News
April 11, 2002
Terra satellite observed the calving of an iceberg and breakup of an ice shelf in Antarctica.
March 29, 2002
Dust covered northern China earlier this week during some of the worst dust storms to hit the region in a decade.
March 18, 2002
Decaying algae was recently observed by MISR on the Terra satellite.
Feb. 22, 2002
Any allergy-stricken southern Californian can tell you when the Santa Ana winds are blowing.
Feb. 6, 2002
Newly released images capture the landscape and colors of the Salt Lake City.
Dec. 27, 2001
A NASA remote sensing instrument is capturing an unfolding ecological disaster affecting hundreds of thousands of penguins at Earth's southern tip.
Nov. 14, 2001
To the surprise of scientists, a large iceberg has broken off the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica well in advance of predictions.
Aug. 31, 2001
Thousands of people in the Sudan lost their homes this year to the swollen waters of the Nile, which reached their highest levels in more than two decades.
Aug. 20, 2001
Scientists for the first time ever can simultaneously measure the height and motion of clouds over Earth from pole to pole, which may improve weather forecasts.
July 30, 2001
A NASA instrument has captured images of the wildfire burning through Bridger-Teton National Forest in the northwest part of Wyoming.
July 25, 2001
Two volcanic plumes from Mt. Etna composed of different materials are visible in new images from NASA's Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer on the Terra satellite.
July 16, 2001
The view from the rim of Mt. St. Helens may be thrilling, but one of the best and safest ways to study volcanoes is from space.
July 6, 2001
Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was signed 225 years ago
May 9, 2001
The desert takes to the skies in these images of eastern China from NASA's Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR).
April 26, 2001
The earthquake that struck western India this January brought water to places that had previously been dry.
April 3, 2001
Two images of Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica show the recently discovered 25-kilometer-long (15-mile) crack
Jan. 22, 2001
Spacecraft instruments monitor our planet, but ground-based legwork to verify the measurements is an essential part of studying Earth from space
April 16, 2000
Many exciting things have been happening with MISR and Terra.