NASA's Earth Observatory

Your source for monitoring regional and global changes on our planet through images and stories.

NASA's Visible Earth - (Found June 19, 2008 )

For Earth imagery from NASA.
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

News: Student Researchers and Educators Partner with NASA for Unparalleled Results - (Found June 19, 2008 )

A project with "unparalleled success" in obtaining data by students and educators can thank, in part, a team at NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., who developed a protocol for taking surface ozone measurements.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rss?/Newsroom/NasaNews/2008/2008060326922.html

News: NASA Scientists' Model Reveals How Superstorm Plasma Affects Near-Earth Space - (Found June 19, 2008 )

NASA scientists have uncovered new details about how plasma from superstorms interacts with Earth's magnetosphere.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rss?/Newsroom/NasaNews/2008/2008052926920.html

Natural Hazards: Dust Storm in Northeastern Afghanistan - (Found June 19, 2008 )

A two-pronged plume of dust hovered over northeastern Afghanistan and neighboring countries in mid-June 2008.
http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14893

Natural Hazards: Fires in Central Africa - (Found June 19, 2008 )

Annual agricultural burning in the western countries of central Africa was widespread in mid-June 2008.
http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14892

Natural Hazards: Dust Storm off West Africa - (Found June 19, 2008 )

Dust plumes from the Sahara blew off the west coast of Africa and over the Atlantic Ocean in mid-June 2008.
http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14890

Natural Hazards: Dust Storm over Iraq - (Found June 19, 2008 )

Dust plumes blew through central Iraq and over the Persian Gulf in mid-June 2008.
http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14889

Natural Hazards: Haze over Eastern China - (Found June 19, 2008 )

Dingy gray haze clouded the skies over eastern China in early June 2008.
http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14885

Natural Hazards: Fires in North Carolina and Virginia - (Found June 19, 2008 )

A lightning-triggered fire in a North Carolina wildlife refuge and a human-caused fire in the Virginia portion of the Great Dismal Swamp spread smoke over a wide area in mid-June 2008.
http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14888

Natural Hazards: Floods in the U.S. Midwest - (Found June 19, 2008 )

Heavy rains flooded several rivers in the U.S. Midwest in early June 2008.
http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14887