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Friday, November 22nd, 2024

Laki Laki Eruption in Southern Indonesia 

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from Nov. 13, 2024, shows the Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano eruption on the island of Flores in southern Indonesia.  Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki started spewing ash and smoke on Nov. 4, 2024. It has, so...

Friday, November 8th, 2024

Snow Returns to Mount Fuji 

Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest peak, has seen its first snowfall after one of the longest periods without snow since records began 130 years ago.  The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured this image of Mount Fuji's iconic snowcap on...

Monday, October 28th, 2024

Scientists Exploring Palau National Marine Sanctuary 

On Oct. 28, 2024, an ocean exploration expedition named Lebuu’s Voyage set sail aboard Ocean Exploration Trust’s (OET) Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus to explore deep-sea habitats within Euotelel a Klingil a Debel Belau, the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS). Eleven...

Friday, October 11th, 2024

High-Tech Solutions Help Prevent Ship Groundings in Coastal Waters 

Multiple recent incidents in which naval and commercial vessels ran aground have highlighted the dangers of maritime operations in shallow or poorly charted coastal waters.   For more than 10 years, TCarta has been supplying marine charting...

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Australia’s Flooded Northern Territory 

This image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission reveals the impact of severe flooding following heavy rain that hit Australia’s Northern Territory in March 2024.   According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, March 2024 was the second wettest March on...

Tuesday, September 17th, 2024

GNSS-Reflectometry: A Novel Remote Sensing Initiated by EOS-08 

The GNSS-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) instrument on the EOS-08 satellite commenced operations on Aug. 18, 2024. The raw data is being processed at the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC-ISRO) in Shadnagar, Hyderabad, using algorithms and data processing software developed...

Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024

Western Australia’s Telfer Mine 

In the arid outback of Western Australia, miners have excavated rust-colored soil to reach the precious minerals below. The open pits and ponds of Telfer mine can be seen in this image, captured by the OLI-2 (Operational...

Tuesday, August 20th, 2024

Expedition to Explore Midwater Ecosystems throughout American Samoa 

The Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus set sail in August on its fifth expedition of 2024: E Mamana Ou Gataifale I (NA164). This expedition includes multi-vehicle exploration of midwater ecosystems across American Samoan waters.   The midwater...

Tuesday, August 6th, 2024

Nitrogen Dioxide Plumes Over Saudi Arabia 

These images show the nitrogen dioxide plume column enhancements from two power plants in Saudi Arabia. Riyadh power plant 8 uses data based on the 60-meter Sentinel-2 UB band, while Riyadh power plant 9 uses data based...

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

Satellites Study Ocean Wildlife 

An aerial view of Palmyra Atoll, where animal tracking data now being studied by NASA’s Internet of Animals project was collected using wildlife tags by partners at The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Oceanic...

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