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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-02-23 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Mt. Etna, Italy, sending rivers of lava down the southeast flank of the volcano, and spewing ashes and volcanic stones over nearby villages.
PIA24417:
Mt. Etna February 2021
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.716 MB)     JPEG (93.03 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-02-26 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Mt. Etna, Italy, sending rivers of lava down the southeast flank of the volcano. The ASTER visible image shows the extent of the active lava flows (derived from the thermal infrared data).
PIA24418:
Mt. Etna--February 26, 2021
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-05 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows two of Guatemala's active volcanoes, Fuego and Pacaya erupting when the ASTER nighttime thermal infrared image was acquired on March 5, 2021.
PIA24419:
Pacaya and Fuego Volcanoes, Guatemala
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-25 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows long straight dunes along the western edge of the Kalahari Desert, in central Namibia.
PIA24551:
Namibia Dunes
Full Resolution:     TIFF (29.11 MB)     JPEG (2.551 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-06 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the southern entrance to the Suez Canal, where over 100 freighters wait their turn to enter and proceed to the Mediterranean Sea.
PIA24553:
Suez Canal Crisis
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.89 MB)     JPEG (217.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-20 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, a self-governing overseas collectivity of France, off the southern coast of Newfoundland.
PIA24554:
St. Pierre, France
Full Resolution:     TIFF (10.29 MB)     JPEG (562.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-05-10 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Oroville Dam in Northern California. Lake Oroville is the second largest man-made lake in the state of California.
PIA24555:
Lake Oroville, CA, 2014
Full Resolution:     TIFF (7.06 MB)     JPEG (422.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-05-24 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System, the world's largest fossil water aquifer system.
PIA24616:
Nubian Sandstone Aquifer, Egypt
Full Resolution:     TIFF (18.52 MB)     JPEG (749.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-06-08 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, CA (or California Delta).
PIA24691:
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, CA
Full Resolution:     TIFF (35.7 MB)     JPEG (2.254 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-06-22 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has fallen to its lowest level ever.
PIA24696:
Lake Mead, 2021
Full Resolution:     TIFF (10.2 MB)     JPEG (696.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-07-06 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Vorkuta, a coal-mining town in the Komi Republic, Russia.
PIA24731:
Vorkuta, Russia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (15.67 MB)     JPEG (848 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-07-16 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the northern tip of Northern Territory, Australia, with the Garig Gunak Barlu National Park spanning the entire Cobourg Peninsula.
PIA24732:
Garig Gunak Barlu National Park, Australia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (35.63 MB)     JPEG (1.475 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-08-18 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows images, acquired in 2020 and 1984, of Owens Lake in eastern California.
PIA24733:
Owens Lake, CA, 2020
Full Resolution:     TIFF (11.02 MB)     JPEG (541.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-08-27 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the St Austell deposits of china clay (kaolinite) at Tregonning Hill, Cornwall.
PIA24865:
St Austell Deposits, Cornwall
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.26 MB)     JPEG (286.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-08-30 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Peru's Sabancaya stratovolcano as the years-long eruption continues.
PIA24866:
Sabancaya Volcano, Peru
Full Resolution:     TIFF (8.083 MB)     JPEG (365.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-09-03 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago of 145 islands that lies 28 km off the tip of Cornwall.
PIA24867:
Isles of Scilly, UK
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.551 MB)     JPEG (95.12 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-09-23 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows, in western Turkey, Pamukkale travertine pools and terraces form the largest such complex in the world.
PIA24868:
Pamukkale, Turkey
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.911 MB)     JPEG (192.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-11 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Daintree National Park in northeast Australia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
PIA24869:
Daintree National Park, Australia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (11.15 MB)     JPEG (617.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-14 Earth Terra
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On October 10, 2021, NASA's ASTER instrument captured an image of over 70 ships waiting to dock and unload at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, due to a supply-chain crunch.
PIA24902:
Backup at Ports of LA and Long Beach
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.549 MB)     JPEG (360.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-21 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows, L'Anse aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland.
PIA24941:
L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.052 MB)     JPEG (194.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-11-08 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Indonesian island of Sangihe, where Canadian-based Baru Gold is hoping to start gold mining.
PIA24942:
Sangihe Island, Indonesia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (19.48 MB)     JPEG (957.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-11-23 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Cotahuasi Canyon, near the city of Arequipa, Peru. It is one of the deepest canyons in the world.
PIA24943:
Cotahuasi Canyon, Peru
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.539 MB)     JPEG (512.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-12-10 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Adam's Bridge, a 48 km long chain of limestone shoals, that were formerly a land bridge between India and Sri Lanka.
