Earth Observation
Cluster Satellite Detects Rifts in Earth’s Magnetic Field
[/caption] While Earth's magnetic field protects our planet from most of the permanent flow of particles from the solar wind,…
India Launched 11 Rockets to Monitor Eclipse
India launched a small fleet of rockets to monitor the effects of the annular solar eclipse that occurred today. A…
Latest GeoEye Satellite Imagery of Haiti Devastation Now Available on Google Earth
[/caption] The folks at Google Earth and the satellite imaging company GeoEye have teamed up to make available the most…
Maps of Earthquake and Aftershocks in Haiti
Caption: NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen At 21:53 UTC on January 12, 2010 an earthquake with a magnitude…
UK’s Big Snowfall, As Seen From Space
[/caption] This satellite image taken by NASA's Terra satellite shows the entire island of Great Britain blanketed by heavy snowfall,…
Mayon Volcano Threatens Major Eruption
[/caption] Mayon Volcano, on the Philippine island of Luzon, has been exhibiting activity suggesting a major eruption is imminent. Described…
Record Setting US Snowstorm as Seen From Space
A record-setting snowstorm that blanketed the US Atlantic coast snarled both road and air traffic as holiday travelers and shoppers…
Earth’s Upper Atmosphere is Cooling
New measurements from a NASA satellite show a dramatic cooling in the upper atmosphere that correlates with the declining activity…
Giant Iceberg Still Heading for Australia (Satellite Images)
Iceberg B17-B Adrift Off the Southwestern Coast of Australia as seen on Dec. 11, 2009. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory A…
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When the first Landsat Earth-observing satellite launched in 1972, virtually every piece of technology that we think of as essential…