NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Description Data from the Earth-orbiting U.S.-India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite’s L-band radar was used to produce an image of Nunatak Zaterjavshijsja — a mountaintop in East Antarctica — poking out amid a stream of ice flowing northeast to the ocean.

Posted July 22, 2026

Cryosphere

Earth

Earth Science

Earth Science Division

Ice & Glaciers

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

US-India Satellite Delivers Data, Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica

As of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. Teams in the United States and India will release files processed from the satellite’s L-band and S-band radars on an ongoing basis, helping researchers and other users track the movement of Earth’s […]

Posted July 21, 2026

Earth Observatory

Earth Visualization & Mapping

Earthquakes

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Where Venezuela’s Earthquakes Shifted the Ground

Radar data from the NISAR satellite show that La Guaira and nearby areas experienced significant ground displacement from the June 2026 temblors.

Posted July 10, 2026

Earth Observatory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Land Cover

Land Use

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Painting the Growing Season in the Maize Triangle

Radar data from an agricultural area in South Africa, shown in a vivid color palette, reveal crop types and how they changed during the Southern Hemisphere’s growing season.

Posted May 29, 2026

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Photojournal

US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence

Description A scientist produced this map of land subsidence (sinking) in Mexico City using data from the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission captured between Oct. 25, 2025, and Jan. 17, 2026. The region has been a well-known hot spot of subsidence for decades, and images like this help confirm that NISAR is performing as […]

Posted April 30, 2026

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Earth

Earth Science

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Natural Disasters

US-Indian Space Mission Maps Extreme Subsidence in Mexico City

One of the most powerful radar systems ever launched into space has mapped the ground moving beneath one of fastest subsiding capitals in the world: Mexico City.

Posted April 29, 2026

Earth Science

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Photojournal

NISAR’s View of Mount Rainier

Description This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Washington’s Mount Rainier. The image is cropped from a much larger swath spanning the Pacific Northwest on a cloudy day; NISAR’s L-band SAR instrument is able to peer through the clouds at the surface below. In Pacific Northwest imagery from the […]

Posted March 27, 2026

Earth Science

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Photojournal

NISAR Views Mount St. Helens

Description This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Washington’s Mount St. Helens. The image is cropped from a much larger swath spanning the Pacific Northwest on a cloudy day; NISAR’s L-band SAR instrument is able to peer through the clouds at the surface below. In Pacific Northwest imagery from […]

Posted March 27, 2026

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Earth

Earth Science

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Water on Earth

NASA-ISRO Satellite Captures Pacific Northwest Through Clouds

Seattle and Portland, Oregon, are among the cloudiest cities in the United States. But that infamous cloud cover is no match for the U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), which is designed to peer straight through clouds.

Posted March 25, 2026

Earth Observatory

Earthquakes

Ice & Glaciers

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Landslides

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Landslide and Avalanche Debris Litter Hubbard Glacier

Satellite-based radar images show where a powerful earthquake in the Yukon, Canada, sent rock, snow, and ice spilling across the frozen landscapes of the St. Elias Mountains.

Posted February 25, 2026