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Picturing Earth in a New Light
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A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished.

May 15, 2026
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Ice Moves Out of Aniak
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Spring melt along Alaska’s Kuskokwim River caused ice jams and flooding.

May 14, 2026
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America’s Emerald Isle
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Beaver Island is one in a string of verdant and scenic jewels in a northern Lake Michigan archipelago.

May 13, 2026
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Australia’s Cloudy Beauty
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Valley fog gathered in the Victorian Alps while an arch-shaped cloud drifted across Port Phillip Bay.

May 12, 2026
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May 2026 Satellite Puzzler
2 min read

Your challenge is to tell us the location of the satellite image and why it is interesting.

May 11, 2026
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Color Off the Mid-Atlantic Coast
4 min read

Something is brewing in shallow waters offshore of Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.

May 11, 2026
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Tracy Arm’s Post-Tsunami Landscape
4 min read

A landslide-triggered tsunami stripped vegetation from the shore of the glacial fjord in summer 2025.

May 8, 2026
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A Sea of Spinning Clouds
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Icy, isolated Peter I Island stirred up a show in the atmosphere off the West Antarctic coast.

May 7, 2026
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Melting Snow Off Shivelyuch
4 min read

Near-constant activity continues on the volcano in Russia.

May 6, 2026
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