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September 10, 2019

NASA's MISR Observes Hurricane Dorian off the South Carolina Coast

September 10, 2019

NASA's MISR Observes Hurricane Dorian off the South Carolina Coast

NASAs MISR instrument captured this imagery over the eye of Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 5, 2019.
September 5, 2019

NASA's AIRS Displays Sulfur Dioxide Plumes After Raikoke Eruption, June 2019

September 5, 2019

NASA's AIRS Displays Sulfur Dioxide Plumes After Raikoke Eruption, June 2019

In this image from NASAs Aqua satellite, sulfur dioxide (SO2) in the volcanic plume is observed over several overpasses on July 2, 2019, days after the Raikoke volcanic eruption.
September 5, 2019

Salar de Atacama, Chile

September 5, 2019

Salar de Atacama, Chile

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Salar de Atacama (Atacama salt flats) in Chiles Atacama Desert. It receives 2 mm rain per year.
September 4, 2019

TEMPEST-D CubeSat Sees Hurricane Dorian in 3D

September 4, 2019

TEMPEST-D CubeSat Sees Hurricane Dorian in 3D

Hurricane Dorian off the coast of Florida, as seen by the small satellite TEMPEST-D at 2 a.m. EDT on Sep. 3, 2019 (11 p.m PDT on Sept. 2, 2019). The layers in the animation reveal slices of the hurricane from four depths.
September 3, 2019

Flooding from Dorian Seen from Space

September 3, 2019

Flooding from Dorian Seen from Space

NASAs ARIA team used satellite data acquired on Sept. 2, 2019, to map flooding in the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.
August 29, 2019

Small Satellite TEMPEST-D Sees Hurricane Dorian off Coast

August 29, 2019

Small Satellite TEMPEST-D Sees Hurricane Dorian off Coast

Hurricane Dorian off the coast of Puerto Rico, as seen by the small satellite TEMPEST-D on Aug. 28, 2019 (local time). The colors in the image reveal the heavy rain and moisture inside the storm.
August 29, 2019

NASA's CloudSat Images Dorian in 3D

August 29, 2019

NASA's CloudSat Images Dorian in 3D

Data from NASAs CloudSat satellite, acquired on Aug., 2019, at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT) was used to make this 3D animation of then-Tropical Storm Dorian. It shows cloud heights extending 9 miles (15 kilometers) into the atmosphere.
August 29, 2019

AIRS Measures the Clouds in Hurricane Dorian

August 29, 2019

AIRS Measures the Clouds in Hurricane Dorian

An infrared image of Hurricane Dorian, as seen by the AIRS instrument aboard NASAs Aqua satellite at 1:30 p.m. EDT (10:30 a.m. PDT) on Aug. 29, 2019.
August 23, 2019

NASA's AIRS Maps Carbon Monoxide from Brazil Fires

August 23, 2019

NASA's AIRS Maps Carbon Monoxide from Brazil Fires

This time series shows carbon monoxide associated with fires from the Amazon region in Brazil from Aug. 8-22, 2019.
August 20, 2019

Phoenix, AZ

August 20, 2019

Phoenix, AZ

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Phoenix, the capital and most populous city in Arizona.
August 20, 2019

Changes in Mass, Greenland

August 20, 2019

Changes in Mass, Greenland

NASAs GRACE-FO shows that almost all of Greenland continued to lose mass in May 2019 as the ice sheet continues to melt.
August 20, 2019

Changes in Mass, North America

August 20, 2019

Changes in Mass, North America

NASAs GRACE-FO shows North America was almost entirely above its long-term average in mass in May 2019, due to Midwestern flooding, with the runoff raising the Great Lakes to record levels.
August 8, 2019

ECOSTRESS Focuses on Costa Rican Drought

August 8, 2019

ECOSTRESS Focuses on Costa Rican Drought

This ECOSTRESS image shows plant stress in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica a few months after the onset of a major Central American drought.
August 7, 2019

Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii

August 7, 2019

Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the top of Mauna Kea Volcano, Big Island of Hawaii, where the Mauna Kea Observatories, with thirteen telescopes, are located.
July 17, 2019

Panguna Copper Deposit, Papua New Guinea

July 17, 2019

Panguna Copper Deposit, Papua New Guinea

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Panguna copper ore deposit, discovered in 1969 in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
July 12, 2019

