Monthly Archives: September 2018
ICESat-2 Adds Third Dimension to Earth
979 Views0 Comments0 Likes
ICESat-2 will provide scientists with height measurements that create a global portrait of Earth's third dimension, gathering data that can precisely track changes of terrain including glaciers, sea ice, forests and more.
Earth from Space: Northeast Ethiopia
856 Views0 Comments0 Likes
In this week's Earth from Space from the ESA Web TV studios, the Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite takes us over Northeast Ethiopia.
Rare Electric Blue Clouds Observed by NASA Balloon
870 Views0 Comments0 Likes
On the cusp of our atmosphere live a thin group of seasonal electric blue clouds. Forming fifty miles above the poles in summer, these clouds are known as noctilucent clouds or polar mesospheric clouds.
Dramatic Views of Hurricane Florence
808 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Cameras outside the International Space Station captured dramatic views of rapidly strengthening Hurricane Florence at 8:10 a.m. EDT Sept. 10 as it moved in a westerly direction across the Atlantic, headed for a likely landfall along the eastern seaboard of the U.S. late Thursday or early Friday.