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New Zealand’s Southern Alps
The rugged Southern Alps extend some 650 kilometers (400 miles) along the westernside of New Zealand’s South Island. The mountains are often obscured byclouds, which is probably why the Maoris called New Zealand “Aotearoa”,the long white cloud. The higher peaks…
Where There’s Soup, There’s Life
But we’re talking gourmet soup.
Wildfire in the Sierras
A large wildfire that was burning in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on June 18, 2001, crossed the border from California into Nevada, about 15 miles (24 km) west of Reno. Officials estimate that the fire has consumed about 20,000 acres…
Laguna Mellquina, Andes Mountains
This depiction of an area south of San Martin de Los Andes, Argentina, was the first Shuttle Radar Topography Mission view of the tallest mountain chain in the western hemisphere.
Hawaiian Islands’ Wake
The Hawaiian Islands trigger an extraordinary interaction between windand ocean that extends thousands of kilometers. This island effect ismuch larger than has ever been observed by scientists before. Using data from Earth-observing satellites, researchers discoveredthis unusually long island “wake,” which…
Mount Ararat (Agri Dagi), Turkey
Mount Ararat (16,940 feet; 5165 meters) is the largest volcano in Turkey. Although not currently active, its most recent eruption has probably been within the last 10,000 years. It is located in extreme northeastern Turkey, near the borders with Iran…
Mount Pinatubo Ten Years Later
On June 15, 1991—ten years ago today— Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines exploded in the Twentieth Century’s mostviolent volcanic eruption. In the decade following, scientists used NASA remote sensing technology to study the effects of theeruption on climate as well…
Global Effects of Mount Pinatubo
Ten years ago today (June 15, 2001), Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted with a tremendous force, ejecting vast amounts of ash and gas high into the atmosphere; so high that the volcano’s plume penetrated into the stratosphere. The stratosphere…
Significant Event Report for Week Ending 6/15/2001
Cassini Significant Event Report For Week Ending 06/15/01 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Goldstone tracking station on Tuesday, June 12. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally. Information on…
Astronauts Photograph Mount Pinatubo
In early 1991, Mt. Pinatubo, a volcano north of Manila on the Philippine island of Luzon, had been dormant for more than 500 years. Few geologists would have guessed that it would produce one of the world’s most explosive eruptions…
Watching the Creation of Southern California’s Largest Reservoir
The new Diamond Valley Lake Reservoir near the city of Hemet inRiverside County is billed as the largest earthworks constructionproject in U.S. history. Construction began in 1995 and involved 31million cubic meters of foundation excavation and 84 million cubicmeters of…
Tropical Storm Allison
The Atlantic Hurricane Season officially began June 1 and almost on cue Tropical Storm Allison formed June 5 in the northwest Gulf of Mexico. A slow-moving storm with sustained winds around 60 miles per hour (97 km per hour), Allison…
The Colorado River
This Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) true-color image shows the passage of the Colorado Riverthrough several southwestern states. The river begins, in this image, inUtah at the far upper right, where Lake Powell is visible as dark pixelssurrounded by the salmon-colored…
Comparing Baltimore and Phoenix
The “zoom lens” aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft acquired these views of two U.S. metropolitan areas: Baltimore, Maryland (left), and Phoenix, Arizona (right). Acquired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), red in these false-colored images indicates vegetation.…
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