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NASA image acquired September 24, 2012 City lights at night are a fairly reliable indicator of where people live....
NASA image acquired December 3, 2012 As predicted, Typhoon Bopha made landfall on the Philippine island of Mindanao...
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this view of extensive...
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this view of extensive...
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this view of extensive...
This composite image of southern Africa and the surrounding oceans was captured by six orbits of the NASA/NOAA Suomi...
Widespread agricultural burning continues throughout central Africa. Smoke and fires in several countries were seen...
There was a time when the Northwest Passage was a sort of maritime Holy Grail, a route so desired and sought after,...
Between July 10 and 12, 2017, the Larsen C Ice Shelf in West Antarctica calved one of the largest icebergs in...
This image was taken by the Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument at 1825Z on January 26, 2015. A low pressure...
The Suomi NPP satellite's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument captured a look at huge...
NASA image acquired April 18 - October 23, 2012 This image of North and South America at night is a composite...
NASA image acquired April 18 - October 23, 2012 This new image of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East at night is a...
The night side of Earth twinkles with light, and the first thing to stand out is the cities. “Nothing tells us more...
On Jan. 20 at 2:30 p.m. EST the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP captured this image of the winter...
NASA image acquired April 18 - October 23, 2012 This new image of the Earth at night is a composite assembled from...
The night side of Earth twinkles with light, and the first thing to stand out is the cities. “Nothing tells us more...
NASA image acquired April 18 - October 23, 2012 This image of Asia and Australia at night is a composite assembled...
NASA image acquired April 18 - October 23, 2012 This image of the United States of America at night is a composite...
Overnight on October 4-5, 2012, a mass of energetic particles from the atmosphere of the Sun were flung out into...
On Aug. 21, 2017, a solar eclipse passed over North America. People throughout the continent experienced a partial...
Of all the planets NASA has explored, none have matched the dynamic complexity of our own. Earth is constantly...
NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Australia's Cape Barren Island and captured an image of phytoplankton...
Hurricane Celia is currently in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, but once it passes west of 140 degrees west longitude,...