A rare clear view of Alaska by MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite, that most days, is covered by relentless rivers of clouds, obscuring most of
The Richat Structure in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania is clearly visible from space because it is nearly 50 kilometers across. Previously thought to be
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
Residents of Beijing and many other cities in China, facing a record-breaking air pollution, were warned to stay inside in mid-January 2013. It’s one of the
These incredible images of Australian Wildfires by International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield, captures the scale and devastation that are now flaming parts of Australia. Image
2012 was an extraordinary year for wildfires in the United States. According to records maintained by the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) and NASA, show
These cloud vortices off Saint Helena Island, captured by the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument) in NASA’s Terra satellite. It passed over the South
This visible image of Tropical Storm Isaac taken from NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite shows the huge extent of the storm, where the eastern-most clouds lie over
Simultaneous storms hovered over the western Pacific Ocean at the beginning of August 2012. Captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra
During the last Ice Age, nearly all of Canada was covered by massive ice sheets. Thousands of years later, the landscape of Nunavut Territory (“our
