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November 13, 2018

Carajas Mine, Brazil

November 13, 2018

Carajas Mine, Brazil

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Carajas Mine, the largest open-pit iron ore mine in the world. It is located in the state of Para, northern Brazil.
November 12, 2018

NASA's MISR Sees California's Woolsey Fire From Space

November 12, 2018

NASA's MISR Sees California's Woolsey Fire From Space

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Woolsey Fire in southern California on Nov. 11, 2018. The Woolsey Fire had charred more than 90,000 acres as of Nov. 12, 2018, and was 20-percent contained at that time.
November 12, 2018

NASA's MISR Captures 3D Image of Smoke from California's Woolsey Fire

November 12, 2018

NASA's MISR Captures 3D Image of Smoke from California's Woolsey Fire

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows a three-dimensional view of the Woolsey Fire in southern California on Nov. 11, 2018.
November 12, 2018

NASA's ARIA Maps California Fire Damage

November 12, 2018

NASA's ARIA Maps California Fire Damage

The ARIA team at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory created these Damage Proxy Map (DPM) images depicting areas in Southern and Northern California that are likely damaged by the Woolsey and Camp Fires.
November 2, 2018

NASA's ASTER Captures Piton de la Fournaise Eruption

November 2, 2018

NASA's ASTER Captures Piton de la Fournaise Eruption

NASAs Terra spacecraft obtained this ASTER image of an eruption from Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The background image was acquired July 16, 2018, and the thermal image on November 1, 2018.
October 31, 2018

Ventura, CA

October 31, 2018

Ventura, CA

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Ventura, California has a coastal site, set against hills and flanked by two rivers.
October 17, 2018

Air Mountains, Niger

October 17, 2018

Air Mountains, Niger

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Air Mountains, located in northern Niger and extending over 84,000 square kilometers within the Sahara Desert.
October 16, 2018

MISR Records the View as NASA's Terra Satellite Passes Its 100,000th Orbit

October 16, 2018

MISR Records the View as NASA's Terra Satellite Passes Its 100,000th Orbit

NASAs Terra spacecraft became one of a handful of NASA satellite ever to complete 100,000 orbits on October 6, 2018.
October 11, 2018

NASA's CloudSat Passes Over Hurricane Michael

October 11, 2018

NASA's CloudSat Passes Over Hurricane Michael

NASAs CloudSat satellite passed over Hurricane Michael on October 9, 2018, at 3:15 p.m. EDT (19:15 UTC) as the storm was intensifying and moving northwest toward the Florida panhandle in the Gulf of Mexico.
October 11, 2018

NASA's SMAP Detects Flooding from Hurricane Michael

October 11, 2018

NASA's SMAP Detects Flooding from Hurricane Michael

Data from NASAs Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite have been used to create new surface flooding maps near Mexico Beach, Florida following Hurricane Michael.
October 10, 2018

NASA's AIRS captures Hurricane Michael's Landfall

October 10, 2018

NASA's AIRS captures Hurricane Michael's Landfall

This image, taken on Oct. 10, 2018 by NASAs Aqua satellite shows the temperature of clouds or the surface in and around Hurricane Michael as the storm made landfall in the Florida panhandle.
October 10, 2018

Hurricane Michael as seen by SMAP

October 10, 2018

Hurricane Michael as seen by SMAP

This image from NASAs SMAP shows one more snap shot of Hurricane Michael on Oct. 9, 2018. Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida panhandle Wednesday as a major Category 4 storm.
October 10, 2018

MISR Captures Hurricane Michael's Eye in 3D

October 10, 2018

MISR Captures Hurricane Michael's Eye in 3D

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows a three-dimensional view of Hurricane Michael and combines two of MISRs nine camera angles.
October 10, 2018

MISR Captures Hurricane Michael Near Florida Panhandle

October 10, 2018

MISR Captures Hurricane Michael Near Florida Panhandle

NASAs Terra spacecraft viewed Hurricane Michael over the course of approximately seven minutes when it was just off Floridas west coast on Tuesday, October 9, 2018.
October 10, 2018

NASA's AIRS captures Hurricane Michael off Florida coast

October 10, 2018

NASA's AIRS captures Hurricane Michael off Florida coast

This image, taken on Oct. 10, 2018 by NASAs Aqua satellite shows the temperature of clouds or the surface in and around Hurricane Michael as it approaches northwestern Florida.
October 9, 2018

SMAP Captures Hurricane Michael

October 9, 2018

SMAP Captures Hurricane Michael

This image from NASAs SMAP shows ocean surface winds under Hurricane Michael on Oct. 8, 2018. The hurricane has intensified to a Category 2 hurricane over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
October 5, 2018

