Earth Observation
Pengiuns Get a Boost from Plankton Blooms
Image credit: NASA NASA satellite data has been used to analyze the biology of open area "hotspots" around the coast…
Huge Iceberg Breaks Away from Antarctica
Image credit: NASA NASA satellites have been watching a gigantic iceberg as it disrupts the fragile Antarctic marine environment. The…
Envisat is Watching the World’s River Levels
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's demonstrated the capability of its Envisat Earth monitoring satellite to track the water…
ESA’s View of Hurricane Isabel
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency is helping to track the movement of Hurricane Isabel using its ERS-2 spacecraft,…
Astronauts Photograph Hurricane Isabel
Astronauts on board the International Space Station captured several images of Hurricane Isabel on Saturday as they flew over at…
Satellite Photo of Hurricane Isabel
Image credit: NASA NASA's Aqua satellite took this overhead view of Hurricane Isabel on September 14, 2003 while it was…
Iraq Oil Fire Seen From Space
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's Envisat environmental satellite captured this image of a burning oil pipeline in northern…
Satellites Help Forecasters Predict Hurricanes
Image credit: NASA Weather forecasters are turning to data from a fleet of satellites to help predict how conditions might…
Cloudless Europe Seen From Space
Image credit: ESA As the weather is starting to cool in Europe after a particularly hot summer, the European Space…
NASA Releases a Map of the Whole Earth
Image credit: NASA NASA has released a new image of the entire Earth based on images taken during the Shuttle…