes…
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.
Captured from the International Space Station, a nighttime photograph reveals the vibrant city lights of…
After a brutally hot summer in 2023 that caused widespread bleaching and coral death, summer…
The “Taieri Pet,” an elongated lenticular cloud, is a striking natural phenomenon in New Zealand’s…
Under the cloak of darkness, Iceberg A-83 wiggled away from glue-like sea ice and drifted…
Intense Blazes Supercharged Afternoon Convective Clouds Over Southern California Southern California witnessed the formation of…
An astronaut captured a striking image of the Korean Peninsula from the International Space Station,…
China’s capital city boasts a diversity of structures, from its historic city center to the…
Columbia Glacier’s Main Branch pulled away from a stabilizing rocky outcrop, while melting along the…
Drought has amplified fire activity across the South American continent, contributing to exceptionally high carbon…
Algal communities flourish in Lake Erie’s western basin each summer. Scientists are looking to new…
This is the second installment of a two-part series about the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.…
It took feats of engineering and deft piloting to map the planet’s topography, an achievement…
Burning for weeks, the Wapiti and Middle Fork Complex fires have charred tens of thousands…
Rare warming events occurred over Antarctica as the polar vortex elongated and weakened. The Antarctic…
In early August 2024, southern Alaska was struck by an atmospheric river that triggered a…
The history of Labor Day is closely tied to New Jersey, where key figures like…
Satellites observed Saharan dust moving from Morocco across the Atlantic, highlighting the Sahara’s role as…