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EOExplorer Land Water RemoteSensing NaturalEvent PublishedDec16,2021 SuperTyphoonRai LocallynamedOdette,thestormwasoneofthestrongestrecordedonEarththisyearandthesixthtoreachcategory5. SuperTyphoonRai ImageoftheDay Atmosphere SevereStorms HumanPresence Atmosphere Land Snow&Ice Water Human NaturalEvent Life ClimateIndicators TheWorld Subscribetoournewsletters EarthMatters NASA-SponsoredGLOBEEducationProgramWinsAward LaunchedonEarthDayin1995,theprogramconnectsscientists,teachersandstudentsin126countrieswithhands-onscientificactivities. PublishedDec17,2021 Image DerechoSweepsAcrossMidwest Hurricane-forcewinds,duststorms,tornadoes,wildfires,snowsqualls,heavyrain,andrecord-breakingheataccompaniedanunusualDecemberstormsystem. PublishedDec16,2021 ImageoftheDay Atmosphere Land SevereStorms RemoteSensing Image DisappearingLakeTuz Oncethesecond-largestlakeinTurkey,itnowrarelyspansanareamuchlargerthanapuddle. PublishedDec16,2021 ImageoftheDay Land Water RemoteSensing Image NighttimeImagesDetailKentuckyBlackout TornadoesandseverewindsknockedoutpowertoMayfieldandsurroundingtowns. PublishedDec15,2021 Atmosphere Land SevereStorms HumanPresence RemoteSensing NotesfromtheField FiveYearsandCounting-HappyBirthdaytotheCYGNSSOctuplets! PublishedDec15,2021 Image TheNileDelta’sDisappearingFarmland RapidpopulationgrowthandexpandingcitiesareeatingawayatoneofEgypt’smostpreciousresources. PublishedDec15,2021 ImageoftheDay Land HumanPresence Image SatellitesSpotTornadoTracksAcrossMidwest Preliminaryreportssuggestonetornadomayhavetravelednearly200miles,causingseveredamageandhumanlossesinKentuckyandthreeotherstates. PublishedDec13,2021 ImageoftheDay Atmosphere Land SevereStorms HumanPresence RemoteSensing Subscribetoournewsletters Image LaNiñaReturnsforaSecondWinter Thiscouplingoftheatmosphereandoceanaltersatmosphericcirculationandjetstreamsinwaysthatintensifyrainfallinsomeregionsandbringdroughttoothers. PublishedDec13,2021 ImageoftheDay Heat Water RemoteSensing GlobalMaps Feb2000—Nov2021 LandSurfaceTemperature LandsurfacetemperaturesriseandfallwiththeheatoftheSun,andtheyrepresenthowhotorcoldthesurfacewouldfeeltotouch.Thesemapsshowdaytimelandtemperaturesasmeasuredfromspace. Heat Land Image NorthPatagoniaIcefield,SouthernAndes Themountainpeaksherereachhighenoughandtemperaturesremaincoldenoughyear-roundthatpermanenticepersistsamidawarmingworld. PublishedDec12,2021 ImageoftheDay Land Water SnowandIce Image ADeadlyDayonMountSemeru FlowsofsuperheatedashandtephramixedwithraintocreatedestructiveriversofdebrisontheIndonesianvolcano. PublishedDec11,2021 ImageoftheDay HumanPresence RemoteSensing Article BlueMarbleNextGeneration 12monthsofhigh-resolutionglobaltruecolorsatelliteimagery. PublishedOct13,2005 Atmosphere Land Water SnowandIce EarthMatters HitchaVirtualRideonaSoundingRocket AprojectdevelopedbycommunitycollegestudentsisprovidingtheopportunityforthepublictoseeEarthfromtheperspectiveofasmallrocketinflight. PublishedDec10,2021 GlobalMaps Mar2000—Nov2021 Fire Whetherstartedbyhumans(farming,logging,oraccidents)orbynature(lightning),firesarealwaysburningsomewhereonEarth.Thesemapsshowthelocationsoffiresburningaroundtheworldeachmonth. Land GlobalMaps Jan2005—Sep2016 AerosolSize Seasalt,volcanicash,dust,wildfiresmoke,andindustrialpollutionaretypesofairborneaerosols.Naturalaerosolstendtobelargerthanhuman-madeaerosols.Thesemapsshowwhenandwhereaerosolscomefromnature,humans,orboth. Atmosphere GlobalMaps Jul2006—Oct2021 NetRadiation