NASA's ARIA Maps Indonesia Quake, Tsunami Damage

October 5, 2018

NASA's ARIA Maps Indonesia Quake, Tsunami Damage

The ARIA team at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, including the city of Palu, that are likely damaged as a result of the magnitude 7.5 September 28, 2018 earthquake.
October 4, 2018

Nanjing, China City Walls

October 4, 2018

Nanjing, China City Walls

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the largest city wall in the world, located in Nanjing, China. It was built between 1366 and 1386 by the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Yuangzhang to enclose and fortify his capital city.
September 25, 2018

RainCube Collects First Storm Data

September 25, 2018

RainCube Collects First Storm Data

This graph shows the first data from NASAs RainCube satellite. The data shows a vertical snapshot of a storm over the mountains in Mexico in late August 2018, as measured by RainCubes radar.
September 25, 2018

Mini Mission RainCube is Sent into Earth Orbit

September 25, 2018

Mini Mission RainCube is Sent into Earth Orbit

This image shows the size of NASAs tiny weather satellite, Raincube, in comparison to the International Space Station. RainCube was deployed into low-Earth orbit from the ISS in July, 2018.
September 20, 2018

Hurricane Florence as Seen from a CubeSat

September 20, 2018

Hurricane Florence as Seen from a CubeSat

This image combines NASA's TEMPEST-D data with a visible image of the storm from NASA's GOES weather satellite revealing the eye of the storm surrounded by towering, intense rain bands.
September 19, 2018

Llullaillaco Volcano, Chile/Argentina

September 19, 2018

Llullaillaco Volcano, Chile/Argentina

NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Llullaillaco, a stratovolcano at the border of Argentina and Chile.
September 18, 2018

NASA's ECOSTRESS Detects Surface Temperature Variations in Los Angeles

September 18, 2018

NASA's ECOSTRESS Detects Surface Temperature Variations in Los Angeles

ECOSTRESS, NASA's Earth-observing mission, captured surface temperature variations in Los Angeles, California between July 22 and August 14, a period of extended heat, at different times of day.
September 18, 2018

NASA's ARIA Maps Aftermath from Florence

September 18, 2018

NASA's ARIA Maps Aftermath from Florence

The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Flood Proxy Map depicting areas of the Carolinas that are likely flooded as a result of Hurricane Florence.
September 17, 2018

NASA's ARIA Maps Damage from Florence

September 17, 2018

NASA's ARIA Maps Damage from Florence

The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas of the Carolinas that are likely damaged as a result of Hurricane Florence.
September 14, 2018

Hurricane Florence Swath seen by NASA Spacecraft

September 14, 2018

Hurricane Florence Swath seen by NASA Spacecraft

On Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image swath over Hurricane Florence as the storm headed for the Eastern seaboard and the Carolinas.
September 13, 2018

NASA's MISR captures Hurricane Florence in 3D

September 13, 2018

NASA's MISR captures Hurricane Florence in 3D

NASA's Terra spacecraft passed over Hurricane Florence as it approached the eastern coast of the United States on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. At the time the image was acquired, Florence was a large Category 2 storm.
September 13, 2018

Hurricane Florence as Viewed by NASA's MISR Instrument

September 13, 2018

Hurricane Florence as Viewed by NASA's MISR Instrument

NASA's Terra spacecraft passed over Hurricane Florence as it approached the eastern coast of the United States on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. At the time the image was acquired, Florence was a large Category 2 storm.
September 13, 2018

Hurricane Florence seen by SMAP Imagery

September 13, 2018

Hurricane Florence seen by SMAP Imagery

This image from NASA's SMAP shows wind estimates over Hurricane Florence on Sept. 13, 2018. The hurricane has weakened from the 12th to the 13th; however, the overall size and energy of the storm has increased.
September 12, 2018

Hurricane Florence as seen by NASA's AIRS Instrument

September 12, 2018

Hurricane Florence as seen by NASA's AIRS Instrument

This image shows Hurricane Florence in infrared light, and was taken at 1:35 p.m. local time on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on board NASA's Aqua satellite.
September 11, 2018

Hurricane Florence Captured on Tuesday by NASA's AIRS Instrument

September 11, 2018

Hurricane Florence Captured on Tuesday by NASA's AIRS Instrument

This image, taken on Sept. 11, 2018 by NASA's Aqua satellite shows Hurricane Florence whose strong winds are expected to reach the Carolina coast late Thursday. Florence intensified from a Category 2 to a Category 4 storm in a matter of hours.
September 10, 2018

Japan Earthquakes (ARIA Damage Proxy Map)

September 10, 2018

Japan Earthquakes (ARIA Damage Proxy Map)

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas in the southwestern part of Hokkaido, Japan, that are likely damaged as a result of the M6.6 September 5 earthquake in 2018 (shown by red and yellow pixels).

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