Comparison of Lyell Glacier in 1866 (A) and in 2018 (B). Image A: View from Meins Knob by Julius Haast. 1867. Full citation: (published 1867,…
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This image of Flinders Ranges, South Australia, was captured on December 31, 2019, by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission – a two-satellite mission to supply the…
July 29 – August 5, 2020. (Click image for full view.) On August 4, 2020, a devastating explosion rocked the port area around Beirut, Lebanon.…
September 12, 2019. (Click image for full view.) This photograph, taken by an astronaut from the International Space Station (ISS), captures the bright urban lights…
July 30 – August 6, 2020 Abnormally warm temperatures have spawned an intense fire season in eastern Siberia this summer. Satellite data show that fires…
Coastal elevation in California. Coastal zones, which are defined to be those with elevations less than 10 m, are shown in red. Segments of the…
July 21, 2020. (Click image for high-resolution view.) Because the atmosphere is about 100 times thinner and less dense than on Earth, weather on Mars…
April 2, 2020. (Click image for detailed view.) The winding Mississippi River historically has been used to define many state lines in the United States.…
The Falkland Islands as captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 Radar Observatory. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019-20), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO…
Image of Utah’s Great Salt Lake and its surroundings captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on March 17, 2019. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data…
The Hooker River in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, Aotearoa New Zealand. Credit: University of Canterbury Indigenous knowledge, including oral histories, mythologies, place names, and…
June 26, 2020 In southern South America, clouds often rule the skies. But in June 2020, just the right weather patterns were in place to…
Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017-19), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over the busy maritime traffic…
This false-color image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission features the Andes mountains, in southern Peru. This image was processed in a way that makes…
(Click image for full view.) This image of Abu Dhabi was captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on January 27, 2019. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus…
Northwest Greenland is featured in this icy image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission. Sea ice and icebergs can be seen in the Nares Strait…
A specific area in the Tarapacá Region, in northern Chile, where some of the largest caliche deposits can be found, is featured in this image…
An example of boreal peatlands and forest in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Credit: Manuel Helbig, McMaster University A group of 59 international scientists, led by researchers…
This multi-temporal image combines three radar acquisitions from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission taken around one month apart to show changes in crop and land conditions…
(Click image for full view.) Houston, Texas, US, is featured in this composite image, captured on June 21, 2019, by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission. The…