NASA's ARIA Team Maps California Quake Damage

July 12, 2019

NASA's ARIA Team Maps California Quake Damage

NASAs ARIA team produced this map of earthquake damage in Southern California from the recent temblors in July, 2019.
July 12, 2019

NASA's AIRS Images Tropical Storm Barry Before Landfall

July 12, 2019

NASA's AIRS Images Tropical Storm Barry Before Landfall

NASAs AIRS instrument imaged Tropical Storm Barry on the afternoon of July 12, 2019, a day before the storm is expected to make landfall on the Louisiana Coast.
July 12, 2019

OCO-3's First Solar-Induced Fluorescence Measurements

July 12, 2019

OCO-3's First Solar-Induced Fluorescence Measurements

This image shows preliminary solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) measurements from OCO-3 over western Asia.
July 12, 2019

OCO-3's First CO2 Measurements

July 12, 2019

OCO-3's First CO2 Measurements

This image shows preliminary carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements from OCO-3 over the United States.
July 11, 2019

NASA Map Shows Ground Movement from California Quakes

July 11, 2019

NASA Map Shows Ground Movement from California Quakes

NASAs ARIA team used InSAR analysis of data from the ALOS-2 satellite to map how much and in what direction the ground moved following two strong Southern California earthquakes on July 4 and July 5, 2019.
July 10, 2019

MISR Where on Earth ...? MISR Mystery Image Quiz #31

July 10, 2019

MISR Where on Earth ...? MISR Mystery Image Quiz #31

Image of unknown location for the latest mystery quiz from NASAs MISR (Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer) instrument onboard the Terra satellite.
July 9, 2019

NASA's ARIA Maps Southern California Quake Damage

July 9, 2019

NASA's ARIA Maps Southern California Quake Damage

The ARIA team at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this InSAR map that shows surface displacement caused by the recent major earthquakes in Southern California.
July 2, 2019

NASA's ECOSTRESS Maps Europe Heat Wave

July 2, 2019

NASA's ECOSTRESS Maps Europe Heat Wave

ECOSTRESS, NASAs Earth-observing mission, captured these surface temperature maps of four European cities in the early mornings of June 27 and 28, 2019, during a heatwave.
July 1, 2019

Raikoke Island, Kuril Islands

July 1, 2019

Raikoke Island, Kuril Islands

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Raikoke volcanic island, near the center of the Kuril Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
June 24, 2019

Chennai, India

June 24, 2019

Chennai, India

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Chennai, Indias four major reservoirs have virtually run dry. The city has seen no rain for over six months.
June 17, 2019

Jakobshavn Glacier Grows for Third Year in a Row

June 17, 2019

Jakobshavn Glacier Grows for Third Year in a Row

These images from NASAs Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission, show the mass Greenlands Jakobshavn Glacier has gained from 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.
June 6, 2019

Mt. Etna, Italy June 4, 2019

June 6, 2019

Mt. Etna, Italy June 4, 2019

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows new fissure vents opened on the New Southeast Crater of Mt. Etna, Italy, during the most recent eruption which began May 30, 2019.
May 23, 2019

Lake St. Clair, US and Canada

May 23, 2019

Lake St. Clair, US and Canada

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Lake St. Clair connects Lake Huron, via the St. Clair River, to Lake Erie, via the Detroit River.
May 17, 2019

SMAP Sea Surface Salinity and Soil Moisture Time Lapse

May 17, 2019

SMAP Sea Surface Salinity and Soil Moisture Time Lapse

This animation shows a time lapse of sea surface salinity and soil moisture from NASAs Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite from April 2015 through February 2019.
May 16, 2019

ASTERIA Image of Los Angeles 2

May 16, 2019

ASTERIA Image of Los Angeles 2

This image of the greater Los Angeles area was taken on March 29, 2019, by ASTERIA, the Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics satellite. It shows a region of about 43.5 square miles with a resolution of about 100 feet per pixel.
May 16, 2019

ASTERIA Image of Los Angeles 1

May 16, 2019

ASTERIA Image of Los Angeles 1

This image of the greater Los Angeles area was taken on March 29, 2019 by ASTERIA, the Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics satellite. The Port of Long Beach is visible near the center of the image.
May 13, 2019

Graben on the Moon

May 13, 2019

Graben on the Moon

These graben - a kind of trench that is formed as a surface expands - were imaged near a region of the Moon called Mare Frigoris by NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

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