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Landsat 4
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Landsat 9
Sea Ice
Wildlife
Experts are analyzing decades of images from Landsat satellites for clues about how the iconic birds have responded to sea ice disruptions in the past.
Posted August 26, 2026
DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging)
Earth Observatory
Human Dimensions
The drying of the massive lake exposed playas that became the setting for feats of engineering and technological ingenuity, as well as epic tales of exploration and desperation.
Posted August 24, 2026
Earth
Earth Observatory
Extreme Temperatures
Extreme Weather Events
A series of heat waves in 2026 is breaking records and taking a toll in Europe.
Posted August 21, 2026
Earth Observatory
Ice & Glaciers
Landsat 9
A large iceberg, observed in summer 2026, had drifted more than 1,000 kilometers south from the northeastern Greenland bay where it likely originated.
Posted August 20, 2026
Earth Observatory
Hurricanes & Typhoons
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
The powerful storm delivered extreme rainfall and damaging winds to the state, passing the Island of Hawaiʻi as a category 1 hurricane.
Posted August 18, 2026
Aqua
Clouds
Earth Observatory
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
Wildfires
NASA aircraft are sampling smoke lofted high into the atmosphere by one of the most formidable cloud types in the sky—towering, smoke-infused pyrocumulonimbus.
Posted August 17, 2026
Earth Observatory
Sun-Earth Interactions
The Moon slid between the Sun and Earth to produce a stunning celestial show visible from Spain in August 2026.
Posted August 14, 2026
Earth Observatory
International Space Station (ISS)
Volcanoes
Wildfires
From the International Space Station, astronauts photographed Mount Hood and Mount Rainier as wildfire smoke spread across the Pacific Northwest in summer 2026.
Posted August 13, 2026
Earth Observatory
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Landsat 9
Sun-Earth Interactions
Western Iceland and northern Spain are among the few Northern Hemisphere locations experiencing a total solar eclipse on August 12, 2026.
Posted August 12, 2026
Earth Observatory
Tidal and seasonal shifts leave their mark on this crescent-shaped, productive bay in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
Posted August 11, 2026
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