DigitalGlobe released the first public image from its recently launched 30-centimeter-resolution WorldView-4 satellite. Taken on Nov. 26, 2016, the image shows the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Rare November Tokyo Snowfall
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this natural-color image of Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2016, after it received its first November snowfall in more than half a century.
Satellites Reveal Ground Shift from Italian Earthquake
Scientists from Italy's Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment of the National Research Council as well as the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology used radar imagery from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites to identify significant east“west ground displacement in central Italy where an earthquake struck on Oct. 30, 2016.
Patagonia Glacier Growing Across Chile
Chile's Bernardo O'Higgins National Park includes much of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, the world's second-largest contiguous ice field beyond the poles.
Sentinel Spies Snowy Siberia
The European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-2A satellite collected this image of the Putorana Plateau in northern Central Siberia. Situated about 100 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, the site serves as a major reindeer migration route and is one of the few centers of plant species richness in the Arctic.
Desert Irrigation Makes for Spectacular Imagery
Although it may be difficult to irrigate fields in the middle of the the Wadi As Sirhan basin of Saudi Arabia, the practice does lead to stunning and beautifully contrasting imagery, as evidenced in this European Space Agency (ESA) false-color image from the Proba-V minisatellite.
Landsat Looks at Europe's Largest Glacier
Glaciers cover 11 percent of Iceland's landscape, and the Vatnajökull (Vatna Glacier in English) is 8,000 square kilometers and the largest in Europe. The Landsat-8 satellite captured this false-color image over Iceland's southeastern coast and the Vatnajökull glacier.
Hurricane Matthew Devastates Haiti
On Oct. 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew made landfall on southwestern Haiti as a Category 4 storm”the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean nation in more than 50 years.
Volcanic Activity in South Sandwich Islands
Located in the South Atlantic Ocean, the uninhabited South Sandwich Islands include several active stratovolcanoes. Due to their remote location, these volcanoes are some of the least studied in the world, although satellites often catch them erupting.
Salt and Ice in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s Alakol Lake typically freezes for about two months at the end of winter and breaks up in early spring, beautifully captured in this European Space Agency Sentinel-2 image. The salt lake’s mineral-rich water and mud is considered therapeutic, and...
