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...
Second-Warmest October for the Globe
The October 2024 global surface temperature was 2.38°F (1.32°C) above the 20th-century average of 57.2°F (14.0°C), making it the second-warmest October on record, 0.09°F (0.05°C) below October 2023. According to NCEI’s Global Annual Temperature Outlook, there is a...
Sentinel-1 Reveals Arctic Glacier Retreat
The animation shows the yearly evolution of the Kronebreen glacier, using a series of Copernicus Sentinel-1 data to classify the region into areas of glacier, iceberg and growler occurrences in Kronebukta (Krone Bay) during the summer months of July to September, from 2015 to 2023.
Autumn Hues Captured from Space
The colors of autumn across the western border of North Macedonia and Greece are captured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from Oct. 27, 2024.
Valencia Floods Captured by GEOSAT-2
This image, captured by the GEOSAT-2 mission on Oct. 31, 2024 over the Horta-Sud region of Valencia, Spain, reveals the areas most impacted by the devastating floods.
NASA Begins New Deployable Solar Array Tech Demo on Pathfinder Spacecraft
NASA recently evaluated initial flight data and imagery from Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-4 (PTD-4), confirming proper checkout of the spacecraft’s systems.
Earth from Space: Northern Ohio
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image acquired on Oct. 5, 2024, showcases the rich agricultural landscape of northern Ohio.
Ring Around the Mountain
The Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 acquired this image of Mount Taranaki, a snow-capped mountain in New Zealand that is ringed by a dark green forest.
Hurricane Milton Viewed by Sentinel-3
The Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite took the temperature at the top of Hurricane Milton as it headed across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida on Oct. 9, 2024.
