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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-02-10 Earth InSAR
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Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) analyzed vertical land motion along the California coast between 2015 and 2023. They detailed where land is sinking.
PIA25530:
Map of California Subsidence and Uplift
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-01-31 Earth UAVSAR
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Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory used data from an airborne radar to measure the movement of the slow-moving landslides on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County.
PIA26495:
NASA Radar Looks at Palos Verdes Landslides
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-02 Earth SAR
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NASA's OPERA project generated a radar image of Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 26, 2024, at 7:38 p.m. local time, as the storm approached the Florida coast.
PIA26414:
NASA's OPERA Project Generates Radar Image of Hurricane Helene
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-27 Earth InSAR
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The team pinpointed hot spots: runway 13/31 at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, is subsiding at a rate of about 0.15 inches per year; part of Newtown Creek, a Superfund site in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is rising unevenly by about 0.06 inches per year.
PIA25528:
Hot Spots of Subsidence, Uplift in New York City
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-27 Earth InSAR
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Mapping vertical land motion across the New York City area, researchers found the land sinking by about 0.06 inches (1.6 millimeters) per year on average. They also detected modest uplift in Queens and Brooklyn.
PIA25527:
Map of New York City Subsidence and Uplift
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-09 Earth ARIA
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The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and western Syria on February 6, 2023, caused widespread destruction in both countries.
PIA25564:
Satellites Assess Earthquake Damage in Turkey
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-19 Earth UAVSAR
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NASA's UAVSAR airborne radar instrument imaged Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano during three flyovers on Dec. 7, 8, and 10. This image captures lava flow thickness, which is one measure of the size of an eruption.
PIA25526:
Airborne NASA Radar Maps Mauna Loa Lava Changes in Hawaii
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-09 Earth ARIA
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The NASA-supported ARIA project created this false-color map of ground movement resulting from the Mauna Loa volcano eruption in Hawaii. Surface displacements are depicted as colored fringes.
PIA25525:
Satellite Data Shows Ground Motion From Mauna Loa Volcano Eruption
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-06 Earth ARIA
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NASA scientists are using satellite data to assess the damage on Florida's Gulf Coast after Hurricane Ian, which made landfall in the state as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 28, 2022.
PIA25426:
ARIA Maps Damage in Fort Myers From Hurricane Ian
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-12-13 Earth UAVSAR
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An oil slick from naturally occurring oil seeps off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. The Marine Oil Spill Thickness (MOST) project can detect the thickest oil in a slick.
PIA23699:
Natural Oil Seepage Off California Coast
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-13 Earth UAVSAR
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JPL researchers Cathleen Jones and Yunling Lou stand with the flight crew in front of the airplane used to fly the UAVSAR instrument on October 6, 2021.
PIA24901:
UAVSAR Flight Crew
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-13 Earth UAVSAR
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The UAVSAR instrument, managed by JPL, detected several potential oil slicks off of Huntington Beach, California, during flights on October 6, 2021.
PIA23782:
UAVSAR Oil Slicks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-09-20 Earth Delta-X
UAVSAR
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A radar instrument flown by the Delta-X mission captured data on an oil slick off the coast of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on September 1, 2021. The data, along with satellite images helped to confirm the presence of the oil slick in the area.
PIA24540:
Delta-X Oil Slick Radar Signal in Gulf of Mexico
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-15 Earth UAVSAR
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A NASA aircraft equipped with Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) flew above California fires on Sept. 3 and 10 to examine the ground below.
PIA24102:
NASA's UAVSAR Flights Observe California Fires
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-01-15 Earth ARIA
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NASA's ARIA team mapped damage in southwestern Puerto Rico following a 6.4-magnitude quake and hundreds of aftershocks. Guanica, west of the city of Ponce, was particularly hard-hit.
PIA23429:
ARIA Maps Damage of Western Puerto Rico After Quakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-15 Earth ARIA
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NASA's ARIA team, along with the Earth Observatory of Singapore, created this map showing damage from Typhoon Hagibis, which struck southwest of Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2019.
