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Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains

Fires Blaze in Chile

Lake Powell and Grand Staircase-Escalante

The ‘Place of Blue Smoke’

Earth and Moon from Mars

Ash Cloud Tells a Story of a Volcano Rising

Global Temperature Record Broken for Third Consecutive Year

Where Are Arctic Soils Defrosting?

Looking Down on Potomac Water Gap

Lagoa Mirim

Water, Water Everywhere

Kashgar, China

Floods Swamp Southern Thailand

Atmospheric River Soaks California

Punching Through

Cambodia’s Forests Are Disappearing

Sunglint on Lake Titicaca

A Copper Megamine in South America

Lava Delta Collapses into Sea

Muted La Niña Follows Potent El Niño

Multiple Fires Blaze in Argentina

Mapping a Tenacious Invader in Lake Thurmond

Raised by Fire, Felled by Ice

Al Jawf, Eastern Libya

The Galapagos Archipelago

Pretty as a Picture: The Delaware Water Gap

Sun City, Arizona

Snow-Capped Summits in Hawaii

Kerguelen Islands

Foggy Peruvian Valleys

Laguna del Negro Francisco

Lights in the Darkness

Smog Puts Dozens of Chinese Cities on Red Alert

Glacier Change Threatens Andes Communities

Rare Snow in the African Desert

A Shape-Shifting River in Bolivia

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Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains

These colorful sequences of rock tell a story of geologic upheaval. Read more

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A Celebration of Clouds: From Space, Earth Has an Elegant Atmosphere

December 20, 2016

Clouds can be a nuisance when scientists are trying to observe features on Earth's surface. But at other times, clouds are exactly what they want to see. These images highlight some of the more unusual and beautiful clouds observed in recent years from space. Read more

The Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Still Cloudy, With a Chance of Clearing

December 1, 2016

It is the largest estuary in the United States and third largest in the world. Once sculpted and changed by ice, water, and powerful geologic forces over tens of millions of years, today's Bay is shaped by human forces as well. Read more

EO Kids

October 18, 2016

New magazine with stories just for kids. Find out where all of Earth's fresh water is and try some fun experiments. Download the first issue of NASA's newest kid's magazine, EO Kids, and Explore your Earth. Read more

Notes from the Field: Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project 2016

October 13, 2016

This annual expedition is enabling scientists to better understand the freshwater balance of the Arctic Ocean. Timed in late summer to coincide with the Arctic sea ice minimum, the campaign provides scientists with an opportunity to deploy a suite of oceanographic instruments within this harsh and remote environment. Read more

Sea Ice

September 16, 2016

Polar sea ice grows and shrinks dramatically each year, driven by seasonal cycles. Habitat for wildlife and harbinger of changing climate, sea ice offers scientists important clues about the state of our planet. Read more

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