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Avalanche in Aoraki/Mt. Cook National Park
A slide of rock, ice, dust, and snow left a scar of gray across the landscape around one of New Zealand’s largest mountains. Read more
Features
World of Change: Green Seasons of Maine
February 8, 2013Not many places on Earth have year-round greenery and four distinct seasons. The images in this series show the four seasons of Maine, the most forest-covered state in the U.S.A. Read more
Earth at Night 2012
December 5, 2012Scientists are using new images of Earth’s dark side to gain insight on human activity and poorly understood natural events. Read more
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
December 5, 2012The night is nowhere near as dark as most of us think. In fact, the Earth is never really dark; it twinkles with lights from humans and nature. Read more
Hunting Fossils from Afar
October 16, 2012Paleontologists use Landsat images and an artificial intelligence to identify sites likely to yield fossils. Read more
The Gravity of Water
September 12, 2012Scientists are using novel measurements of gravity to gather indispensable information about Earth’s water supplies. The GRACE mission can see water flowing underground. Read more
World of Change
Satellite images showing how our world— forests, oceans,
cities, even the Sun— has changed in recent decades.
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Blue Marble
Composite satellite images of the entire Earth.
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Experiments
Hands-on educational activities.
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Visible Earth
A catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet.
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NASA Earth Observations
View, download, and analyze imagery of Earth science data.
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NASA Global Climate Change
Vital signs of the planet.
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Earth Science Picture of the Day
Photos of Earth processes and phenomena.
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