PIA23424:
New ARIA Map Shows Damage from Typhoon Hagibis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-03 Earth ARIA
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NASA's ARIA team used satellite data acquired on Sept. 2, 2019, to map flooding in the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.
PIA23360:
Flooding from Dorian Seen from Space
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-12 Earth ARIA
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NASA's ARIA team produced this map of earthquake damage in Southern California from the recent temblors in July, 2019.
PIA23354:
NASA's ARIA Team Maps California Quake Damage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-09 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this InSAR map that shows surface displacement caused by the recent major earthquakes in Southern California.
PIA23150:
NASA's ARIA Maps Southern California Quake Damage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-01 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created these flood proxy maps depicting areas of Mozambique that are likely flooded as a result of Cyclone Idai.
PIA23142:
Satellites Image Mozambique Flooding after Cyclone Idai
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-11-19 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this updated Damage Proxy Map (DPM) image depicting areas of Northern California that are likely damaged as a result of the Camp Fire.
PIA22819:
Updated ARIA Map of CA Camp Fire Damage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-11-12 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created these Damage Proxy Map (DPM) images depicting areas in Southern and Northern California that are likely damaged by the Woolsey and Camp Fires.
PIA22816:
NASA's ARIA Maps California Fire Damage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-05 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, including the city of Palu, that are likely damaged as a result of the magnitude 7.5 September 28, 2018 earthquake.
PIA22746:
NASA's ARIA Maps Indonesia Quake, Tsunami Damage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-18 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Flood Proxy Map depicting areas of the Carolinas that are likely flooded as a result of Hurricane Florence.
PIA22704:
NASA's ARIA Maps Aftermath from Florence
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-17 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas of the Carolinas that are likely damaged as a result of Hurricane Florence.
PIA22702:
NASA's ARIA Maps Damage from Florence
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-10 Earth ARIA
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas in the southwestern part of Hokkaido, Japan, that are likely damaged as a result of the M6.6 September 5 earthquake in 2018 (shown by red and yellow pixels).
PIA22696:
Japan Earthquakes (ARIA Damage Proxy Map)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-05 Earth ARIA
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Scientists with NASA's ARIA used satellite data to produce a Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas in the northeastern part of Lombok Island, Indonesia, that are likely damaged as a result of the major earthquake sequence in 2018.
PIA22495:
ARIA Damage Proxy Map of Lombok, Indonesia Earthquakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-02-12 Earth UAVSAR
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NASA's UAVSAR detected changes caused by severe debris flows as extreme winter rains fell in January 2018 following the Thomas Fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties in California.
PIA22243:
Effects of Deadly California Debris Flows Seen in Before/After Images from NASA's UAVSAR
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-08-30 Earth ARIA
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NASA's Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) team at JPL acquired this flood proxy map of Southeastern Texas that are likely flooded as a result of Hurricane Harvey, shown by light blue pixels.
PIA21928:
Extent of Texas Flooding Shown in New NASA Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-03-23 Earth ARIA
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These false-colored maps from ALOS 2 show surface displacements proportional to the surface motion. The arrows show the direction of the radar motion measurement.
PIA21210:
Satellite Radar Show Complex Set of Faults Moved in 2016 New Zealand Earthquake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-08-27 Earth ARIA
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NASA and its partners are contributing observations and expertise to the ongoing response to the Aug. 23, 2016, magnitude 6.2 Amatrice earthquake in central Italy caused widespread building damage to several towns throughout the region.
PIA20893:
Radar Shows Italy Area Moved 8 Inches by Amatrice Earthquake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-20 Earth ARIA
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This false-color map shows the amount of permanent surface movement caused almost entirely by the earthquakes, during a 42-day interval between two ALOS-2 images acquired on March 7 and April 18, 2016.
PIA20460:
NASA's ARIA Project, JAXA Examine Earth Surface Deformation from Kumamoto, Japan Quakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-02-05 Earth UAVSAR
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A protected area within the Nasca World Heritage Site in Peru that has experienced apparent disturbance between two different observations by NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR).
PIA20378:
Disturbance on Dirt Roads Crossing Peru's Nasca World Heritage Site seen by NASA's UAVSAR
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-02-05 Earth UAVSAR
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This image shows the Pan-American Highway (upper right), and an unpaved road from the highway to a hilly area used by tourists to view the Peruvian Nasca World Heritage Site geoglyphs.
