A massive bloom of phytoplankton creates brilliant shades of blues and greens that explode across the Barents Sea”a rare Earth observation treat because the Barents Sea is obscured by cloud cover roughly 80 percent of the time during summer.
Smoke Hazes Outer Banks Beaches
Beach vacationers on the Outer Banks of North Carolina recently experienced hazy conditions from smoke that drifted in from Virginia's Great Dismal Swamp wildfire.
Massachusetts Coast Bathed in Sunglint
The Crew Earth Observations team at NASA's Johnson Space Center sends daily ground targets to astronauts on the International Space Station to photograph. But sometimes the striking displays visible from orbit inspire the crew to take imagery on their own.
Images Show How Boulder Fire Opened the Floodgates
Residents west of Boulder, Colo., had to evacuate last September during the Fourmile Canyon fire. As they returned to their homes, the U.S. Geological Survey cautioned that the scorched surroundings now had become ripe for flooding. The floods”and another evacuation”came on July 13, 2011.
Sunny Skies Over Arctic Sea Ice
Clear skies allowed the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite to collect this largely unobstructed view of the Arctic in early July 2011.
Monsoon Transforms Northeastern Bangladesh
Bangladesh typically experiences a warm, rainy monsoon from June to October. This year, the rains had already transformed its northeastern region by mid-July.
Astronaut Photo Shows Off Italian Peninsula at Night
As the International Space Station passed over Romania on the evening of June 15, the crew turned its camera to the east and snapped this striking night image of southern Italy.
Lava Flows at Nabro Volcano
At the Nabro Volcano in the East African nation of Eritrea, the flow of lava comes to life in this striking satellite image viewed with the infrared portion of the light spectrum.
Flooding Along the Souris River
On Sunday, June 26, the Souris River crested in Minot, N.D., with flooding reaching depths of 14 feet in some places. Rising more than four feet in just 18 hours on Friday, June 24, the river flooded some 4,000 homes as it raged through the city at a rate of 27,600 cubic feet per second, five times the fastest rate recorded during the last three decades.
Wildfire Smoke Hangs Over Atlantic Ocean
Smoke from fires in Georgia and Florida streamed eastward over the Atlantic Ocean on June 15, 2011. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image the same day.
