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NASA acquired November 24, 2011 From its vantage 824 kilometers (512 miles) above Earth, the Visible Infrared Imager...
Damaging heavy rains fell on South Carolina in the southeastern United States at the beginning of October 2015. Much...
NASA scientists have just released the first new global map of Earth at night since 2012. This nighttime look at our...
Calbuco Volcano in southern Chile has erupted for the first time since 1972, with the last major eruption occurring...
The cloud cover over the Southern Ocean occasionally parts as it did on January 1, 2015 just west of the Drake...
Freezing rain is in the forecast from Texas to the mid-Mississippi Valley and into the Carolinas with temperatures...
This composite image of southern Africa and the surrounding oceans was captured by six orbits of the NASA/NOAA Suomi...
The more we see other planets, the more the question comes into focus: Maybe we're the weird one? Decades of...
It’s official — our holiday lights are so bright we can see them from space. Thanks to the VIIRS instrument on the...
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center states that formation of a significant tropical cyclone is possible in the Bay of...
NASA acquired July 15, 2012 On July 15, 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP...
NASA image acquired September 27, 2012 On September 27, 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)...
On August 29, 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this...
On August 29, 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this...
On August 29, 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this...
Behold one of the more detailed images of the Earth yet created. This Blue Marble Earth montage shown above --...
NASA image acquired November 11-12, 2012. On November 12, 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite...
This image taken on January 13, 2015 from the Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument shows the Great Lakes and...
NASA image acquired October 13, 2012 The Nile River Valley and Delta comprise less than 5 percent of Egypt’s land...
NASA image acquired October 13, 2012 The Nile River Valley and Delta comprise less than 5 percent of Egypt’s land...
NASA image acquired August 29, 2012 1:57 a.m EDT Hurricane Isaac lit up by moonlight as it spins over the city of...
NASA image acquired August 28, 2012 Early on August 28, 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)...
NASA image acquired August 29, 2012 1:57 a.m EDT Annotated view here: bit.ly/RsFT9Y Hurricane Isaac lit up by...
January 25, 2012 *Updated February 2, 2012: According to Flickr, "The western hemisphere Blue Marble 2012 image...