PIA20377:
Disturbance at Peru's Nasca World Heritage Site seen by NASA's UAVSAR
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-02-05 Earth UAVSAR
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Different visualizations of an area with geometric geoglyphs at the Nasca World Heritage Site in Peru as seen by NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR).
PIA20376:
Peruvian Geometric Geoglyphs Detected by NASA's UAVSAR
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-01-27 Earth UAVSAR
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These two images from NASA's UAVSAR and Google Earth show the mesa-top site of Peru's Nasca lines World Heritage Site. The data collected will help Peruvian authorities fully catalog the thousand-year-old designs drawn on the ground.
PIA20367:
NASA Radar Brings a New View of World Heritage Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-10-12 Earth Earth Observatory
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On Sept. 16, 2015, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck near the coast of central Chile along the boundary of the Nazca and South American tectonic plates. Maps known as interferograms show how the quake moved the ground, as observed by Sentinel-1A
PIA20002:
NASA Looks at Land Surface Changes Following Chilean Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-11 Earth ARIA
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NASA data and expertise are providing valuable information for the ongoing response to the April 25, 2015, magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal.
PIA14710:
New ALOS-2 Damage Map Assists 2015 Gorkha, Nepal Disaster Response
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-07 Earth ARIA
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This false-color map from NASA's ARIA project shows the amount of permanent surface movement caused almost entirely by the magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal.
PIA14708:
Radar Shows Kathmandu Area Uplifted 5 Feet by Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-04 Earth ARIA
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This false-color map shows the amount of permanent surface movement caused almost entirely by the 7.8 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal during a 70-day interval between two ALOS-2 images, acquired February 21 and May 2, 2015.
PIA19383:
NASA's ARIA Project Provides New Look at Earth Surface Deformation from Nepal Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-02 Earth ARIA
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This deformation map from NASA's ARIA project shows surface displacements around Kathmandu, the April 25, 2015, magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal.
PIA19535:
NASA's ARIA Project Maps Deformation of Earth's Surface from Nepal Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-29 Earth C-SAR Sensor
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This satellite interferometric synthetic aperture radar image-pair shows relative deformation of the Earth's surface when nn April 22-23, 2015, significant explosive eruptions occurred at Calbuco volcano, Chile.
PIA11434:
Ground Deformation from Chilean Volcanic Eruption Shown by Satellite Radar Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-09-04 Earth UAVSAR
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NASA's UAVSAR studies ground deformation after a magnitude 6.0 South Napa earthquake on August 24, 2014.
PIA18801:
NASA's UAVSAR Studies Ground Deformation from Napa California Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-27 Earth UAVSAR
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This false-color image of Peru's Ubinas volcano was acquired on April 14, 2014, by NASA's UAVSAR. Located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the city of Arequipa, Ubinas is Peru's most active volcano.
PIA18049:
UAVSAR image of Ubinas Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-31 Earth UAVSAR
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NASA Model Provides 3-D Look at L.A.-area 5.1 Quake
PIA18041:
NASA Model Provides 3-D Look at L.A.-area 5.1 Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-18 Earth Seasat
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
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This Seasat synthetic aperture radar image from Aug. 27, 1978, shows the Massachusetts coast from Nantucket Island in the south past Cape Cod and Boston to Cape Ann in the north.
PIA18137:
NASA's Seasat Satellite Shows Massachusetts Coast
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-06 Earth UAVSAR
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Analyses by NASA's UAVSAR radar performed after the Bayou Corne, La., sinkhole formed, show it was able to detect precursory ground surface movement of up to 10.2 inches (260 millimeters) more than a month before the sinkhole collapsed in Aug. 2012.
PIA18040:
NASA Radar Demonstrates Ability to Foresee Sinkholes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-03 Earth UAVSAR
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This false-color image of Colombia's Galeras Volcano, was acquired by UAVSAR on March 13, 2013. A highly active volcano, Galeras features a breached caldera and an active cone that produces numerous small to moderate explosive eruptions.
