This image collected Nov. 24, 2011, is the first complete global image from the NPP satellite's Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite, which can image the entire Earth every day with no gaps.
Russian Volcano Hurls Ash Six Miles High
Kizimen, an isolated stratovolcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, spewed ash nearly 10 kilometers (32,800 feet) into the air in mid-December 2011.
QuickBird Satellite Spots Chinese Carrier at Sea
On Dec. 13, 2011, analysts in the DigitalGlobe Analysis Center confirmed an image of the Varyag, China's first aircraft carrier, in the Yellow Sea on its second sea trial.
Shrubbery on the March Northward in Quebec
The northward expansion of vegetation may not be as dramatic as melting sea ice, but it's another key indicator researchers are watching to better understand global warming.
Unmanned Aircraft Mimics Insect Vision to Navigate
Researchers say small unmanned aircraft equipped with fisheye-lensed cameras now can use insect-like visual navigation to stay on track.
Dust Storm Stirs up Argentina
This striking image from the International Space Station captures the beauty and power of nature in motion. A panoramic, oblique view of eastern Argentina and its coastline shows a large plume of dust swirling outward from the interior to the Atlantic Ocean.
NORAD Boosts Ways to Track Santa
Once again, the North American Aerospace Defense Command will track Santa's yuletide journey”this year with cell phone apps, Google Earth and several other high-tech options.
Satellites Keep Tabs on Yellowstone's Plumbing
Proposed energy projects just outside Yellowstone National Park borders have some people fearing that Old Faithful and other national wonders could be sapped of their energy.
Satellite Data Show Reduced Toxic Air Emissions
Good news”satellite data combined with ground measurements indicate the Clean Air Interstate Rule, issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2005, is working in several states.
Cattle Rustling Family Nabbed by Drone
With 3,000 acres to cover and fearful of an armed standoff, a North Dakota sheriff calls in a Predator drone, modern military's wonder weapon, in the first drone-assisted arrest on U.S. soil.