PIA24949:
Adam's Bridge, India-Sri Lanka
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.54 MB)     JPEG (208.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-01-04 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Turtle Island, a forest-covered volcanic island, twelve kilometers off Taiwan's northeast coast.
PIA24950:
TurtleIsland, Taiwan
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.978 MB)     JPEG (118.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-01-05 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the major volcanic eruption of Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma, Canary Islands, which began on September 21, 2021.
PIA25085:
Cumbre Vieja volcano, La Palma
Full Resolution:     TIFF (924.2 kB)     JPEG (68.57 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-01-21 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the village of Nazare, Portugal. Sediment highlights off-shore current patterns in the image. The image was acquired November 24, 2009.
PIA25121:
Nazare, Portugal
Full Resolution:     TIFF (5.669 MB)     JPEG (393.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-02-04 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Pilbara in northwestern Australia. It exposes some of the oldest rocks on Earth, over 3.6 billion years old.
PIA25122:
Pilbara, NW Australia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (37.17 MB)     JPEG (2.913 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-02-22 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Dal and Wular Lakes, along the Jhelum River in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
PIA25123:
Dal Lake, India
Full Resolution:     TIFF (23.11 MB)     JPEG (1.882 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-03-08 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Yukon River Delta (along with the Kuskokwim River), one of the largest in the world.
PIA25124:
Yukon Delta, Alaska
Full Resolution:     TIFF (56.46 MB)     JPEG (3.158 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-03-23 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Japan's Geiyo Archipelago in the Seito Inland Sea.
PIA25185:
Geiyo Archipelago, Japan
Full Resolution:     TIFF (17.05 MB)     JPEG (1.001 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-05 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, one of the fastest growing cities in Africa.
PIA25186:
Abuja, Nigeria, 2021
Full Resolution:     TIFF (12.75 MB)     JPEG (883.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-19 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Pingualuit Crater, known as the Crystal Eye to the Inuit, in Nunavik Province, far northern Canada.
PIA25276:
Pingualuit Crater, Nunavik Province, Canada
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.976 MB)     JPEG (191.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-17 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Lake Ohrid straddling the border between North Macedonia and Albania.
PIA25306:
Lake Ohrid, Macedonia-Albania
Full Resolution:     TIFF (16.35 MB)     JPEG (1.048 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-26 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Lake Mead, America's largest reservoir, on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona, has shrunk to historic lows, dropping to about 30% of its capacity.
PIA25279:
Lake Mead-2022
Full Resolution:     TIFF (8.796 MB)     JPEG (538 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-27 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Hindu Kush Mtns. in northern Pakistan where landslides from the steep, glaciated terrain are common.
PIA25355:
Lake Shuwarang Chhat, Pakistan
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.483 MB)     JPEG (232.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-07-21 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Grande Comore, the largest island of the Union of the Comoros, an island nation located in the Mozambique Channel northwest of Madagascar.
PIA25444:
Union of the Comoros
Full Resolution:     TIFF (26.03 MB)     JPEG (1.164 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-07-28 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Muruntau gold mine, located in the Qizilqum Desert of Uzbekistan. It is the largest gold mine in the world in terms of production.
PIA25445:
Muruntau Mine, Uzbekistan
Full Resolution:     TIFF (10.17 MB)     JPEG (502.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-08-23 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows that as a result of the 2010s-20s drought, the Falcon International Reservoir holds only a small fraction of its capacity.
PIA25446:
Falcon International Reservoir, US-Mexico - 2022
Full Resolution:     TIFF (18.63 MB)     JPEG (1.45 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-08-23 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano in southwest Iceland on August 15, 2022.
PIA25501:
Fagradalsfjall Volcano, Iceland
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.702 MB)     JPEG (214.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-19 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Floating Gardens of Xochimilco, twenty-eight kilometers south of Mexico City. The image was acquired April 27, 2019.
PIA25555:
Xochimilco, Mexico
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.07 MB)     JPEG (234.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-06 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Takawangha, a 1450 m stratovolcano on Tanaga Island, Alaska. The image was acquired September 13, 2021.
PIA25560:
Takawangha Volcano, Alaska
Full Resolution:     TIFF (10.93 MB)     JPEG (406 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-22 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the small Hebridean island of Eriskay, Scotland.
PIA25639:
Eriskay Island, Scotland
Full Resolution:     TIFF (725.3 kB)     JPEG (32.02 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-01-10 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Potosi, the capital city of the Department of Potosi in Bolivia, and one of the highest cities in the world at 4090 m.
