Earth Observation
Joplin, Missouri Tornado Seen From Space
This video from NOAA's GOES geostationary satellite shows the development of the supercell storm that produced the devastating tornado that…
Coming Soon – Night Shining Noctilucent Clouds
[/caption] Soon you may see an eerie spectacle on clear summer nights if you are located at latitudes between 50°…
The View from 100,000 Feet
I love these student projects that send a camera via a balloon high in the atmosphere to film the view…
New Satellite Will ‘Taste’ Earth’s Salty Seas from Orbit
[/caption] From a JPL press release: Final preparations are under way for the June 9 launch of the international Aquarius/SAC-D…
Mississippi River Flooding As Seen from the Space Station
[/caption] Big Muddy, as the Mississippi River is known, looks especially big and muddy these days with record flooding occurring…
Satellite Imagery Shows How Tornadoes Slashed Across Alabama, Mississippi
[/caption] Some extraordinary satellite and radar imagery shows how the deadly tornado supercell slashed through Alabama and Mississippi last week,…
Satellite Captures 3-D View of Violent Storms that Ravaged the US on April 27-28
[/caption] NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite captured 3-D images of severe thunderstorms that were spawning tornadoes over the…
GOCE Data Close Up: Around the World in Lumpy, Geoidy 3-D
[/caption] Grab your red/cyan 3-D glasses and take a look at these marvelous new anaglyphs created by Nathanial Burton-Bradford from…
Arctic Ozone Levels Reach All-Time Low
In the past, massive ozone loss over Antarctica has grabbed the headlines. But this year, measurements by several different sources…
New Results from GOCE: Earth is a Rotating Potato
Although they aren't particularly fond of the comparison, scientists from the GOCE satellite team had to admit that new data…