In the fertile lowland plains of Argentina (the Pampas), a guitar-shaped forest grows amidst the farmland and has become a wonder for pilots and passengers flying over the region. It turns out the forest is visible from space, too.
Satellites Capture China's Great Wall of Dust
A wall of dust was barreling across northern China on April 23, 2014. Images collected by NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites two hours apart show how fast the dust advanced.
Satellite Shows Lake Superior Still Mostly Ice Covered
Though North America is a full month into astronomical spring, the Great Lakes have been slow to give up on winter. Lake Superior leads the pack, with more than 60 percent of its surface ice covered.
Firms Testing Inspection Drones
Drones from Skycatch and more established companies are monitoring power lines, inspecting oil and gas pipelines, checking wind turbines for defects and pinpointing malfunctioning solar panels.
UAS Helps Save Water During Drought
A California grower is hoping a thermal camera mounted on an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) will pick up irrigation line leaks in his pistachio orchard so he can fix them faster.
Capturing Five Active Volcanoes at Once
Remote. Cold. Rugged. Those three adjectives capture the essence of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. Another word”perhaps more applicable than anywhere else on Earth”is fiery. Forty of Kamchatka's 113 volcanoes are active, either erupting now or capable of erupting on short notice. The Landsat 8 satellite captured activity at five of them during a single satellite pass on April 14, 2014.
Sentinel Returns First Images
The European Space Agency's Sentinel-1A satellite's first radar images of Earth give a tantalizing glimpse of the kind of operational imagery the new mission will offer Europe's environmental monitoring program.
Early Sentinel Maneuver Underscores Space Debris Problem
Before it could begin imaging Earth, an unprecedented collision avoidance maneuver during launch and early orbit phase was needed to clear Sentinel-1A from the path of a defunct NASA satellite.
Landsat 7 Marks 15 Years of Earth Observation
Launched on April 15, 1999, the long-lived Landsat 7 mission celebrates a continuous, unbiased record of changes for 15 years and adds to the Landsat program's 42-year legacy.
Surveillance Drone Aids U.K. Firefighters
The U.K.'s Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service recently used an unmanned aircraft system to tackle a blaze that involved explosive gas cylinders.
