Earth Observatory Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission) Landsat 9 An Agricultural “Island” in the Saskatchewan River Delta Guest authors October 1, 2026 0 Surrounded by wetlands, Manitoba’s northernmost farmland near The Pas turns from green to brown over the 2026 growing season.
Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) Earth Observatory Hurricanes & Typhoons Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Powerful Storms Continue to Prowl the Pacific Guest authors September 30, 2026 0 Hurricanes Polo and Nolo sent destructive effects ashore amid an active season in the northeastern and central Pacific.
Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) Earth Observatory Hurricanes & Typhoons Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Powerful Storms Continue to Prowl the Pacific Guest authors September 30, 2026 0 Hurricanes Polo and Nolo sent destructive effects ashore amid an active season in the northeastern and central Pacific.
Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) Earth Observatory Hurricanes & Typhoons Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Powerful Storms Continue to Prowl the Pacific Guest authors September 30, 2026 0 Hurricanes Polo and Nolo sent destructive effects ashore amid an active season in the northeastern and central Pacific.
Clouds Earth Observatory Wildfires Fire Cloud with a Pileus on Top Guest authors September 29, 2026 0 Scientists captured rare observations of an ephemeral pileus cloud hovering over a smoke-infused cloud that rose above a wildfire in Montana.
Earth Observatory Earth Visualization & Mapping Goddard Space Flight Center Ice & Glaciers ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2) Topography Uncovering the Valleys Hidden Below Greenland’s Ice Guest authors September 28, 2026 0 A new map of the terrain beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet links hundreds of valleys that previous maps missed or left fragmented.
Aqua Earth Observatory Hurricanes & Typhoons Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Explosive Intensification for Hurricane Polo Guest authors September 25, 2026 0 Several ingredients came together off the Pacific coast of Mexico to generate one of the strongest storms the eastern Pacific basin has ever seen.
Clouds Earth Observatory Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Cloudy Cloak Over the Northwest Guest authors September 24, 2026 0 A low-lying cloud layer brought autumn ambience to western Washington and Oregon, while mountainous areas near the coast remained above the pall.
Earth Observatory Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission) Vegetation Boom Year for Desert Blooms Guest authors September 23, 2026 0 Carpets of wildflowers burst from arid, ochre-colored land in Western Australia following winter rains.
Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) Earth Observatory An Epic View of the Seasons Guest authors September 22, 2026 0 The tilt in Earth’s axis of rotation makes the apparent position of continents shift with the seasons in imagery from a NASA camera in deep space.