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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 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.
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 24, 2018

Dust Storms on Titan

September 24, 2018

Dust Storms on Titan

This compilation of images from nine flybys of Titan by NASAs Cassini spacecraft in 2009 and 2010 captures three instances when clear bright spots suddenly appeared in images.
September 24, 2018

Spotting Dust Storms on Titan

September 24, 2018

Spotting Dust Storms on Titan

This frame from an animation shows clear bright spots on Saturn's moon, Titan, that have been interpreted as evidence of dust storms.
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 17, 2018

Double Lunar Transit

September 17, 2018

Double Lunar Transit

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows that in just about seven hours, the SDO spacecraft saw the moon transit the Sun two times (Sept. 9-10, 2018).
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 13, 2018

Titan Lakes

September 13, 2018

Titan Lakes

During NASA's Cassini mission's final distant encounter with Saturn's giant moon Titan, the spacecraft captured this view of the enigmatic moon's north polar landscape of lakes and seas.
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).
September 6, 2018

Panorama of Vera Rubin Ridge

September 6, 2018

Panorama of Vera Rubin Ridge

NASA's Curiosity rover surveyed its surroundings on Aug. 9, 2018, showing its current location on Mars' Vera Rubin Ridge. The panorama includes skies darkened by a fading global dust storm and a rare view of the rover itself.
September 5, 2018

ARIA Damage Proxy Map of Lombok, Indonesia Earthquakes

September 5, 2018

ARIA Damage Proxy Map of Lombok, Indonesia Earthquakes

Scientists with NASA's ARIA used satellite data to produce a Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas in the northeastern part of Lombok Island, Indonesia, that are likely damaged as a result of the major earthquake sequence in 2018.
September 5, 2018

Ushuaia, Argentina

September 5, 2018

Ushuaia, Argentina

NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Ushuaia, the capital of Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, which is regarded as the southernmost city in the world.
September 4, 2018

Hanging Sand Dunes within Coprates Chasma

September 4, 2018

Hanging Sand Dunes within Coprates Chasma

This image acquired on January 2, 2014 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows dune fields located among canyon wall slopes.
September 4, 2018

Pitted Cones: Possible Methane Sources?

September 4, 2018

Pitted Cones: Possible Methane Sources?

This image acquired on May 15, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows relatively bright mounds scattered throughout darker and diverse surfaces in Chryse Planitia.
August 24, 2018

MISR Hurricane Lane

August 24, 2018

MISR Hurricane Lane

Hurricane Lane as viewed by the MISR instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite on Aug. 24, 2018. The length of the arrows is proportional to the wind speed, while their color shows the altitude of the cloud tops in kilometers.
August 24, 2018

Hurricane Lane as Viewed by NASA's AIRS Instrument

August 24, 2018

Hurricane Lane as Viewed by NASA's AIRS Instrument

This image shows Hurricane Lane as observed by NASA's Aqua satellite Friday, August 24, 2018. Purple shows very cold clouds high in the atmosphere, blue and green show the warmer temperatures of lower;orange and red areas have almost no clouds.
August 22, 2018

Gold Mining, Siberia

August 22, 2018

Gold Mining, Siberia

NASA's Terra spacecraft shows significant evidence of mining in northestern Siberia, along the Chukchi Sea, and 100 kilometers west of Mys Shmidta.
August 22, 2018

Tyrrhena Fossae

August 22, 2018

Tyrrhena Fossae

This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Tyrrhenus Mons, one of the oldest Martian volcanoes. Tyrrhena Fossae is the largest of the channels dissecting the volcano.
August 20, 2018

Twisting Outburst

August 20, 2018

Twisting Outburst

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a minor eruption of charged particles rising up and twisting about before falling back into the Sun in this close-up of the Sun from a two-hour period on Aug. 13, 2018.

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