Netradiationisthebalancebetweenincomingandoutgoingenergyatthetopoftheatmosphere.Itisthetotalenergyavailabletoinfluenceclimateafterlightandheatarereflected,absorbed,oremittedbycloudsandland. Heat Image SoggyAutumninthePacificNorthwest SoilsacrosswesternWashingtonandsouthernBritishColumbiaweresaturatedformuchoftheseason. PublishedDec9,2021 ImageoftheDay Water Floods SevereStorms RemoteSensing Landslides Article WorldofChange NASAsatellitesdocumenthowourworld—forests,oceans,humanlandscapes,eventheSun—changesovermonths,seasons,andyears. PublishedApr29,2009 Atmosphere Heat Land Life HumanPresence SnowandIce GlobalMaps Jun2002—Sep2011 SeaSurfaceTemperatureAnomaly Thesemapsdepicthowmuchhotterorcooleranoceanbasinwascomparedtothelong-termaverage.TemperatureanomaliescanindicatechangesinoceancirculationorthearrivalofpatternslikeElNiñoandLaNiña. Heat Water Image SnowCapsMaunaKeaandMaunaLoa A“Konalow”weathersystembroughtblizzardconditionsandextremeprecipitationtoHawai’i. PublishedDec8,2021 ImageoftheDay Land SevereStorms SnowandIce Article HowtoInterpretaSatelliteImage:FiveTipsandStrategies Whatdoyoudowhenpresentedwithanewsatelliteimage?Here'swhattheEarthObservatoryteamdoestounderstandtheview. PublishedNov18,2013 RemoteSensing Image WindblownBeautyintheWeddellSea AdazzlingarrayofseaicetypesdriftedinthewatersoffAntarctica’sRonneIceShelf. PublishedDec8,2021 ImageoftheDay Land Water SnowandIce Image AntarcticaEclipsed Theonlytotalsolareclipseof2021wasvisiblefromAntarctica,wheretheMoonblottedouttheSunfornearlytwominutes. PublishedDec7,2021 ImageoftheDay Atmosphere Land GlobalMaps Feb2000—Nov2021 LandSurfaceTemperatureAnomaly Thesemapsdepictanomaliesinlandsurfacetemperatures(LSTs);thatis,howmuchhotterorcooleraregionwascomparedtothelong-termaverage.LSTanomaliescanindicateheatwavesorcoldspells. Heat Land Article EarthatNight SatelliteimagesofEarthatnighthavebeenacuriosityforthepublicandatooloffundamentalresearchforatleast25years.Theyhaveprovidedabroad,beautifulpicture,showinghowhumanshaveshapedtheplanetandlitupthedarkness. PublishedApr12,2017 Atmosphere Land HumanPresence RemoteSensing Article FallingfortheColors Asgreenchlorophyllfadesfromtreesandplantseachautumn,otherpigmentscolortheEarth’slandscapes.Satellitestakeleaf-peepingtoawholenewlevel. PublishedOct26,2021 Land Life Article TournamentEarth:TheLandsatGames 50Years.9millionscenes.Onechampion. PublishedSep7,2021 Land Water HumanPresence SnowandIce RemoteSensing Article NASAEarthObservatoryGoestotheBeach Summerisbeachseasoninthenorthernhemisphere.Butevenifyou'rearegularatyourlocalswimminghole,youprobablyhaven'tseentoomanybeachesfromthisperspective.Seethesatelliteandspace-stationviewsofvariousshorelinesfromacrosstheUnitedStates.Nosunblocknecessary. PublishedJul22,2021 Land Videos Article ACelebrationofClouds:FromSpace,EarthHasanElegantAtmosphere CloudscanbeanuisancewhenscientistsaretryingtoobservefeaturesonEarth'ssurface.Butatothertimes,cloudsareexactlywhattheywanttosee.Theseimageshighlightsomeofthemoreunusualandbeautifulcloudsobservedinrecentyearsfromspace. PublishedJun21,2021 Atmosphere RemoteSensing Article Mission:Biomes Haveyoueverwonderedwhatitwouldbeliketoliveinadifferentpartoftheworld?Whatwouldtheweatherbelike?Whatkindsofanimalswouldyousee?Whichplantslivethere?Byinvestigatingthesequestions,youarelearningaboutbiomes. PublishedAug28,2020 Land Life Article Earth—APhoto-Essay NASAhasauniquevantagepointforobservingthebeautyandwonderofEarthandformakingsenseofit.Theimagesinthisbooktellastoryofa4.5-billion-year-oldplanetwherethereisalwayssomethingnewtosee. PublishedApr28,2021 Atmosphere Land Water SnowandIce RemoteSensing