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June 14, 2018

NASA Damage Map Shows Effects of Destructive Guatemala Volcano Eruption

June 14, 2018

NASA Damage Map Shows Effects of Destructive Guatemala Volcano Eruption

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas around Fuego volcano, Guatemala, that are likely damaged as a result of pyroclastic flows and heavy ash spewed by Fuego volcano.
June 11, 2018

Recently Launched Twin Satellites Create 'The Himalaya Plot'

June 11, 2018

Recently Launched Twin Satellites Create 'The Himalaya Plot'

Along NASA's GRACE-FO satellites' ground track (top), the inter-spacecraft distance between them changes as the mass distribution underneath (i.e., from mountains, etc.) varies.
June 6, 2018

Downwelling Kelvin Wave in the Pacific

June 6, 2018

Downwelling Kelvin Wave in the Pacific

This image from the U.S./European Jason-3 satellite shows a comparison of sea surface height with respect to the seasonal cycle and the long-term trend between April 9 and May 9, 2018.
May 25, 2018

Tristan da Cunha Island

May 25, 2018

Tristan da Cunha Island

Tristan da Cunha is both a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic, and the main island. It is the most remote inhabited island group in the world. This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft was acquired was acquired October 7, 2017.
May 24, 2018

New Image of Kilauea's Lava Flows taken by NASA Spacecraft

May 24, 2018

New Image of Kilauea's Lava Flows taken by NASA Spacecraft

Hawaii's Kilauea's eruption, which began three weeks ago, has produced new lava flows that reached the ocean. NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image on May 22, 2018.
May 15, 2018

First Image from MarCO-B

May 15, 2018

First Image from MarCO-B

The is the first image captured by one of NASA's Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats showing both the CubeSat's unfolded high-gain antenna at right and the Earth and its moon in the center, acquired by MarCO-B on May 9, 2018.
May 9, 2018

Ash from Kilauea Eruption Viewed by NASA's MISR

May 9, 2018

Ash from Kilauea Eruption Viewed by NASA's MISR

On May 6, 2018, NASA's Terra satellite captured this view the eruption of the Kilauea volcano as it passed overhead. Much of Hawaii was shrouded by clouds, including the fissure on its eastern point. A plume is visible streaming southwest over the ocean.
May 7, 2018

Satellite View of Kilauea Eruption

May 7, 2018

Satellite View of Kilauea Eruption

This image from NASA's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft show recent eruptions of Kilauea volcano on the island of Hawaii (the Big Island).
May 3, 2018

Tsugaru Iwaki Skyline, Japan

May 3, 2018

Tsugaru Iwaki Skyline, Japan

The Tsugaru Iwaki Skyline is a toll road in northern Japan, which partially ascends Mount Iwaki stratovolcano, and is notable for its steep gradient and 69 hairpin turns. This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft was acquired May 26, 2015.
May 2, 2018

Tinder Fire in Arizona Viewed by NASA's MISR

May 2, 2018

Tinder Fire in Arizona Viewed by NASA's MISR

On April 30, 2018, NASA's Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) captured imagery of the plume top over the active Tinder Fire as it passed overhead on NASA's Terra satellite. The fires ignited in eastern Arizona near the Blue Ridge Reservoir.
April 13, 2018

Loktak Lake, India

April 13, 2018

Loktak Lake, India

Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northeast India, and is famous for the floating 'phudmis,' masses of vegetation, soil and organic material. This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft was acquired March 19, 2018.
April 12, 2018

Turkish Fault Reveals Seismic Steadiness

April 12, 2018

Turkish Fault Reveals Seismic Steadiness

This image shows strain rates on the North Anatolian Fault in Turkey along the east-to-west sequence of earthquakes since 1939. Tectonic strain builds up along this fault -- one of the worlds most deadly earthquake zones -- at a remarkably steady rate.
March 26, 2018

Khurdopin Glacier, Pakistan

March 26, 2018

Khurdopin Glacier, Pakistan

This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Khurdopin Glacier in Pakistan. A large lake has formed in the Shimshal River, where the glacier has formed a dam.
March 19, 2018

The Other Side of the Vortex

March 19, 2018

The Other Side of the Vortex

When the polar vortex dips south it often makes headlines. This map created by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite shows warmer-than-normal temperatures colored in red and below average temperatures colored in blue.
March 15, 2018

Mapping the Extent of California's Deadly Jan. 2018 Mudflows

March 15, 2018

Mapping the Extent of California's Deadly Jan. 2018 Mudflows

JPL investigators used optical images acquired by Planet Labs' dove satellite constellation to map the spatial extent of the Montecito mudflows that occurred on Jan. 9, 2018, east of Santa Barbara, California.
February 22, 2018

Jebels Awenat and Arkenu, Libya

February 22, 2018

Jebels Awenat and Arkenu, Libya

In the far southeast corner of Libya, in the Libyan Desert, lie the uplifted massifs of Jebel Awenat and Jebel Arkenu. Both expose ancient Precambrian rocks. These images from NASA's Terra spacecraft were acquired July 19, 2012, and July 31, 2013.
February 22, 2018

NASA's ARIA Project Generates New Satellite-Derived Map of Ground Deformation from Latest Mexico Quake

February 22, 2018

NASA's ARIA Project Generates New Satellite-Derived Map of Ground Deformation from Latest Mexico Quake

