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A Costly Drought in Argentina

Seasons of Snow Cover in the West

Tendril of Ice in the Weddell Sea

Fires Rage in Oklahoma

A Wet Weekend for Northern California

Shipping Responds to Arctic Ice Decline

Coloring Lake Pontchartrain

The Island Named After a Satellite

Medina, Saudi Arabia

Decline of Two Glaciers in Northwest Greenland

Forest Fires in Russia’s Far East

Spring is Arriving Earlier in National Parks

Sculpting a Basin

Disappearing Walker Lake

The Pearl-Qatar

Bloom in the Gulf of Aden

Vast Dust Storms in the Sahara

Bits of the Sahara on the Move

Cloud Streets and Ice in the Barents Sea

Rivers Swell in Channel Country

Saharan Dust Makes Orange Snow

Spring Fires in Kaliningrad

Nikumaroro Atoll

Lake Balkhash Under the Moon

Samalayuca Sand Dunes

Cyclone Marcus

Peru’s Newest National Park

The Spread of Mangroves in Senegal

Record Low Snowpack in Afghanistan

Lake Darodzan in Sunglint

Going for Atmospheric GOLD

Ailsa Craig

Iceland’s Caldera of Hot Springs

Floodwaters at the Confluence of the Wabash and Ohio Rivers

Sand Rush in Wisconsin

The Sculpting of Ebro Delta

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A Costly Drought in Argentina

A hot, dry growing season has scorched soybean and corn crops in the Pampas. Read more

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March 2018 Highlights

April 9, 2018

In March 2018, NASA Earth Observatory published satellite images, maps, and data visualizations as "Image of the Day." Here are five of our favorites. Read more

Melting Beauty: The Icefields of Patagonia

March 27, 2018

The Patagonian icefields stretch for hundreds of kilometers atop the Andes mountain range in South America. Change here is rapid, as the icefields are melting away at some of the highest rates on the planet. Read more

Landsat 8 Turns 5

February 15, 2018

The Landsat series of satellites have been chronicling changes on Earth’s surface for 46 years. In the past five years, Landsat 8 has brought us an unparalleled look at the beauty and dynamism of our planet. Read more

International Collaborative Experiments for Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (ICE-POP)

February 14, 2018

Scientists have brought together sensors from all over the world, including a radar from NASA, to Pyeongchang, South Korea. Data collected with the instruments during the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are expected to help scientists understand precipitation processes and to improve weather predictions. Read more

Antarctica from Above: Flying for Science, Finding Beauty

January 11, 2018

Photographs from the 2017 Operation IceBridge field campaign show the many forms of land and sea ice around the frozen (and melting) southern continent. Read more

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