Suomi NPP

Holiday Lights So Bright You Can See ’em from Space

Call it holiday light creep. A NASA satellite has been tracking the spread of Christmas lighting from 512 miles up…

10 years ago

Satellite Watches Dust from Chelyabinsk Meteor Spread Around the Northern Hemisphere

When a meteor weighing 10,000 metric tons exploded 22.5 km (14 miles) above Chelyabinsk, Russia on Feb. 15, 2013, the…

11 years ago

Herbal Earth: Spectacular Vegetation Views of Our Home Planet and the Natural World of Living Green Life

Earth’s Vegetation from Suomi NPP satellite. World map of vegetation data collected by the Suomi NPP satellite (National Polar-orbiting Partnership)…

11 years ago

The Black Marble: Stunning New Orbital Views of Earth at Night

This image of Asia and Australia at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

NASA’s Blue Marble…Side B.

[/caption] In response to last week's incredibly popular "Blue Marble" image, NASA and NOAA have released a companion version, this…

13 years ago

Blue Marble 2012: Amazing High Definition Image of Earth

[/caption] A new high-definition version of the 'Blue Marble' has been taken from the newest Earth observation satellite. The just-renamed…

13 years ago