Earth Observation
Atacama Desert From Space
This is a satellite photograph of one of the driest places on Earth: Chile's Atacama Desert, which only sees rain…
New Guinea From Space
This image of the western part of the island of New Guinea was taken by the European Space Agency's Envisat…
Study Predicts Quakes Nearly Perfectly
A NASA-funded study has predicted 15 of California's 16 largest earthquakes this decade, demonstrating that scientists are finally getting a…
Infrared View of Mount Saint Helens
NASA scientists flew a small aircraft equipped with a special infrared camera above Mount Saint Helens last week to see…
Glaciers Speed Up When Ice Breaks Away
When the Larsen B ice shelf broke away from the coast of Antarctica two years ago, nearby glaciers surged, flowing…
Comparing Satellite Images of Ivan and Frances
Even as it's battening down the hatches for another rough ride at the Kennedy Space Center, NASA is getting as…
NASA’s Satellite Photo of Hurricane Ivan
NASA's Terra satellite took this photograph of Hurricane Ivan as it roared past the island of Jamaica on Saturday. The…
Tracking Rainfall, Just By its Gravity
Scientists working with the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace) have demonstrated that they can track changes in the Earth's…
Envisat Watches Hurricane Frances
The European Space Agency's Envisat Earth has a whole suite of tools to analyze Hurricane Frances with, and that's just…
NASA Readies for Hurricane Frances
Hurricane Frances has swept past Puerto Rico and is now on a path that could strike the Bahamas, and eventually…