Natural Disasters
Extrasolar Volcanoes May Soon be Detectable
[/caption] We’ve all seen pictures of erupting terrestrial volcanoes from space, and even eruptions on Jupiter’s moon Io in the…
NASA Satellites and Spacecraft Look Into the Eye of Hurricane Earl
[/caption] NASA scientists, instruments and spacecraft are busy studying Hurricane Earl from both the air and space, and an unmanned…
Earth Moved Substantially in April 2010 Earthquake
[/caption] From a JPL press release. NASA has released the first-ever airborne radar images of the deformation in Earth's surface…
Gulf Oil Leak: Day 62 Update
[/caption] Here's the latest satellite image of the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil keeps spreading…
Latest Satellite Views of Oil Leak, Plus Dramatic Video of Where the Oil May End Up
[/caption] 56 days into the the still-leaking Deepwater Horizon oil well spill in the Gulf of Mexico, satellite views are…
More Up-Close Images of Eyjafjallajokull Volcano and Its Effect on Life in Iceland
[/caption] Astronomer Snaevarr Gudmundsson from Iceland, who shared his incredible close-up images of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano with Universe Today back…
Volcano Cam Now Available
[/caption] Via the Bad Astronomer, there is now a live video feed of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland. It comes…
Latest Satellite Images of Eyjafjallajokull, the Volcano that Keeps on Giving
[/caption] Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano continues to spew out a thick plume of ash. Seen here on May 11, 2010, the…
Shock Waves, Volcanic Bombs From Eyjafjallajokull
The volcano in Iceland keeps producing eye-popping effects. Now that the ash isn't spewing quite so dramatically,the mouth of the…
Incredible Images of Iceland Volcano from Just a Few Kilometers Away
[/caption] Astronomer Snaevarr Gudmundsson from Iceland was able to travel to within just a few kilometers from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano,…