PIA25705:
Potosi, Bolivia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.639 MB)     JPEG (453 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-01-24 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows three of London's many parks, found north of the Thames River.
PIA25706:
London, England Parks
Full Resolution:     TIFF (528 kB)     JPEG (61.72 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-16 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Chaine des Puys, a chain of 48 cinder cones, 8 lava domes and 15 maars (explosion craters) in central France, west of Clermont-Ferrand.
PIA25798:
Chaine des Puys, France
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.229 MB)     JPEG (527 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-27 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Poniente Almeriense in Almeria, Spain, also known as the Sea of Plastic due to the multitude of greenhouses that cover the area.
PIA25791:
Poniente Almeriense, Spain
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.758 MB)     JPEG (834.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-03-16 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Chausey, a group of small islands and islets off the coast of Normandy and part of the French Channel Islands.
PIA25800:
Chausey, French Channel Islands
Full Resolution:     TIFF (693.3 kB)     JPEG (29.65 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-03-23 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Mir mine in Siberia, an open pit diamond mine, more than 525 m deep and 1200 m in diameter, making it one of the largest in the world.
PIA25856:
Mir Diamond Mine, Siberia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.907 MB)     JPEG (209.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-04-12 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Notsuke Peninsula, on the east coast of Hokkaido, Japan. Its name is derived from the Ainu word for jawbone.
PIA25858:
Notsuke Peninsula, Japan
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.396 MB)     JPEG (234.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-04-27 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Sark, part of the English Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy, France.
PIA25859:
Sark, English Channel Islands
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.4 MB)     JPEG (264.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-05-25 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows shade covering shelter farmed ginseng from the effects of direct sunlight in Heilongjiang province, northeast China.
PIA25895:
Heilongjiang Province, China
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.847 MB)     JPEG (428.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-06-01 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the world's largest cemetery, Wadi-al-Salam, located in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, west of the Euphrates River, and along the Najaf Sea.
PIA25896:
Najaf, Iraq
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.91 MB)     JPEG (251.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-07-18 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of central Africa.
PIA25981:
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
Full Resolution:     TIFF (27.66 MB)     JPEG (1.153 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-08 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in 2022. It produced a plume 58 km high, the biggest atmospheric explosion ever recorded.
PIA26006:
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Eruption
Full Resolution:     TIFF (170 kB)     JPEG (9.253 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-17 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows areas of deforestation, surrounded by bright green areas of tropical vegetation, in southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The image was acquired September 12, 2019.
PIA26007:
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (24.91 MB)     JPEG (1.094 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-11 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Channeled Scablands in Washington, formed about 19,000 years ago when glacial Lake Missoula in Montana burst through its ice dam, and a 320 m deep lake emptied in a catastrophic flood that reached the Pacific Ocean.
PIA26008:
Channeled Scablands, Washington
Full Resolution:     TIFF (26.17 MB)     JPEG (1.811 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-18 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Mar Menor, in southeast Spain. It is Europe's largest coastal saltwater lagoon.
PIA26009:
Mar Menor, Spain
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.95 MB)     JPEG (304.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-03 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows a severe drought in the Amazon is disrupting transportation, isolating communities and putting wildlife at risk.
PIA26196:
Amazon Drought
Full Resolution:     TIFF (16.21 MB)     JPEG (799.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-14 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California, after Hurricane Hilary (August, 2023) dropped a year's worth of rain in a single day.
PIA26197:
Badwater, Death Valley
Full Resolution:     TIFF (7.76 MB)     JPEG (376.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2024-01-11 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Rinjani Caldera in Indonesia.
PIA26281:
Rinjani Caldera, Indonesia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (5.34 MB)     JPEG (286.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2024-01-29 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Rupganj, Bangladesh, one of the top 3 fastest growing cities in the world between 2000 and 2020. The population increased from 76,000 to 482,000.
PIA26282:
Rupganj, Bangladesh
Full Resolution:     TIFF (28.36 MB)     JPEG (2.267 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2024-02-15 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows volcanic activity near the town of Grindavik, Iceland on January 14, 2024.
PIA26283:
Grindavik, Iceland Eruption
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.026 MB)     JPEG (243.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2024-02-27 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Smith Island, located in the Gulf of California, just off the eastern shore of Mexico's Baja Peninsula.
PIA26284:
Smith Island, Gulf of California
Full Resolution:     TIFF (393.5 kB)     JPEG (29.75 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-21 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the small town of Orce in the heart of the high plateau of Grenada in southern Spain.