PIA16943:
UAVSAR Acquires False-Color Image of Galeras Volcano, Colombia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-03 Earth UAVSAR
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On March 17, 2013, NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) acquired synthetic aperture radar data over the Napo River in Ecuador and Peru.
PIA16942:
NASA Sends Unmanned Aircraft To Study Volcanoes and Wetlands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-12 Earth Space Shuttle
SIR-C/X-SAR
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These two gray-scale images from NASA's Space Shuttle show part of the Nile River, near the Fourth Cataract in Sudan.
PIA16179:
Nile River in Black and White
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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
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-15 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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This false-color, oblique perspective image of the Slumgullion landslide in southwestern Colorado depicting its surface motion was created by data acquired by NASA's UAVSAR between two airplane flights in August 2011.
PIA16059:
NASA's UAVSAR Images Colorado's Slumgullion Landslide
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-02-06 Earth European Remote Sensing Satellite Mission (ERS)
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
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This frame from an animation depicts variations in surface elevation resulting from the discharge and recharge of groundwater basins in Southern California.
PIA13202:
Southern California INSAR Time Series Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-02-06 Earth European Remote Sensing Satellite Mission (ERS)
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
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This frame from an animation depicts a time-series of ground deformation at Mount Etna Volcano between 1992 and 2001. The deformation results from changes in the volume of a shallow chamber centered approximately 5 km (3 miles) below sea level.
PIA13201:
Mount Etna InSAR Time Series Animation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-04 Earth UAVSAR
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This radar image from NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar shows the deformed Earth caused by a 7.2 earthquake in Mexico's state of Baja California and parts of the American Southwest on April 4, 2010.
PIA13902:
NASA Radar Captures Earth Deformation from 2010 Baja Calif. Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-04 Earth UAVSAR
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This image shows NASA's UAVSAR interferogram swath overlaid atop a Google Earth image. NASA airborne radar images show the continuing deformation in Earth's surface resulting from the magnitude 7.2 temblor in Baja California on April 4, 2010.
PIA13314:
NASA Radar Images Show Continued Deformation from Mexico Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-01 Earth UAVSAR
L-Band UAVSAR
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This false-color composite image from NASA's UAVSAR taken on June 23, 2010, shows the southern Louisiana coastline, covering the area around Grande Isle and the entrance to Barataria Bay.
PIA13233:
UAVSAR Maps the Gulf Coast Oil Spill
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-23 Earth UAVSAR
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This radar image from NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar shows the deformed Earth caused by a 7.2 earthquake in Mexico's state of Baja California in 2010.
PIA13380:
NASA Radar Images Show How Mexico Quake Deformed Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-02 Earth UAVSAR
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NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) captured this false-color composite image of the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the surrounding region on Jan. 27, 2010.
PIA12503:
NASA Airborne Radar Captures Its First Images of Post-Quake Haiti
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-01 Earth UAVSAR
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JPL's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar collected this composite radar image around Québec City, Canada, during an 11-day campaign to study the structure of temperate and boreal forests.
PIA12189:
UAVSAR Radar Imagery of Boreal Forests Around Quebec City, Canada
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-18 Earth UAVSAR
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This image is a false-color composite of three channels from data acquired by NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar over the San Andreas Fault west of San Mateo, California.
PIA12075:
Scientists Search for a Pulse in Skies Above Earthquake Country
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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
ASTER Images and SRTM Elevation Model

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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 2004-06-25 Earth European Remote Sensing Satellite Mission (ERS)
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A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck a sparsely inhabited area of southeast Iran on March 14, 1998, at 11:10 p.m. local time.
PIA06310:
Shahdad, Southeast Iran, Radar Interferometry -- Silent Earthquake, Perspective View
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 1999-09-23 Earth Global Rain Forest Mapping Project (GRFM)
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This is an image of equatorial Africa, centered on the equator at longitude 15degrees east. This image is a mosaic of almost 4,000 separate images obtained in 1996 by NASA's L-band imaging radar onboard the Japanese Earth Resources Satellite.
PIA01348:
Radar Mosaic of Africa
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (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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