Earthquake  Births New Island off Pakistan

Earthquake Births New Island off Pakistan

On Sept. 24, 2013, a major earthquake rattled western Pakistan, killing at least 350 people and leaving more than 100,000 homeless. Amidst the destruction, a new island was created offshore in the Paddi Zirr (West Bay) near Gwadar, Pakistan. Likely a “mud...

Exploring the Virtues of Pure Snow

Exploring the Virtues of Pure Snow

Tom Painter is very interested in the purity of snow. Based at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of California, Los Angeles, he studies how much water is stored in snowpack and how that snow looks to satellites. He also studies the effects of...

Landsat Eyes Fragile Coral Reefs from Space

Landsat satellites were designed to gather images of Earth’s land surfaces. During the last four decades, however, the satellites also have been useful for observing blue parts of the planet. Landsat particularly has enriched the study of coral reefs. Scientists...

First LDCM Images Great Right Out of the Box

In March 18, 2013, the newly launched Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) began sending images back to Earth from its two sensors, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS), including the two images above of Fort Collins, Colo. The...

Imagery in the News

Imagery in the News

Space Station’s New EO Sensor Springs into Action Rio San Pablo, as it empties into the Golfo de Montijo in Veraguas, Panama, is the “first light” from the International Space Station’s new ISERV Pathfinder Earth observation (EO) system. The image was acquired...

Imagery in the News

Suomi NPP Showcases  Low-Light Sensor Capabilities   The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured these nighttimeviews of the Persian Gulf region on Sept. 30, Oct. 5, Oct. 10 and Oct. 15, 2012. The images are...

Imagery in the News

Sandy vs. Katrina Comparing Two Monster Storms The scenes of devastation and wreckage that Superstorm Sandy (2012) and Hurricane Katrina (2005) left behind were tragically similar. But from a meteorological perspective, satellite data reveal the storms were very...

Imagery in the News

Imagery in the News

NASA Satellites Dissect Isaac’s Rainfall Patterns As it passed through the northern Caribbean, around south Florida, and into Louisiana and the Middle Mississippi Valley, Hurricane Isaac brought lots of rain, some of it beneficial and some of it not. Using data...

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