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Where Does Lightning Strike?
Learn where the most lightning occurs from this NASA map.
Pictures of the Universe
: Views of the most interesting objects in our universe by NASA.
Aurora Borealis
! The colorful "Northern Lights" are most visible in the spring.
India's Lonar Impact Crater:
A 6000-foot wide crater formed about 35,000 - 50,000 years ago.
Galaxies in Collision:
Galaxies are not static places. Instead they are dynamic and explosive.
Human-Linked Climate Change
: There are many human activities and natural processes that influence climate change.
Marine Phytoplankton
: Satellite images of marine algal blooms from worldwide oceans and seas.
Monitoring Volcanoes From Space
: Learn how NASA keeps an eye on remote volcanoes.
Satellite Image of Earth at Night
:One of NASA's famous images. It's not a map of population, it is a map of electricty use.
The Tunguska Blast:
One hundred years ago a meteoroid exploded above the surface of Siberia. A new look at this famous event.
Most Recent
Asteroid Collision:
A streak of debris that might be a collision.
Earth's Core & Magnetic Field:
Exploring Earth's internal structure & magnetic field.
Activity at Rabaul Volcano:
Ash plume over Rabaul in late November 2009.
Maupiti Island:
Spectacular image showing the island, lagoon & reefs.
Heavy Snow in China
highlights many features on satellite images.
Gulf Sediment Plumes:
Tropical Storm Ida churned up Gulf sediment.
"Starburst Galaxies":
Where new stars form at a very rapid rate.
Athabasca Oil Sands:
The world's second largest oil deposit.
Kilauea Eastern Rift Zone:
A spectacular image of craters and lava flows.
Dust Over Egypt and the Mediterranean:
Winds carry dust far from shore.
How Do GPS Satellites Know Their Location?
Quasars are their reference.
El Misti Volcano:
Satellite image of Misti and Arequipa in its impact zone.
Glacial Dust off of Alaska's Copper Glacier:
A spectacular image by NASA.
Asteroid 2009 VA Nearly Hits Earth:
Seen just 15 hours from potential impact.
Ship Exhaust Trails:
An interesting image from the US west coast.
Soufriere Hills:
A NASA photo shows evidence of many volcanic eruptions.
Topographic Map of the World:
The most complete topo map of Earth.
Saturn's Largest Ring:
Spitzer finds an enormous new - but diffuse ring.
Washington Dust Storm:
Satellite image of the October 2009 storm.
Mars Ice Layers Match Climate:
Radar maps reveal a polar climate record.
Monitoring Water Use From Space:
NASA estimates water use from space.
Farm Land From Space:
Landsat images show farming and land use patterns.
Ol Doinyo Lengai:
NASA satellite images show the impact of an eruption.
Glaciers Flowing Into a Dry Valley:
Satellite image of Greenland glaciers.
Sarychev Peak Eruption Photo:
The plume punches through cloud cover.
Tambora:
The caldera made by Earth's largest recorded eruption.
Northwest Passage:
A NASA image of ice-free waters in some areas.
Mars Meteorites:
Interesting iron meteorites found by Mars rovers.
Manam Volcano:
NASA image of Manam eruption in June 2009.
Botswana Diamond Mine:
Satellite image of Jwaneng mine and plant.
Lake Eyre:
Satellite images of Lake Eyre flooding in Australia.
Redoubt Ash Plume:
The first explosions were documented by thermal imagery.
Gulf of Mexico Sediment:
Muddy water patterns in this satellite image.
Triangulum Galaxy:
One of a few galaxies moving towards the Milky Way.
Great Blue Hole:
A NASA image of a depression in the Lighthouse Reef Atoll.
Nepal Forest Fires:
Plumes of smoke stream from forest and agricultural fires.
More Articles
Chaiten Volcano:
NASA images of the recent eruptions at Chaiten.
Karymsky Volcano:
A recent ashfall on a snow-covered landscape.
Shiveluch Volcano:
The most active on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Okhotsk Sea Ice:
Swirls of sea ice drifting off Japan's Hokkaido Island.
Great Bahama Bank:
Image of a classic carbonate environment.
Natural Oil Seeps:
Huge seeps spill oil into the environment.
Detecting Buried Faults:
Radar data tracks a subsurface fault.
East Africa Rift Lava Flows:
Satellite images or a probable fissure eruption.
Monitoring Pollution By Satellite:
Haze flows from Asia to the USA.
Ocean Wind Power Maps:
Ocean areas with wind power potential.
Glory Over the Pacific:
A beautiful atmospheric phenomenon.
Chesapeake Bay Recovery
:
NASA monitors the Bay clean-up by satellite.
Louisiana Coastal Subsidence:
Learn why the Delta is sinking.
