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Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Originally known simply as “Amboy,” “Perth” was added to the name in honor of the Earl of Perth when the city became the capital of East Jersey in 1686. Together with South Amboy across the Raritan River, both cities are…
Edinburgh, Scotland
Once a medieval fortress, Scotland’s Edinburgh emerged in the eighteenth century, nicknamed “Athens of the North.” Today, the city preserves landmarks from centuries past, as well as the remains of geologic processes that occurred millions of years ago. But human…
Forest Fire in Patagonia
n the last week of February 2008, a forest fire broke out in the Alerces National Park in Argentina’s Patagonia region. Fanned by strong winds, the fire grew explosively in just a few hours. The blaze spread eastward and scorched…
Dust Storms over the Middle East
Although common during the summer, dust storms are relatively rare during the winter in the Middle East. Yet on February 21, 2008, dust plumes blew over Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and off the coasts of Yemen and Oman.
Antarctic Sea Ice
On February 24, 2008—late summer in the Southern Hemisphere—the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of lingering sea ice in the Southern Ocean.
Cassini Significant Events 02/20/08 – 02/26/08
Cassini Significant Events 02/20/08 – 02/26/08 February 28, 2008 (Source: Cassini Project) The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Tuesday, Feb. 26, from the Goldstone tracking complex. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all…
What Is Antarctica? (Grades 5-8)
This article is for students grades 5-8. Antarctica is a continent. It is Earth’s fifth-largest continent and is covered almost completely in ice. Antarctica covers Earth’s South Pole. What Is Antarctica Like? Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. The average…
Great Basin Geology
It’s not what you might imagine a desert to look like. Standing on a Nevada peak and gazing west toward the Pacific Ocean, you would see ridge after ridge of tall, rugged brown mountains stretching into infinity. In the clear,…
Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Near Wells, Nevada
Nevada is one of the most seismically active states in the United States. Residents of northeastern Nevada were reminded of this fact on the morning of February 21, 2008, when a magnitude 6.0 earthquake caused extensive building damage and at…
Mega-iceberg A53a, South Atlantic
The mega-iceberg A53a (upper image) measured close to 50 kilometers by 22 kilometers, about seven times the area of Manhattan Island, in mid-January 2008 when astronauts took the photographs for this mosaic. The images were acquired from the International Space…
Wolfe Creek Crater
Wolfe Creek Crater is the second largest crater in the world from which meteorite fragments have been collected. Because of its excellent preservation, the crater clearly shows the classic features that result from a large meteorite striking the Earth.
Cyclone Ivan
Cyclone Ivan tracked across the southern Indian Ocean as tropical cyclone season near its peak in mid-February 2008. The storm developed into a powerful Category 4 cyclone that devastated parts of Madagascar as it crossed the island between February 17…
Snow in the Taklimakan Desert
Dust? Certainly. Clouds? Sometimes. Snow? Almost never. Snow is a rare sight in China’s Taklimakan Desert, and yet, on February 19, 2008, snow is exactly what the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite saw. The top image…
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