HawkEye

The Little Satellite That Could

The SeaHawk satellite is both a throwback to a previous era and a glimpse of the future.

Churning Channel

A nanosatellite gets a bird’s view of sediment and plankton near the Strait of Dover.

Namib Sand Sea

The oldest desert on Earth also gives rise to some of the planet’s tallest dunes.

A Ship Graveyard in Lake Erie

The shallowest of the Great Lakes has one of the greatest concentrations of shipwrecks in the world.

Zuiderzee Works

Where the Netherlands meets the North Sea, there is an impressive confluence of natural and man-made features.

Green Seaweed in the Yellow Sea

In June 2021, algal slicks painted the waters green off Qingdao, China, during the region’s largest bloom on record.

A Hawk’s Eye View of Australia’s Red Center

Soils in the center of the continent—including those around the famous rock formations of Uluru and Kata-Tjuta—come in striking shades…