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On Oct. 18 at 17:35 UTC (1:35 p.m EDT) the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite saw Hurricane Gonzalo...
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this...
This nearly cloud-free image of Iceland was captured by the MODIS instrument on board the Terra spacecraft on...
NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MODIS) instrument, aboard the Terra satellite, captured this...
The quick dry-out of vegetation in Southern California this year is depicted in this pair of images from the...
Decades of satellite observations and astronaut photographs show that clouds dominate space-based views of Earth....
Powerful Earth-observing instruments aboard NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites, launched in 1999 and 2002,...
On October 17, 2015, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite...
Ship tracks above the northern Pacific Ocean. NASA image captured July 3, 2010. Satellite: Aqua NASA/GSFC/Jeff...
NASA image acquired January 4, 2012 The Florida Keys many colors were captured when the Moderate Resolution Imaging...
A data visualization shows the average concentration of PM2.5 particulate pollution in the Los Angeles region from...
The state of Rondonia in western Brazil is observed by satellite. This timelapse shows the reduction of the forest...
Image acquired February 19, 2010: Tropical Cyclone Gelane had sustained winds of 125 knots (230 kilometers per hour)...
This short video reveals a space-based view of the burning oil rig (from the MODIS instrument on board NASA's Terra...
2010/107 - 04/17 at 21 :05 UTC. Open-cell and closed-cell clouds off Peru, Pacific Ocean Resembling a frosted window...
NASA image acquired August 10, 2010 Tropical Storm Dianmu blew over the East China Sea in early August 2010,...
NASA image acquired March 24, 2010. Tropical Cyclone Imani swirled over the Southern Indian Ocean on March 24, 2010....
In a paper published in November 2022 in Frontiers in Remote Sensing, researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion...
NASA image acquired March 18, 2010. Tropical Cyclone Ului persisted south of the Solomon Islands on March 18, 2010....
March 24, 2010 - Dust over Japan This image of gray/brown dust being blown over Japan was captured on March 21, 2010...
NASA image March 29, 2010 Tropical Cyclone Paul spanned the ocean waters between Australia and New Guinea on March...
Smoke from several large fires burning on Portugal's Madeira Island were seen blowing over the Atlantic Ocean on...
In this image from NASA Aqua satellite, the red areas seen by the MODIS instrument revealed that live fuel moisture...
Amanda, the first named storm of the 2014 hurricane season in the Americas, is seen off the west coast of Mexico in...