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Where on Earth…? MISR Mystery Image Quiz #12
Here’s another chance to play geographical detective! This natural-color image from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) was captured by the instrument’s nadir camera on May 31, 2002, and covers an area of 244 kilometers x 249 kilometers. NOTE: To make…
A Tiny Galaxy is Born
New detailed images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show a “late-blooming” galaxy, a small, distorted system of gas and stars that still appears to be in the process of development, even though most of its galactic cousins are believed to…
Significant Event Report for Week Ending 12/20/2002
Cassini Significant Event Report For Week Ending 12/20/02 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Goldstone tracking station on Wednesday, December 18. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally. Information on…
Brown Cloud off of Australia
On December 19, 2002, a brownish gray cloud could be seen over the Tasman Sea just off the coast of southern Australia near Canberra. The plume, which is probably made up of dust or pollution, can be seen in this…
Severe Weather Hits U.S. West Coast
animationssmall (1.2 MB MPEG)large (3.3 MB QuickTime) This image shows rainfall accumulation over California and Oregon’s Coastal Ranges from December 14 – 17, 2002. The area has beenbattered by a series of North Pacific storms called extratropical lows. Several lives…
Madrid, Spain
Located on the Meseta Central, a vast plateau covering about 40 percent of the country, this city of 3 million is very near the exact geographic center of the Iberian Peninsula.
Vatnajökull, Iceland
In southeastern Iceland lies the largest glacier in all of Europe: Vatnajökull. In places 400 meters (1,312 feet) thick, the massive glacier covers 8 percent of the entire country. Capping several active volcanoes, Vatnajökull is subject to glacial melt floods…
Lake Natron, Tanzania
If Lake Natron, in Africa’s Great Rift Valley had a colortheme, it would be pink. The alkali salt crust on the surface of thelake is often colored red or pink by the salt-loving microorganisms thatlive there. And the lake is…
Pacific Ocean Shows Higher Than Normal Sea Surface Heights
The latest image from NASA’s Jason oceanography satellite, taken duringa 10-day collection cycle ending December 2, 2002, shows the Pacificdominated by two significant areas of higher-than-normal sea level(warmer ocean temperatures). In the central equatorial Pacific, thelarge area of higher than…
The Return of El Niño
The equatorial Pacific trade winds typically blow from east to west, pushing the warm surface waters toward the west and allowing the cold, deep waters along the west coast of South America to upwell. But the trade winds in the…
Significant Event Report for Week Ending 12/13/2002
Cassini Significant Event Report For Week Ending 12/13/02 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Goldstone tracking station on Wednesday, December 11. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally. Information on…
Snowfall in Southern Appalachia
browseimage of orbit 15805 (700 KB JPEG)The snowstorm which swept across the eastern United States on December 4and 5 also brought the season’s first snow to parts of the south andsouthern Appalachia. The extent of snow cover over central Kentucky,eastern…
Hubble Watches Galaxies Engage in Dance of Destruction
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing a grouping of galaxies engaging in a slow dance of destruction that will last for billions of years. The galaxies are so tightly packed together that gravitational forces are beginning to rip stars from…
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