Monitoring Climate Change:
Tracking clouds, rain, aerosols, ice & glaciers.
Antarctic Ice Loss:
NASA discovers faster melting in the Antarctic.
Concealed Glaciers on Mars:
Radar sees ice under a rocky cover.
Methane in the Atmosphere of Mars:
Caused by geological activity or life?
Human Carbon Dioxide
About 1.4 metric tons of carbon per person per year.
Water Deposits on Mars:
Four types of deposits found on the Martian surface.
Carbonates on Mars:
The environment indicating mineral.
Carbon Dioxide Map:
NASA's maps of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Star Bright as 3.2 Million Suns:
Spitzer images one of the brightest stars.
Hurricane Ike Storm Surge:
Satellite image shows the coastal impact.
Liquid Ethane on Titan:
The only other body in our solar system with liquid lakes.
Water on Mars:
NASA scientists say they have discovered water on Mars.
Largest Impact Crater:
NASA discovers what might be the largest crater.
Evidence of Water on Mars:
Lakes, rivers and a variety of other features.
Geology of Mercury:
Volcanoes, core, impacts, crustal processes.
Ice on Mars:
The Phoenix Lander may have found a frozen water layer on Mars.
Phoenix Mars Lander
: Artist's impression of the landing, and landscape.
Youngest Supernova In the Milky Way:
NASA finds a new supernova.
Geysers on Enceladus:
Cassini flies through a geyser.
Diamonds In Space!
Looking for diamonds with the Spitzer Telescope.
Temperature of Mars' Crust and Upper Mantle:
Mars is a cold planet at depth.
Dust Devils On Mars:
Vortices as large as one of Earth's tornadoes.
Powerful Storms on Saturn:
Huge storms with strong lightning.
NASA News
New Lava Dome at Chaiten Volcano, Chile
: Earth Observatory has a new image of Chaiten...
Huge Icebergs off Mertz Glacier, Antarctica
: "Two massive icebergs drifted along the coast of...
Lava Trails on Mars
: "Flowing lava can carve or build paths very...
Moon's Deep Crust in Apollo Basin
: What can we learn from the huge, old...
NASA Moonbuggy Competitions in April
: NASA is gearing up for their 2010 "Great...
Chile Earthquake May Have Shortened Earth Days
: "The Feb. 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile...
Impact of Eruption on Montserrat
: "A massive eruption of Montserrat's Soufrière Hills Volcano...
Japan: Sakurajima Volcano Activity Increases
: Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan erupted more than...
Infrared Reveals Near-Earth Objects
: Near-Earth objects are now being identified through infrared...
Climate Kids Website from NASA
: NASA has unveiled their new website, called "Climate...
NASA Site Links
NASA Homepage:
The primary source of information, images and data for "observing Earth from space". All of the big announcements are posted here.
Earth Observatory:
This is the website where NASA shares new and interesting images of Earth from space on a daily basis.
NASA for Kids:
A great site built for children in grades K-6. Adults and older kids can enjoy it too. We recommend Snoopy's topics.
NASA Mars Exploration:
All of NASA's web content related to Mars is posted here first. It is also an archive of NASA information about Mars.
NASA Visible Earth:
NASA's Visible Earth catalog of images and animations of our home planet.
Space Shuttle Homepage:
The official NASA website. Includes news, reference information, and detailed mission profiles for all missions.
Hubble Space Telescope:
The news center for the Hubble Space Telescope with lots of articles and great images.
Solar System Exploration:
A portal to all of NASA's missions to explore the planets, moons and other bodies in our Solar System.
Dark Matter in a Supercluster:
Mapping dark mattter reveals galaxy violence.
New Phobos Images:
NASA images show crater chains and more.
Nitrogen Trifluoride Gas:
iEffective at warming the atmosphere.
Highest & Lowest Points On Mars:
Learn about elevation extremes.
Storms on Jupiter:
Massive continent-sized storms driven by internal heat.
Ocean Under Titan's Surface?
Is there an ocean within Saturn's moon.
Organic Chemicals From Enceladus:
Cassini detects organics.
Plate Tectonics On Mars:
Magnetic stripes suggest plate-like movement.
Arctic Sea Ice at Risk:
Is it "warm weather" or "global warming"?
Possible Life On Enceladus?
Extremeophile life forms on Saturn's moon?
Mars Soil Sample Recovery:
A mission to Mars for Martian soil.
Earth's Warmest Year:
Maps and graphs of Earth's warmest year.
Sahara Dust and Ocean Temperature:
The impact of wind-blown dust.
M83: Pinwheel Galaxy:
Seen 15 million light years away from Earth.
Mars Avalanche:
NASA image of an avalanche on Mars.
Mars Radar Sounder:
Probing for subsurface structures.
