A huge geoglyph in the shape of an elk or deer discovered in Russia may predate Peru’s famous Nazca Lines by thousands of years. The stone structure, located near Lake Zjuratkul in the Ural Mountains, north of Kazakhstan, has an elongated muzzle, four legs and two antlers.
The use of data from Earth-observing satellites in the insurance business is still in the early stages, but pressure to be ready for more frequent extreme-weather events is increasing.
Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern first tested an unmanned aircraft system about a year ago. Now he's looking into buying one, which would be a first for California law enforcement.
Two weeks after a new record was set in the Arctic Ocean for the least amount of sea ice coverage in the satellite record, Antarctic ice conversely achieved record high levels.
In the central Andes mountains, satellites show that the ground above a major subterranean magma body has been rising by about 10 mm annually for two decades.
In late September, within a span of just 11 days, the forests of far eastern Siberia dramatically changed from green”with only a slight hint of fall color”to a deep brown. The MODIS sensor on NASA's Aqua satellite captured the fall transformation in a recent pair of images.
A field experiment has researchers excited about the potential of Ka-band, a new short radar wavelength”only 8.5 mm”to image Earth from space.
The browning and withering of U.S. and northern Mexico vegetation is clear in this vegetation anomaly map based on data from NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites.
The U.S. Postal Service issued 15 new Forever postage stamps comprising Earth imagery from satellites and aerial photographs.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials are asking the industry to participate in a fly-off evaluation of small unmanned aircraft”less than 25 pounds”for a several potential applications.
