Seeing NASA Earth Science Through Teens’ Lenses
Student winners of NASA’s 2014 educational “REEL Science Communication Contest” have completed their follow-on Earth science videos after a month-long workshop with NASA scientists and communication...
View ArticleASTER Global Emissivity Database: 100 Times More Detailed than its Predecessors
Like the sun, Earth emits energy, yet this energy cannot be seen. Instead, it can be felt as heat because it is emitted in the thermal infrared wavelength range of the electromagnetic spectrum. While...
View ArticleASTER After Fifteen Years: Review of Global Products
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) is a 15-channel imaging instrument operating on NASA’s Terra satellite. A joint project between the U.S. National Aeronautics...
View ArticleThe Afar Triangle: 15 Years of ASTER Imagery
Fifteen years ago this month the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) sensor onboard NASA’s Terra satellite began returning images. The first image from ASTER’s...
View ArticleReturn to Everest
At approximately 6:45 a.m. on April 18, 2014, a block of ice tumbled from the edge of a hanging glacier onto a popular climbing route on the south face of Mount Everest. The ice, which weighed as much...
View ArticleShasta Lake, California
The ongoing drought in the western United States is evident in the water levels of Shasta Lake, a large reservoir in northern California that counts on rainfall for replenishment. Low water levels can...
View ArticleEruption of Wolf Volcano
In late May 2015, the highest volcano in the Galapagos Islands erupted for the first time in 33 years. The explosive eruption at Wolf volcano on Isabela Island sent volcanic gases and ash roughly 15...
View ArticleAntikythera Island
Crete is the largest and most populous Greek island, spanning 8,300 square kilometers (3,200 square miles) and supporting a population of 620,000. A short distance northwest of Crete is a lesser-known...
View ArticleKettle Lakes of the Turtle Mountains
In most American states, the Turtle Mountains—which rise 600 to 800 feet (180 to 240 meters) above the surrounding plain—would be called hills. But in North Dakota, one of the flattest states, people...
View ArticleA New Identity for Denali
Mount Denali received not only a new name on August 30, 2015, it also received a new elevation. Using the Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) product from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission...
View ArticleA Fault Runs Through It
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite, captured the image of Prince Patrick Island in Northern Canada. The image was featured on NASA’s...
View ArticleShrinking Shoreline of the Salton Sea
Fed primarily from agricultural irrigation runoff, the Salton Sea in southern California’s Sonoran Desert has dropped by 8 feet since 1984. While drought in California has contributed to the receding...
View ArticleNASA Features from AGU: Terra
The American Geophysical Union recently concluded its Fall meeting in San Fransisco, California from December 14 – 18, 2015. As part of the meeting contributions to science were featured on NASA.gov....
View ArticleTerra on NASA’s Earth Observatory – December
Terra images were featured on NASA’s Earth Observatory this December. Icebergs Make Waves off South Georgia Island – Features Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images showing icebergs floating...
View ArticleTerra showcased in 100 Remote Sensing Uses from GIS Geography
GIS Geography published a list of 100 uses and applications of remote sensing, where data from NASA’s Terra satellite appeared in over 10%. Listed below are some examples of Terra data uses that made...
View ArticleTerra and the Hottest Year on Record
2015 was the hottest year ever recorded*, but what does Terra have to do with it? On January 20th, 2016, scientists from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and National Oceanic and...
View ArticleTerra on the Earth Observatory: February
February 12, 2016 The Demise of the Warm Blob – Ocean surface temperatures, showed a warm “blob” off the northern United State’s coast. This cell of warm ocean water in the Pacific Ocean no longer is...
View ArticleASTER First Light After Safe Hold
Terra and its sensors are back on line and collecting data. The ASTER team released this first light image. The area is in Queensland, Australia where the Elliott River meets the Pacific Ocean. To the...
View ArticleTerra on NASA’s Earth Observatory – March
March 5, 2016 Eruption at Momotombo– The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA’s Terra Satellite aquired this false color image of Momotombo volcano in Nicaragua...
View ArticleMonitoring Volcanoes from Space: Volcanoes, ASTER and MODIS
Images of Wolf volcano on June 11, 2016. ASTER image (left) shows Wolf Volcano in great detail. MODIS image (right) red marks indicate temperature anomalies or hot spots. Image Credit: Aster image from...
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