Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California used data from an airborne radar to measure the movement of the slow-moving landslides on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County.
Tokyo Seen from Space
This Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar image shows Tokyo and its metropolitan area, the largest urban agglomeration in the world.
NASA-Led Study Pinpoints Areas Sinking, Rising Along California Coast
Tracking and predicting sea-level rise involves more than measuring the height of our oceans: Land along coastlines also inches up and down in elevation. Using California as a case study, a NASA-led team has shown how seemingly modest vertical land motion could...
Heart of Mount St. Helens
For Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14, 2025), the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission picks out a heart in the landscape north of Mount St. Helens in the state of Washington. Mount St. Helens is an active volcano, known for its eruption on May 18, 1980, one of the...
Cloud-Based Confluence Software Helps Hydrologists Study Rivers on a Global Scale
Rivers and streams wrap around Earth in complex networks millions of miles long, driving trade, nurturing ecosystems and stocking critical reserves of freshwater.
São Francisco River, Brazil
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights part of the São Francisco River in eastern Brazil.
EarthCARE Images Smoke Layer from Los Angeles Fire
Level-1 data acquired on Jan. 9, 2025, by the satellite’s atmospheric lidar have been used to show the smoke layer from the current Los Angeles wildfire disaster, which is being carried over the Pacific Ocean by strong winds.
Animation Shows Land Burned by Palisades Wildfire
This pair of Copernicus Sentinel-2 images highlights the vast area impacted by one of the wildfires that has been ravaging the Los Angeles region.
Melting Glaciers Are Shifting National Borders
In Europe and around the globe, melting glaciers are transforming both landscapes and national borders.
Red and Green Aurora Move Through Earth’s Atmosphere
Peering through the window of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image on Oct. 7, 2024, of the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft as vivid green and pink aurora swirled through Earth’s atmosphere...
