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The right combination of conditions allowed this distinctive low cloud to form in California’s Central Valley for weeks.
An astronaut photographed moonglint shimmering across the sea surface and the bright clusters of Florida’s cities at night.
The volcano in Hawaii is one of the most active in the world, and NASA tech makes it easier for…
Puffs of low-level clouds mingle with the volcanic terrain of Candlemas and Vindication islands in the remote South Atlantic.
A rare tropical cyclone dropped torrential rains on the Indonesian island, fueling extensive and destructive floods.
In its first documented eruption, the Ethiopian volcano sent a plume of gas and ash drifting across continents.
From Alaska’s Saint Elias Mountains to Pakistan’s Karakoram, glaciers speed up and slow down with the seasons.
Satellites have tracked development over the decades as a small city in southern Nigeria grew to more than 2 million…
The ancient walls, ramparts, and ditches that wind through this Nigerian city are the longest known earthworks of the pre-mechanical…
