December 23, 2020 Strings of light emanate from the Imperial Palace in the city’s center and follow the expressway system outward. Months before the world…
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NASA’s MISR instrument captured smoke plumes from five fires burning in northern California. The highest plume reached about 19,685 feet (6,000 meters) in altitude. Credit:…
Machu Picchu, Peru. Machu Picchu, the famous 15th-century Inca site in southern Peru, is up to several decades older than previously thought, according to a…
This map was generated using data from Copernicus Sentinel-3’s Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer. While weather forecasts use predicted air temperatures, this satellite instrument…
Smoke billowing from several fires along the southern coast of Turkey, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on July 30, 2021. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel…
July 15, 2021 In 2000, atmospheric scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) first reported that smoke plumes from intense wildfires could spawn towering thunderstorms that…
August 17, 2019 August 17, 2019 Ever-warmer summers are among the challenges confronting athletes competing in the Olympic Games. As the 2021 Olympic Games opened…
The Tarso Toussidé volcanic massif is featured in this false-color composite image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019),…
March 3, 2021 Wide, diagonal avenues radiate from the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., outward through the city. The original layout and design of Washington, D.C., comes…
a Map of Greenland and location of NGRIP ice core; b Map of northeastern Africa, the Near East, and southeastern Europe showing important fossil and…
June 30, 2021 More than 40 wildfires were burning across the Canadian province by the end of June 2021, including a cluster of substantial blazes…
Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over Lake Mar Chiquita – an endorheic…
June 16, 2021 Precipitation totals and lake levels are among the worst they have been since the 1970s. Just four years after emerging from a…
May 29, 2021 One of the world’s largest deltas stands as a remarkable example of how water and ice can shape the land. The Yukon-Kuskokswim…
June 21, 2021 Exceptional drought has gripped much of Arizona for months. In June 2021, a potent heat wave sent temperatures soaring above 115°F (46°C) on multiple days. Now extreme fires…
December 1, 2020 Chocolate mountains and a salty lake highlight this desert landscape. This photo of the Sonoran Desert in Southern California was taken with…
From their perch on the International Space Station, astronauts have spent twenty years sharing a story about Earth as they can see it from above.…
Drs. Minter and Bath Enright, of the University of Portsmouth’s School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences, studied the Burgess Shale area of British Columbia,…
Spectacular image captured on March 15 , 2020, by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission of North America’s Great Lakes: Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.…
Copernicus Sentinel-2 image of Los Cabos – a municipality on the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. This image has been processed in a…