Earth Observatory Image of the DayNASA's view of the Earth from the Earth Observatory.Dry conditions brought on by El Niño likely intensified the 2023 fire season, following several years of relative quiet. Read...Lidia quickly strengthened from a tropical storm to a category 4 hurricane before making landfall near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Read...The Alaskan tundra puts on a fleeting display of color before the snows fall and bears hibernate. Read the full...June, July, and August were 0.23°C (0.41°F) warmer than any other summer in NASA’s record. Read the full storyStrong tides create laminar and turbulent flow patterns in waters off far eastern Russia. Read the full storyIntertidal flats, mangroves, and artificial islands surround the populous capital city of the United Arab Emirates. Read the full storyWildland fires usually wind down in autumn, but this year they continued to rage into October. Read the full storyThe powerful storm intensified as it tracked toward the island’s southern tip. Read the full storyAn influx of nutrients in recent decades has contributed to the proliferation of algae in the large Canadian lake. Read...Dry conditions brought on by El Niño likely intensified the 2023 fire season, following several years of relative quiet. Read...An oblique-angle photo taken from above the Middle East captures the Moon peeking over Earth’s atmospheric limb. Read the full...Indigenous people are protecting carbon-rich forests in South America, and satellites are helping. Read the full storyA few years after a fresh influx of water raised its levels, the large lake has nearly gone dry. Read...Two decades of satellite measurements show that the sea surface is shading toward green. Read the full storyIn September, low water levels made it more challenging to ship goods down the river and allowed a wedge of...After passing the Antarctic Peninsula, Iceberg D-30A grazed the much smaller Clarence Island, spun around, and drifted north. Read the...Satellite data shows that Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on September 19, 2023. Read the full...Dust from the ephemeral Hamun wetlands streamed over parts of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan in September. Read the full storySatellite data shows that Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest maximum extent on record on September 10, 2023. Read the...Cities and towns darkened after a cyclone unleashed torrential flooding along the country’s coast. Read the full storyScientists have some ideas about what might have caused a thin arc that spanned a fjord in Western Greenland. Read...Swirls of phytoplankton and sediment brightened Vancouver Island’s coastal waters in July 2023.Following a slow start to the fire season, several blazes burned across the western U.S. in early August.Lava is once again spilling from the volcano in southwest Iceland, only this time it is igniting moss fires. Read...False-color images from Channel Country in the Australian Outback reveal a barren landscape transformed.Ice breaking up off the Russian coast whirled at the whims of winds and currents.Prolonged drought in Kansas set the stage for what may be one of the state’s smallest wheat harvests in decades.A complex system of dunes displays an array of patterns in the Rub’ al Khali sand sea in southeast Saudi...
