NASA Earth Observatory |
07/09/2025
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Santorini’s Hidden Worlds
07/09/2025 09:00 PM
An explosive eruption thousands of years ago transformed the volcanic island but preserved a Bronze Age town under a layer of ash.
Towering Plume From Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki
07/07/2025 02:50 PM
An explosive eruption sent a kilometers-high column of volcanic material over Indonesia.
Lake Titicaca in Sunglint
07/06/2025 09:00 PM
The optical phenomenon revealed features on and below the Peruvian lake’s surface, such as wind patterns, natural surface films, and boat wakes.
Blast From the Past: Sweden’s Siljan Ring
07/05/2025 09:00 PM
The idyllic region of Dalarna County is the site of an ancient, powerful collision.
Blast from the Past: Deciphering India’s Luna Crater
07/04/2025 09:00 PM
A round depression in the salty plains of the Kutch Basin reveals telltale signs of a prehistoric meteorite impact.
Blast From the Past: Arizona’s Meteor Crater
07/03/2025 09:00 PM
The “young” and well-preserved crater helps scientists understand cratering processes on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system.
Blast From the Past: Young Impact Crater Uncovered in Yilan
07/02/2025 09:00 PM
The 50,000-year-old crater is relatively young, and only the second discovered in China.
Flooding Along the Uruguay and Ibicuí Rivers
07/02/2025 02:20 PM
Astronaut photos captured the aftermath of torrential rainfall in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state.
Blast From the Past: Vredefort Crater
07/01/2025 09:00 PM
The world’s oldest and largest known impact structure shows some of the most extreme deformation conditions known on Earth.
Blast From the Past: A Modern Lake in an Ancient Crater
06/30/2025 09:00 PM
Famously visible from space, ring-shaped Manicouagan Lake was filled at the dawn of the Space Age when Canada dammed a river to flood a Triassic-aged impact crater.
A Cosmic Explosion Over Siberia
06/29/2025 09:00 PM
On June 30, 1908, an incoming fireball exploded kilometers above Earth’s surface, scorching and toppling large numbers of trees.
A Dusty Vestige of the Old West
06/28/2025 09:00 PM
Owens Lake, an arid playa tucked between the Inyo Mountains and the Sierra Nevada in California, is the site of dust mitigation efforts.
Western Mountain Snow Melts Fast and Early
06/27/2025 09:00 PM
A warm and dry spring in the Pacific Northwest quickly depleted the seasonal snowpack, raising concern over summer water supplies and wildland fire risk.
Smoke Streams Over the Aegean Sea
06/26/2025 09:00 PM
Fierce winds carried plumes from fires burning on the Greek island of Chíos southwest over the bright sea surface.
Sizzling Start to Summer
06/25/2025 01:33 PM
The eastern United States sweltered under high heat and humidity in late June 2025, breaking temperature records across the Midwest and Northeast.
A Booming Bloom Returns to the Gulf of Maine
06/24/2025 09:00 PM
A type of phytoplankton called coccolithophores, less common in waters off New England since around 2010, made an impressive appearance in summer 2025.
A Slumping Slide Into the Yukon River
06/23/2025 02:25 PM
The landslide struck a section of the Canadian river between Whitehorse and Lake Laberge and left a heap of debris large enough to narrow the river.
Iliamna Volcano Ready to Rumble
06/22/2025 09:00 PM
The glacier-covered Alaskan peak has a history of frequent, large avalanches.
Lake Chapala
06/21/2025 09:00 PM
An astronaut took this striking photo of a vast, freshwater lake in west-central Mexico, as well as the surrounding volcanic and urban landscapes.
A Spectacle of Color off the Shetland Islands
06/20/2025 09:00 PM
Phytoplankton imparted brilliant blues and greens to North Sea waters near the Scottish archipelago in June 2025.
New Mexico Battles Wildfires
06/18/2025 02:07 PM
With extreme drought gripping the state, firefighters are battling large blazes north of Silver City.
Water Pours Into Australia’s Lake Eyre
06/18/2025 12:53 PM
Floodwaters that have coursed through the outback for months are now replenishing a vast inland sea on a scale not seen in decades.
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