Safety and financial losses associated with rough seas are a real concern. For the first time, the European Space Agency's GlobWave project provides a one-stop shop for satellite data on ocean waves.
NASA's Age of Aquarius Dawns
On June 10, an international satellite was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., carrying the NASA-built Aquarius instrument. Aquarius will measure the saltiness of Earth’s oceans, advancing our understanding of the global water cycle and improving climate forecasts.
World's Best Unmanned Aerial Predator? You Decide!
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) continue to change the face of modern combat with advanced Earth observation and pinpoint targeting capabilities. Several military UAVs from around the globe are profiled by India's rediff NEWS in this interesting slide show.
Aqua Satellite Captures Massive Arizona Wildfires
The Wallow Fire was started by human activity on May 29, and the wind-fueled inferno has become the second-largest fire in Arizona history. By the end of the day on June 9, the massive fire had reached 386,690 acres (609 square miles or 157,701 hectares) and had burned 29 and threatened 5,242 homes.
Tornado's Giant Scar Visible From Space
This Landsat 5 satellite image clearly reveals the 63-kilometer long trail of destruction caused by a rare Massachusetts tornado on June 1.
Unmanned aircraft systems are DoD’s deadly darlings, but how soon will friendly ones penetrate the civil market?
By Jeff Specht, Publisher, Earth Imaging Journal The mere words "Predator armed with Hellfire missiles" are enough to strike fear in the heart of any terrorist seeking refuge in the Afghanistan or Pakistan countryside. Stealthy and surgically precise, the Predator...
Iceland's GrÃmsvötnVolcano Erupts
A year after Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano spewed ash and steam miles into the air and disrupted global air traffic for days, NASA's Terra satellite captures another Iceland volcano rumbling to life.
Aerial Image Shows Remains of Joplin High School
This one-foot resolution, digital aerial image of Joplin, Mo., was collected May 24, 2011, at approximately 9:30 a.m. The image shows the remains of Joplin High School, located at 21st and Indiana, just two days after a Level 5 tornado touched down on May 22, 2011 and...
Imagery in the News Departments May June
Drought and Heat Create Hazardous Fire Conditions in Texas So far in 2011, more than 1.4 million acres have burned in Texas. Some 800 fires have occurred throughout the state, burning 401 structures and costing two firefighters their lives. Why is fire activity so...
Onekotan Island, Kuril Islands, Russian Federation
Snow cover highlights the calderas and volcanic cones that form the northern and southern ends of Onekotan Island, part of the Russian Federation in the western Pacific Ocean. Calderas are depressions formed when a volcano emptiesits magma chamber in an explosive...
