Sakurajima Volcano with Lightning
The Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan was caught erupting in early January. Magma bubbles so hot they glow shoot away as liquid rock bursts through the Earth’s surface from below. The above image is particularly notable, however, for the lightning bolts caught near the volcano‘s summit. Image © Martin Rietze (Alien Landscapes on Planet Earth)
Evacuate Earth- National Geographic Documentary
Evacuate Earth, a National Geographic Documentary. Check out the impressive video…
Meteorite discovered in Antarctica
A team of scientists at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica has recently discovered a 18kg meteorite, embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet.
The Lake
This stunning video is about the Lake near Hallstatt town, by Geoff Tompkinson. “For many years now I have been fortunate enough to live for part of each year on the shore of Lake Hallstatt in Upper Austria.” Check out the beautiful video…
New ISS Eyes See Rio San Pablo
The image above is the “first light” from the new ISERV camera system, taken at 1:44 p.m. local time on February 16, 2013. It shows the Rio San Pablo as it empties into the Golfo de Montijo in Veraguas, Panama.
Vortex west of Australia
A low pressure system floating above the Southern Ocean, west of Australia, that looks like a painting! Captured on March 3 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra Satellite. Image © NASA Worldview [NASA] Larger image via discovermagazine
Asperatus Clouds over New Zealand
These clouds known as Undulatus asperatus clouds, they can be stunning in appearance, unusual in occurrence, are relatively unstudied, and have even been suggested as a new type of cloud. Witta Priester
Snowstorm across Central United States
A major snowstorm made its way across the continental United States, dropping snow from Colorado to the Great Lakes region, in late February 2013. The National Weather Service reported snow totals of five to eight inches in many parts of the Central Plains and Upper Mississippi River Valley. Image © NASA/Suomi NPP
Ancient Lost Continent Discovered
Scientists think they have spotted the remains of an ancient micro-continent known as Mauritia, torned apart between 50 and 100 million years ago. Map of supercontinent Rodinia. Image © United States Antarctic Program/Wikipedia
