Earth Observatory Image of the DayNASA's view of the Earth from the Earth Observatory.Smoke billowed from multiple wildfires in the eastern U.S., fueled by dry and windy weather. View the full storyLights, snow, and clouds brighten this wintery scene of Earth’s northern latitudes. View the full storyIt’s not a forecast, but this map of historical cloud cover will tell you how often skies on April 8...A potent storm pushed snowpack levels above normal across Colorado.View the full storyRecent data from the previously unstudied Ruki River in the Congo Basin shows that it carries a heavy load of...The Arctic and North Atlantic oceans have seen an increasing number of days when precipitation falls as rain, not snow....A Landsat satellite acquired this image of discolored water drifting from the active underwater volcano. View the full storyAn astronaut’s photograph reveals the myriad features of a remote glacier high in the Karakoram mountains of central Asia. View...Weeks of warmer-than-average ocean temperatures caused extensive bleaching in the world’s largest coral reef system. View the full storyA cycle of rapid advance and retreat at Sortebræ, a glacier in eastern Greenland, built pi-shaped tongues of ice before...The storm dropped a substantial amount of rain as it moved across Mozambique. View the full storyResearchers are leveraging troves of data collected by animal-borne sensors to complement satellite observations, expand weather measurements, and better understand...A volcano on Fernandina, an uninhabited island dense with wildlife, is lighting up the night sky with the glow of...This wide-angle photo offers the feeling of looking out over the Persian Gulf from an altitude of about 250 miles....The large reservoir in Catalonia shrank to 1 percent of capacity in March 2024. View the full storySome of the world’s largest deposits of this useful metal lie in the high plains of the Central Andes. View...Ranchers in the Texas Panhandle recently faced a fire that charred more than 1 million acres. View the full storyThe Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite provides a new view of water on land, at the coast, and in...Scientists’ annual checkup on Earth’s carbon cycle found that burning oil, coal, and natural gas is impeding progress to limit...Huge understory fires are spreading throughout the state in northern Brazil as drought and heat turn the rainforest into tinder....This city in southern Arizona is surrounded by mountains, national forest, and conservation areas. View the full storyWetlands in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary are used by millions of migrating birds. View the full storyThe effects of a warm winter in the upper Midwest are evident in the lack of lake ice. View the...The blaze near Quetzaltenango was one of several burning across the country. View the full storyNew research shows that while some Antarctic ice shelves have been thinning since at least the 1970s, widespread thinning accelerated...A distinct plume of suspended sediment is a persistent winter feature off China’s coast. View the full storyLakes and lava flows fill the depression atop this geologically young stratovolcano in eastern Türkiye. View the full storyScientists speculated about these holes for decades, but it’s now well understood that cavum clouds are caused by airplanes. View...The future site of Indonesia’s new capital saw rapid change between 2022 and 2024. View the full storyAkará is only the third such storm recorded in the region since 2015. View the full storyHarriet Tubman preferred to navigate the woods and waterways of Maryland’s Eastern Shore on winter nights when guiding enslaved people...The setting Sun illuminates the western faces of sand dunes across this low-lying basin in northwestern China. View the full...The barrier island that protects the mouth of Mobile Bay has a history of shifting and merging with nearby islands....Critical infrastructure is threatened as sinking land amplifies global sea level rise. View the full storyRefreshed by precipitation from an atmospheric river, a temporary lake in Death Valley is extending its stay. View the full...An astronaut and satellite sensors captured eye-catching patterns in sea ice. View the full storyThe mountain lake survived the catastrophic events surrounding the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens and gained a new shoreline...For the third time since December 2023, fresh lava has flowed across parts of the Reykjanes peninsula. View the full...A large stadium contributes to the nighttime illumination of Las Vegas, which hosts the Super Bowl for the first time...Bright white water surfaces and cloud tops contrast with the darker landscape of this Caribbean island. View the full story
