Natural Disasters
Mississippi River Flooding As Seen from the Space Station
[/caption] Big Muddy, as the Mississippi River is known, looks especially big and muddy these days with record flooding occurring…
Satellite Imagery Shows How Tornadoes Slashed Across Alabama, Mississippi
[/caption] Some extraordinary satellite and radar imagery shows how the deadly tornado supercell slashed through Alabama and Mississippi last week,…
Japan Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days, Moved Axis
[/caption] The terribly destructive magnitude 9.0 earthquake which struck Japan on March 11, may have had another effect - Shortening…
Satellite Photos Before and After of Japan’s Earthquake, Tsunami
[/caption] Photos from the GeoEye satellite imaging company from before and after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan…
The Science Behind a Tsunami
The massive magnitude 8.9 earthquake that struck off the east coast Japan's main island on March 11, 2011 set in…
Just to be Clear: The Moon Did Not Cause the Earthquake in Japan
[/caption] We're getting a lot of visitors to our site today, many searching for information about earthquakes, tsunamis, and the…
Massive 8.9 Earthquake Hits Japan; Tsunamis Predicted for Pacific Basin
[/caption] An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan on March 11, one of the strongest to ever…
Most Intense Storm in History Cuts Across the US — As Seen from Space
[/caption] Yowza! – Here’s a satellite image of a storm of record-breaking proportions. On October 26, 2010, the strongest storm…
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…
Spectacular Footage, Satellite Images of Eyjafjallajokull Volcano in Iceland
A volcano under a glacier in Iceland erupted Wednesday, melting ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air and forcing…