PIA26286:
Orce, Spain
Full Resolution:     TIFF (7.17 MB)     JPEG (425.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-26 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows some of the tallest star dunes (or pyramid dunes), over 100 meters high, located in the Erg Chebbi sand sea in southeast Morocco.
PIA26287:
Star Dunes, Morocco
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.557 MB)     JPEG (367.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2002-11-01 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Terra
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Italy's Mount Etna is the focus of this perspective from NASA's Terra spacecraft. The city of Catania is barely visible behind Etna on the bay at the upper left.
PIA03371:
Perspective View, Mt. Etna, Italy
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.617 MB)     JPEG (148.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2002-11-01 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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Italy's Mount Etna and the Aeolian Islands are the focus of this perspective view from NASA's Terra spacecraft. The image is looking south with the islands of Lipari and Vulcano in the foreground and Etna with its dark lava flows on the skyline.
PIA03370:
Perspective View, Mt. Etna, Italy & the Aeolian Islands
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.534 MB)     JPEG (86.35 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-10 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Terra
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This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Mount Oyama, an 820-meter-high (2,700 feet) volcano on the island of Miyake-Jima, Japan.
PIA02771:
ASTER-SRTM Perspective of Mount Oyama Volcano, Miyake-Jima Island, Japan
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.26 MB)     JPEG (101 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-14 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Terra
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This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Indian Ocean coastline north of Phuket, Thailand is a major tourist destination that was in the path of the tsunami produced by a giant offshore earthquake on December 26, 2004.
PIA06671:
Tsunami Inundation, North of Phuket, Thailand
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Full Resolution:     TIFF (10.98 MB)     JPEG (737.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2012-10-01 Earth Terra
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This still from an animation shows, in exaggerated terms, how the surface of the southern Central Valley of California deformed from the period 2007 to 2011.
PIA16293:
InSAR Measurements of Subsidence in California's Central Valley (June 2007--December 2010) Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.767 MB)     JPEG (81.67 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-14 Earth Terra
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On Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image swath over Hurricane Florence as the storm headed for the Eastern seaboard and the Carolinas.
PIA22651:
Hurricane Florence Swath seen by NASA Spacecraft
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.219 MB)     JPEG (125.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-01 Earth Envisat
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This radar image from ESA's Envisat depicts ground displacements resulting from the March 11, 2011, magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake in Japan.
PIA13975:
Satellite Radar Measures Tohoku, Japan Earthquake (Google Overlay)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.915 MB)     JPEG (201.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-01 Earth Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This radar image, called a coseismic interferogram, using satellite data from the European Space Agency's Envisat depicts ground displacements resulting from the March 11, 2011, magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake in Japan.
PIA13976:
Satellite Radar Measures Tohoku, Japan Earthquake
Full Resolution:     TIFF (63.77 MB)     JPEG (1.95 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-25 Earth Envisat
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR)
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A magnitude 6.5 earthquake devastated the small city of Bam in southeast Iran on December 26, 2003. The two images from ESA's Envisat show similar measures of the radar interferometric correlation in grayscale on the left and in false colors on the right.
PIA06311:
Bam, Iran, Radar Interferometry -- Earthquake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-27 Earth AVIRIS
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This image from NASA's Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer instrument (AVIRIS) was collected on May 17, 2010, over the site of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill disaster. In the image, crude oil on the surface appears orange to brown.
PIA13167:
NASA's AVIRIS Aids in Gulf Oil Spill Response
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-09 Earth AVIRIS
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NASA's AVIRIS spectral map of the 2013 Rim fire in and near Yosemite National Park, California.
PIA19361:
NASA's AVIRIS Map shows Spectral Signature of 2013 Rim Fire
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-06-27 Earth Earth Observing System (EOS)
AVIRIS
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A new map created with measurements from an airborne instrument developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, reveals the devastating effect of California's ongoing drought on Sierra Nevada conifer forests.
PIA20717:
California Drought Effects on Sierra Trees Mapped by NASA
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-12-08 Earth Earth Observing System (EOS)
AVIRIS
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NASA's ER-2 aircraft flew over the wildfires burning in Southern California on Dec. 5, 2017 and acquired these images of active fires visible in red, ground surfaces in green and smoke in blue.
PIA11243:
NASA's AVIRIS Instrument Sheds New Light on Southern California Wildfires
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-12-15 Earth Earth Observing System (EOS)
AVIRIS
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NASA's Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer instrument onboard an ER-2 aircraft observed wildfires burning in Southern California on Dec. 5-7, 2017.
