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California’s Park Fire Spread Fast and Hot
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An array of satellite sensors observed the long-duration, episodic spread of the state’s historic fire.

Aug 30, 2024
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Treasured Maps
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Elevation data collected during a space shuttle mission in 2000 continues to inform science and society in unexpected ways.

Aug 19, 2024
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Mission to Map the Elevation of Earth
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It took feats of engineering and deft piloting to map the planet’s topography, an achievement that continues to pay dividends…

Aug 18, 2024
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Climbing Toward the Conclusion of the Tour de France
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Two of the final stages in the 2024 cycling event traverse high mountain passes in the Western Alps.

Jul 17, 2024
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Southern Brazil Submerged
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This map reveals the depth of floodwater that covered Rio Grande do Sul in May 2024.

May 31, 2024
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Devastation in Morocco
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Communities in the High Atlas Mountains were among the hardest hit after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake caused widespread damage.

Sep 19, 2023
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A Boom Year for Sierra Nevada Snow
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Atmospheric rivers delivered a huge amount of snow to the California mountain range.

Apr 19, 2023
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Sizing up Mauna Loa’s Lava Flows
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Airborne mapping of the thickness of the lava flows helped scientists calculate that 230 million cubic meters of molten rock…

Dec 16, 2022
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Mapping Missing Mangroves
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The Landsat program’s 50 years of Earth observations have revolutionized the study of long-term global change, including the losses and…

Aug 5, 2022
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