This map shows the location of the latest Mexico earthquake. The Pinotepa quake in Oaxaca was the largest in the area since a magnitude 8.2 earthquake in the Gulf of Tehuantepec in September 2017.
February 21, 2018

NASA Simulation Shows Ocean Turbulence in the North Atlantic

February 21, 2018

NASA Simulation Shows Ocean Turbulence in the North Atlantic

This image shows a simulated snapshot of ocean turbulence in the North Atlantic Ocean in March 2012. The colors represent the magnitude of surface relative vorticity, a measure of the spin of fluid parcels.
February 21, 2018

Tonga Cyclone Damage Mapped by NASA's ARIA Team

February 21, 2018

Tonga Cyclone Damage Mapped by NASA's ARIA Team

The ARIA team at NASA's JPL created this map of Tongatapu, main island of Tonga, following the landfall of Cyclone Gita, a Category 4 storm that hit Tonga on Feb. 12-13, 2018; the map depicts damaged areas shown by red and yellow pixels.
February 15, 2018

Rock Stripe Pattern on Hawaii's Mauna Kea

February 15, 2018

Rock Stripe Pattern on Hawaii's Mauna Kea

This image shows stone stripes on the side of a volcanic cone on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The stripes are made of small rock fragments and they are aligned downhill as freeze-thaw cycles have lifted them up and out of the finer-grained regolith.
February 12, 2018

Effects of Deadly California Debris Flows Seen in Before/After Images from NASA's UAVSAR

February 12, 2018

Effects of Deadly California Debris Flows Seen in Before/After Images from NASA's UAVSAR

NASA's UAVSAR detected changes caused by severe debris flows as extreme winter rains fell in January 2018 following the Thomas Fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties in California.
February 1, 2018

Suzhou, Jingsu, China

February 1, 2018

Suzhou, Jingsu, China

Suzhou is a major city located in southeastern Jiangsu Province of East China, about 100 km northwest of Shanghai. This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft was acquired August 2, 2015.
January 10, 2018

Eigg, Scotland

January 10, 2018

Eigg, Scotland

The island of Eigg is one of the small isles in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, south of the Skye peninsula. This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft was acquired on September 18, 2015.
January 5, 2018

Devastation from California's Largest Wildfire Seen in New NASA Satellite Image

January 5, 2018

Devastation from California's Largest Wildfire Seen in New NASA Satellite Image

On Dec 26, 2017, NASA's Terra acquired this image of The Thomas Fire, the largest wildfire in California's recorded history. As of January 3, 2018, it was 93 percent contained after burning 282,000 acres and destroying 1,063 structures.
December 18, 2017

Creek and Rye Fires, Southern California

December 18, 2017

Creek and Rye Fires, Southern California

While the Thomas fire in Ventura County, CA is the largest and most destructive, several other smaller fires burned in the Los Angeles area. This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft was acquired December 17, 2017.
December 15, 2017

Multiple Aspects of the Southern California Wildfires as Seen by NASA's AVIRIS

December 15, 2017

Multiple Aspects of the Southern California Wildfires as Seen by NASA's AVIRIS

NASA's Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer instrument onboard an ER-2 aircraft observed wildfires burning in Southern California on Dec. 5-7, 2017.
December 14, 2017

NASA-Produced Map Shows Extent of Southern California Wildfire Damage

December 14, 2017

NASA-Produced Map Shows Extent of Southern California Wildfire Damage

The ARIA team at NASA's JPL created this Damage Proxy Map depicting areas in Southern California that are likely damaged (shown by red and yellow pixels) as a result of recent wildfires, including the Thomas Fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
December 11, 2017

Destructive Thomas Fire Continues Its Advance in New NASA Satellite Image

December 11, 2017

Destructive Thomas Fire Continues Its Advance in New NASA Satellite Image

On Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, NASA's Terra acquired this image of The Thomas fire, west of Los Angeles, CA, as it continues to advance to the west and north and is threatening a number of coastal communities, including Santa Barbara.
December 10, 2017

Indonesia's Active Mount Agung Volcano Imaged by NASA Spacecraft

December 10, 2017

Indonesia's Active Mount Agung Volcano Imaged by NASA Spacecraft

On Sunday, Dec. 8, 2017, NASA's Terra acquired this image when a new small eruption sent an ash cloud 1.24 miles (2 kilometers) into the sky after Indonesia's Mount Agung volcano quieted down.
December 8, 2017

NASA's AVIRIS Instrument Sheds New Light on Southern California Wildfires

December 8, 2017

NASA's AVIRIS Instrument Sheds New Light on Southern California Wildfires

NASA's ER-2 aircraft flew over the wildfires burning in Southern California on Dec. 5, 2017 and acquired these images of active fires visible in red, ground surfaces in green and smoke in blue.
November 28, 2017

Run Island, Indonesia

November 28, 2017

Run Island, Indonesia

In 1667, the Dutch exchanged Run Island (left-most in the image) with the British for Manhattan (renamed from New Amsterdam to New York). This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft was acquired January 5, 2016.
November 15, 2017

Iran-Iraq Border Quake Region Imaged by NASA Satellite

November 15, 2017

Iran-Iraq Border Quake Region Imaged by NASA Satellite

On Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck along the Iran-Iraq border near Halabjah, Iraq. NASA's Terra satellite acquired this image of the earthquake-prone area. The epicenter is marked by a yellow star.

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