NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) images of Hawaii on October 29 and November 28, 2022. During Mauna Loa’s first eruption…
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Photograph taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station on December 25, 2019, shows dark surfaces in the hyper-arid eastern Sahara Desert in Sudan. (Click…
June 17 – November 8, 2021 Mount Terror might sound like a place to avoid. But this Antarctic volcano is not as terrifying as its…
The Adirondack Mountains in northeast New York on October 8, 2022. Vibrant leaf color in northeast New York has not disappointed leaf-peepers. Dry conditions in…
Drought and water shortages in 2022 have meant rice growers have only planted half as much of the grain as usual in the Sacramento Valley,…
Storm-stirred sediment produced colorful swirls along the western coast of Florida. Hurricane Ian barreled into Florida’s southwestern coast on September 28, 2022, as a powerful…
After Hurricane Ian passed, millions of residential and business customers lost electric power and light. Several cities on the west coast of Florida lost much…
Hurricane Ian, September 28, 2022. NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government…
Super Typhoon Noru. September 25, 2022. After making landfall in the Polillo Islands and Luzon, the storm strengthened again as it headed toward Vietnam. “Rapid…
Home Reef erupts. September 14, 2022. (Click image for wider view.) Home Reef Erupts in the Southwest Pacific Ocean The underwater volcano has again created…
New Zealand’s Mount Ruapehu. September 23, 2021. A lake at the summit of the volcano provides the main clues to what is happening below. While…
China’s largest freshwater lake drained by prolonged heat and drought. Between the winter and summer seasons, Poyang Lake, in China’s Jiangxi Province, routinely fluctuates in…
January 10, 2022. Click the image for a wider, high-resolution view. Hot springs and fumaroles dot this misnamed geothermal field that hosts the world’s largest…
Typhoon Hinnamnor. August 31, 2022. On August 30, Typhoon Hinnamnor became the first category 5 cyclone on Earth in 2022. For most of 2022, the…
Lake Powell on August 6, 2022, compared with August 16, 2017. The second largest reservoir in the United States now stands at its lowest level…
1992 – 2022 Global mean sea level has risen 101 millimeters (3.98 inches) since 1992, and it continues to do so at 3.9 mm (0.15…
July 1, 2022 Satellite images show smoke from hundreds of wildland fires darkening Alaskan skies. Alaskan summers are usually described as brief and mild. In…
July 6, 2022 In early July 2022, a combination of dry weather, lightning, and unusual heat fueled hundreds of wildland fires in northern Canada. 136…
This map shows the distribution of summer and winter crops in Ukraine as of June 13, 2022. It also shows where farmers were operating freely…
Yellowstone National Park has experienced historic flooding, with rivers cresting at heights not seen in 100 years. Snowmelt and heavy rain caused historically high water…