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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.
August 5, 2019

Mastcam Views Strathdon

August 5, 2019

Mastcam Views Strathdon

This mosaic of images shows a boulder-sized rock called Strathdon, which is made up of many complex layers. NASAs Curiosity Mars rover took these images using its Mast Camera, or Mastcam.
August 5, 2019

Curiosity Surveys Teal Ridge

August 5, 2019

Curiosity Surveys Teal Ridge

This 360-degree panorama of a location called Teal Ridge was captured on Mars by the Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on NASAs Curiosity rover on June 18, 2019.
July 31, 2019

NASA's Spitzer Spots a Perfectly Sideways Galaxy

July 31, 2019

NASA's Spitzer Spots a Perfectly Sideways Galaxy

This image by NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope shows Galaxy NGC 5866, oriented almost exactly edge-on, yielding most of its structural features invisible.
July 24, 2019

In the Belly of the Mars 2020 Beast

July 24, 2019

In the Belly of the Mars 2020 Beast

An engineer in the Spacecraft Assembly Facilitys High Bay 1 at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, can be seen working on the exposed belly of the Mars 2020 rover.
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 19, 2019

Crazy Craters

June 19, 2019

Crazy Craters

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows two craters located on the margin of Syrtis Major Planum.
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 24, 2019

NASA's Mars 2020 Mission Drops in on Death Valley

May 24, 2019

NASA's Mars 2020 Mission Drops in on Death Valley

LVS is an integral part of a guidance system called Terrain-Relative Navigation (TRN) that will steer NASAs Mars 2020 rover away from hazardous areas during its final descent to Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021.
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 23, 2019

The Mars 2020 Spacecraft Readies for Testing

May 23, 2019

The Mars 2020 Spacecraft Readies for Testing

The completed spacecraft that will carry the Mars 2020 rover to the Red Planet, next year hangs suspended by cables inside the Space Simulator Facility at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The image was taken on May 9, 2019.
May 17, 2019

Mars 2020 Is Coming Together

May 17, 2019

Mars 2020 Is Coming Together

An engineer inspects the completed spacecraft that will carry NASAs next Mars rover to the Red Planet, prior to a test in the Space Simulator Facility at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
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).
May 13, 2019

Lobate Scarps on the Moon

May 13, 2019

Lobate Scarps on the Moon

This image of lobate scarps - a kind of curved hill - was taken near a region of the Moon called Mare Frigoris by NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
May 13, 2019

Wrinkle Ridges on the Moon

May 13, 2019

Wrinkle Ridges on the Moon

Scientists have discovered these wrinkle ridges in a region of the Moon called Mare Frigoris. These ridges add to evidence that the Moon has an actively changing surface. This image was taken by NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
May 13, 2019

The Moon's Mare Frigoris

May 13, 2019

The Moon's Mare Frigoris

New surface features of the Moon have been discovered in a region called Mare Frigoris. This image is a mosaic composed of many images taken by NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
May 3, 2019

Now Mars 2020 Can Phone Home

May 3, 2019

Now Mars 2020 Can Phone Home

NASAs Mars 2020 engineers and technicians prepare the high-gain antenna for installation on the rovers equipment deck.

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