Earth Observation
Satellite Photo of Hurricane Isabel
Image credit: NASA NASA's Aqua satellite took this overhead view of Hurricane Isabel on September 14, 2003 while it was…
Iraq Oil Fire Seen From Space
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's Envisat environmental satellite captured this image of a burning oil pipeline in northern…
Satellites Help Forecasters Predict Hurricanes
Image credit: NASA Weather forecasters are turning to data from a fleet of satellites to help predict how conditions might…
Cloudless Europe Seen From Space
Image credit: ESA As the weather is starting to cool in Europe after a particularly hot summer, the European Space…
NASA Releases a Map of the Whole Earth
Image credit: NASA NASA has released a new image of the entire Earth based on images taken during the Shuttle…
Satellites Could Provide Early Warning for Forest Fires
Image credit: NASA New software developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory may give firefighters a new tool for spotting forest…
Northeast Blackout Seen From Space
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted satellite images online that showed the extent of the power blackout that affected…
Three Gorges Dam Seen From Above
Image credit: ESA China's Three Gorges Dam was recently photographed from above by the European Space Agency's CHRIS instrument on…
Satellite Confirms Ozone Recovery
Image credit: NASA Observations from three NASA satellites have confirmed that the rate of ozone depletion in the Earth's upper…
New Satellite Image of the Aral Sea
Image credit: ESA A new image taken by the European Space Agency's Envisat satellite shows how much the Aral Sea…