clouds
New Desktop Image Alert: The Moon Over Earth
If you're like me, you don't change your computer's desktop background nearly often enough... especially not considering all the fantastic…
Venus’ Winds Are Mysteriously Speeding Up
High-altitude winds on neighboring Venus have long been known to be quite speedy, whipping sulfuric-acid-laden clouds around the superheated planet…
An Early Start for Noctilucent Clouds
The season for noctilucent "night-shining" clouds is arriving in the northern hemisphere, when wispy, glowing tendrils of high-altitude ice crystals…
Astrophoto: Paint the Sky with Clouds
Here’s a great – and beautiful! – example of what you can do with image stacking. Manoj Kesavan, an avid…
Weird Cloud ‘Coils’ Captured by Earth-Observing Satellite
These are some of the strangest looking clouds I've seen from the fleet of Earth-observing satellites. These coil-like or bow-wave-shaped…
A New Look at Saturn’s Northern Hexagon
Freshly delivered from Cassini's wide-angle camera, this raw image gives us another look at Saturn's north pole and the curious…
Take a Rollercoaster Ride Around Venus
If you've ever wanted to see what it's like to buzz Venus like only a spacecraft can, here's your chance:…
Incredible Raw Image of Saturn’s Swirling North Pole
Ok, are you ready for this? I know... WOW. This swirling maelstrom of clouds is what was seen over Saturn's…
Pacific Glory
An optical phenomenon known as a "glory" is seen over a cloud-covered Pacific Ocean in this image from NASA's Aqua…
Blue Marble 2012: The Arctic Edition
This latest portrait of Earth from NASA's Suomi NPP satellite puts the icy Arctic in the center, showing the ice…