PIA22194:
Multiple Aspects of the Southern California Wildfires as Seen by NASA's AVIRIS
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-06-14 Earth Earth Observing System (EOS)
AVIRIS
Hyperion Hyperspectral Imager
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Comparison of detected methane plumes over Aliso Canyon, California, acquired 11 days apart in Jan. 2016 by NASA's AVIRIS and Hyperion instruments on NASA satellites in low-Earth orbit.
PIA20716:
A First: NASA Spots Single Methane Leak from Space
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This is a combined radar and topography image acquired by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar of an area along the Missouri River that experienced severe flooding and levee failure in the summer of 1993.
PIA01806:
Space Radar Image of Missouri River - TOPSAR
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-12-11 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This radar image acquired by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in August, 2000, shows the western end of the island of Upolu in the nation of Western Samoa.
PIA02853:
Upolu Island, Western Samoa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-12-11 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This radar image acquired by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in August, 2000, shows most of the northern coast of the island of Upolu in the nation of Western Samoa.
PIA02854:
Upolu Island, Western Samoa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-07 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This radar image acquired by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in 2001, shows the Altamaha River Delta in the Georgia Sea Islands.
PIA03157:
Altamaha River Delta, Georgia Sea Islands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-04 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This image is a perspective view acquired by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in 2001, is of Umnak Island, one of Alaska's Aleutian Islands. The active Okmok volcano appears in the center of the island.
PIA03507:
Perspective View of Umnak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (#1)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-04 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This image is a perspective view acquired by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in 2001, is of Umnak Island, one of Alaska's Aleutian Islands. The active Okmok volcano appears in the center of the island.
PIA03508:
Perspective View of Umnak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (#2)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-04 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This image is a shaded relief mosaic of Umnak Island in Alaska's Aleutian Islands acquired by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in 2001.
PIA03509:
Shaded Relief Mosaic of Umnak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-04 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This perspective view shows the caldera of the Okmok volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands acquired by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in 2001.
PIA03510:
Perspective View of Okmok Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (#1)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-04 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This perspective view shows the caldera of the Okmok volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands acquired by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in 2001.
PIA03511:
Perspective View of Okmok Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (#2)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-04 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This perspective view, acquired by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar, shows the effects of the June 15, 1991, eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.
PIA03512:
Mt. Pinatubo, Phillippines - Perspective View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-04 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This comparison image, acquired by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar on November, 1996 and September, 2000, shows the effects of the June 15, 1991, eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.
PIA03513:
Mt. Pinatubo, Phillipines - Comparison of November, 1996 and September, 2000
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-10-11 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This image, taken by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in 2002, is of Cambodia's Angkor region revealing a temple (upper-right) not depicted on early 19th Century French archeological survey maps and American topographic maps.
PIA03866:
Radar Image with Color as Height, Sman Teng, Temple, Cambodia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-10-11 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This radar image, taken by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in 2002, shows the Old Khmer Road (Inrdratataka-Bakheng causeway) in Cambodia.
PIA03867:
Radar Image with Color as Height, Old Khmer Road, Cambodia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-10-11 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This radar image, taken by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in 2002, shows Lovea, Cambodia.
PIA03868:
Radar Image with Color as Height, Lovea, Cambodia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-10-11 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This radar image, taken by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in 2002, shows Hariharalaya, the ancient 9th Century A.D. capitol of the Khmer in Cambodia in the upper center portion.
PIA03869:
Radar Image with Color as Height, Hariharalaya, Cambodia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-10-11 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
AirSAR
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This radar image, taken by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in 2002, shows Ancharn Kuy, Cambodia.
PIA03870:
Radar Image with Color as Height, Ancharn Kuy, Cambodia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-10-11 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
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This radar image, taken by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in 2002, shows Nokor Pheas Trapeng, Cambodia.
PIA03871:
Radar Image with Color as Height, Nokor Pheas Trapeng, Cambodia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-03-25 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR)
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This sequence of three images in northern Colorado, taken by NASA's Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in 2002, shows Fraser, Colorado, before snowfall, the morning after snow, and after the snow melted.
PIA04266:
Fraser, Colorado
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-21 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
Altimeter
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The cold pool of water in the Pacific known as 'La Nina' is beginning to fade, but ocean conditions have not returned to normal, according to scientists studying images from the U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA00031:
TOPEX El Niņo/La Niņa -La Niņa Begins to Fade, April 7, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-28 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
Altimeter
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Data taken during a 10-day collection cycle ending March 9, 2001, show that above-normal sea-surface heights and warmer ocean temp. (red and white areas) still blanket the far-western tropical Pacific and much of the north (and south) mid-Pacific.
PIA00556:
Warm Ocean Temperatures Blanket the Far-Western Pacific
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