(Source NASA) – Between November 9–11, 2013, a large iceberg finally separated from the calving front of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier.Scientists first…
Category: Earth Observation
GOCE Satellite uncontrolled re-entry Update
UPDATE 11/11/13 – Update from ESA – GOCE has re-entered. The atmospheric interface at ~80 km altitude occurred, following a…
GOES-R main instrument cleared for installation
(Source – NOAA) A key instrument that will fly on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R (GOES-R) spacecraft, NOAA’s…
Very Cool Picture of Northern Lights from ISS
(NASA) This striking aurora image was taken during a geomagnetic storm that was most likely caused by a coronal mass…
Bright Meteor Seen Over Georgia/Tennessee 9/3/13 – Video
(NASA) Early Wednesday morning, at 3:27:20 AM Eastern Time, a piece of an asteroid, about 2 feet in diameter and…
Yosemite Rim Fire as seen from space
The scale of the Rim Fire threatening Yosemite can be seen in these images from the MODIS instrument on the…
Impressive Video of South Pole Aurora From Space
Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights, as seen by the NASA IMAGE satellite eight days after a giant solar flare. Just…
Space Station Sunrise over the Aleutian Islands
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) took this panoramic photo looking northeast from a point half-way along the Aleutian…
