Finding Freshwater in Great Salt Lake
Declining water levels in the Great Salt Lake have revealed something odd in satellite images: dozens of small,…
Snow Buries Kamchatka – NASA Science
It has been an eventful few months for the Northern Hemisphere atmosphere. An unusually early sudden stratospheric warming…
How Long, Not Long – NASA Science
On March 24, 1965, a march from the campus of City of St. Jude to the Alabama state…
North America’s Greenhouse Hub – NASA Science
The southernmost extent of mainland Canada, along the northern shore of Lake Erie, lies at about the same…
Blooming Seas Around the Chatham Islands
At about 800 kilometers (500 miles) east of New Zealand’s South Island, the sparsely populated Chatham Islands are…
Clouds Swimming over Lago Argentino
When an astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped this photograph of Lago Argentino in Patagonia on December…
Fires on the Rise in the Far North
In the far north, wildfires are breaking old patterns. Satellite data show that wildland fires once scattered across…
Ganges Delta Under a Winter Shroud of Fog
Winter weather took hold across the Indo-Gangetic Plain in early January 2026, bringing dense fog and cold temperatures…
Meltwater Turns Iceberg A-23A Blue
The year that iceberg A-23A first broke away from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf, Ronald Reagan was president of…
Algae Swirls Across a South African Reservoir
On clear days in Hartbeespoort, South Africa, satellite images often reveal a reservoir with shades of deep blue…
A Year in Orbit: The 12 Most Stunning NASA Satellite Images of 2025
From devastating wildfires to swirling cloud vortices, NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites captured remarkable views of our planet…
Lake Eyre Blushes – NASA Science
The year 2025 was extraordinary for Lake Eyre (also called Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre) in South Australia. Water started…