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October 15, 2019

New ARIA Map Shows Damage from Typhoon Hagibis

October 15, 2019

New ARIA Map Shows Damage from Typhoon Hagibis

NASAs ARIA team, along with the Earth Observatory of Singapore, created this map showing damage from Typhoon Hagibis, which struck southwest of Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2019.
October 9, 2019

Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia

October 9, 2019

Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Wajid Aquifer in Saudi Arabia.
October 2, 2019

Enceladus Organics on Grains of Ice (Illustration)

October 2, 2019

Enceladus Organics on Grains of Ice (Illustration)

This illustration shows the process of organic compounds making their way onto ice grains emitted in plumes from Saturns moon Enceladus, where they were detected by NASAs Cassini spacecraft.
September 30, 2019

Spitzer Spots Bubbles and Bow Shocks

September 30, 2019

Spitzer Spots Bubbles and Bow Shocks

This infrared image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope shows a cloud of gas and dust full of bubbles, which are inflated by wind and radiation from massive young stars.
September 26, 2019

Moon Shadow

September 26, 2019

Moon Shadow

Jupiters volcanically active moon Io casts its shadow on the planet in this dramatic image from NASAs Juno spacecraft.
September 19, 2019

Mozu Tombs, Japan

September 19, 2019

Mozu Tombs, Japan

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Mozu Tombs, a group of megalithic tombs in Sakai, Japan, in the Osaka Plain.
September 18, 2019

NASA Images Hurricane Dorian's Temperature from Space

September 18, 2019

NASA Images Hurricane Dorian's Temperature from Space

NASAs ECOSTRESS imaged Hurricane Dorians temperature on Sept. 6, 2019 as the storm made landfall in North Carolina. Red colors represent warmer temperatures and purple/blue colors represent cooler temperatures.
September 12, 2019

A Storm of Change

September 12, 2019

A Storm of Change

NASAs Juno spacecraft shows Jupiters iconic Great Red Spot, a storm that has been raging since at least the 1800s.
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 6, 2019

Titan's Rimmed Lakes (Artist's Concept)

September 6, 2019

Titan's Rimmed Lakes (Artist's Concept)

This artists concept of a lake at the north pole of Saturns moon Titan illustrates raised rims and rampartlike features such as those seen by NASAs Cassini spacecraft around the moons Winnipeg Lacus.
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 5, 2019

Frost Highlights in the Springtime

September 5, 2019

Frost Highlights in the Springtime

This image, acquired on April 20, 2019 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows bright white flows coming from gullies in a crater wall.
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 19, 2019

Rare Glimpse of the Surface of a Rocky World (Illustration)

August 19, 2019

Rare Glimpse of the Surface of a Rocky World (Illustration)

This artists illustration of the exoplanet LHS 3844b, shows the planets surface may be covered mostly in dark lava rock, with no apparent atmosphere, according to observations by NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope.
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.

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