Spring Color in the North Sea
Warm air and sunlight of springtime beget warmer ocean waters and provoke blooms of the “grass of the sea,” phytoplankton.
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The Winter Olympics from Space
A panoramic view from Landsat 8 of the Winter Olympics new home in South Korea, in the northeastern cities of Pyeongchang and Gangneung.
Cultivating the Desert
The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured these images of East Oweinat, one of Egypt’s land reclamation projects, aimed at making some desert areas suitable
Glaciers Ebb on South Georgia Island
The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured rare natural-color images of South Georgia Island, where several glaciers are in retreat.
World’s largest Solar Farm from space
In the past few years, the title of “largest solar farm in the world” has been a rather short-lived distinction…
Antarctica’s Changing Larsen Ice Shelf
The Larsen Ice Shelf is situated along the northeastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, one of the fastest-warming places on the planet.
Giant Antarctic Iceberg is breaking away
This past December, the crack grew substantially on the giant rift in Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice shelf.
Rare Snow in Sahara
Snow on the edge of the Sahara African Desert is rare. On December 19, 2016, snow fell on the Algerian town of Ain Sefra, which is sometimes
Google Earth Update brings Higher Quality Imagery
Google announced a new version of Google Earth bringing higher quality imagery.
Major Solar plant in the Sahara
A new giant solar plant under development in the desert country of Morocco, is poised to take advantage of the ample Saharan sunlight.