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Lava Plateaus in Argentina
full-size images: Shaded Relief (1.0 MB) Anaglyph (820 K) All of the major landforms relate to volcanism and/or erosion in thisShuttleRadar Topography Mission scene of Patagonia, near La Esperanza,Argentina. The two prominent plateaus once formed a continuous surfacethat extended over much of…
Fires in California, Nevada, and Oregon
Fire season is underway in the northwestern United States as more than 21,000 firefighters have been mobilized to battle 42 major wildfires that have consumed over half a million acres (as of August 16, 2001) across the region. Weather conditions…
Significant Event Report for Week Ending 8/17/2001
Cassini Significant Event Report For Week Ending 08/17/01 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Madrid tracking station on Tuesday, August 14. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally. Information on…
A CLAMS-Eye View of Earth
Scientists representing the new-generation Earth Observing instrumentsaboard NASA’s Terra satellite gathered at the space agency’sWallops Island facility to study the atmosphere from multipleperspectives simultaneously.ÿ The intensive field campaign, called CLAMS(Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites), is akey step in…
Burst of Star Formation Drives Bubble in Galaxy’s Core
These NASA Hubble Space Telescope snapshots reveal dramatic activities within the core of the galaxy NGC 3079, where a lumpy bubble of hot gas is rising from a cauldron of glowing matter. The picture at left shows the bubble in…
Location, Location, Location
Scientists review geographic factors to learn why wealth concentrates predominantly in temperate zones.
Smoke Blankets Siberia
A large number of forest fires in Siberia are emitting vast pall of smoke that is spreading from the interior of Asia to Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. So far this summer, tens of thousands of acres have burned in…
Effects of Aerosols over the Indian Ocean
Aerosols that contain black carbon both absorb and reflect incomingsunlight. Even as these atmospheric particles reduce the amount ofsunlight reaching the surface, they increase the amount of solar energyabsorbed in the atmosphere, thus making it possible to both cool thesurface…
Seasonal-to-Interannual Prediction
What will climate conditions around the world be like on Christmas Day (2001)? The image above represents a recent prediction made by a sophisticated new computer model. Developed by NASA’s Seasonal-to-Interannual Prediction Program (NSIPP), this model actually links together three…
Manhattan
It was a fine spring day on April 28, 2001, in New York City when the Expedition 2 crew of Space Station Alpha acquired this digital photograph. This ESC image was taken of Manhattan using an 800 mm lens (see…
Phytoplankton, Haze, and Forests in the Pacific Northwest
This image shows a rare clear view over the Pacific Northwest, including portions of Washington State, Oregon, and the Canadian province of British Columbia. The image was acquired by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) on August 9, 2001. Vancouver…
Coral Bleaching in French Polynesia
In the past decade, large numbers of coral reefs have died suddenly, leaving once thriving marine communities barren. This phenomenon, known as coral bleaching, occurs throughout the tropical oceans of the world. In 1998 a particularly severe bleaching event struck…
Significant Event Report for Week Ending 8/10/2001
Cassini Significant Event Report For Week Ending 08/10/01 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Madrid tracking station on Wednesday, August 8. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally. Information on…
New View of Primordial Helium Traces the Structure of Early Universe
NASA’s Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite has given astronomers their best glimpse yet at the ghostly cobweb of helium gas left over from the big bang, which underlies the universe’s structure. The helium is not found in galaxies or…
Where on Earth…? MISR Mystery Image Quiz #2
Here’s another chance to play geographical detective! This Multi-angleImaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) image covers an area measuring 355kilometers x 287 kilometers, and was captured by the instrument’svertical-viewing (nadir) camera on August 14, 2000.This mystery concerns the large lake near the left-hand…
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