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NASA has a short article that summarizes how the “Blue Marble” images of earth were created from satellite data. “The new image is a composite of six separate orbits taken on January 23, 2012 by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite.” Quoted from the NASA article.
Tags: ads-by-google, current-events, energy, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, meteorites, mexico, satellite images“A ‘Blue Marble’ image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA ’s most recently launched Earth-observing satellite – Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012. The NPP satellite was renamed ‘Suomi NPP’ on January 24, 2012 to honor the late Verner E. Suomi of the University of Wisconsin .” Quoted from the NASA press release.
“An eruption occurred in the Red Sea in December 2011. According to news reports, fishermen witnessed lava fountains reaching up to 30 meters tall on December 19. By December 23, 2011, what looked like a new island appeared in the region.” Quote from the NASA image release.
Tags: climate-change, energy, Geology.com, mexico, NASA, north-carolina, oceanography, pennsylvania, satellite images, shale, volcanoesNASA ’s Earth Observatory has satellite images of recent flooding along the Namoi River in New South Wales, Australia . The waters cut off numerous communities and swamped others
Tags: australia, carolina, current-events, earth, earthquakes, floods, geology, geology-news, geophysics, Jobs, massachusetts, pennsylvania, satellite images, shale, virginiaAn article on TheCityWire.com website reports on a presentation given by Mike Yeager, an executive with BHP Billiton. He explains why the company was attracted to invest in the Fayetteville Shale of Arkansas .
Tags: earthquakes, environment, Jobs, marcellus-shale, mexico, natural gas, plate-tectonics, satellite images, virginiaResearchers have used Krypton 81 to study the flow of water through the Nubian Aquifer of North Africa . Krypton isotopes can be used to determine how long water has been underground and how fast it has moved
Tags: afghanistan, africa, earth, earthquakes, Jobs, marcellus-shale, middle-east, satellite images, washingtonFelicity Aston is ready to begin an attempt to cross the Antarctic continent alone using only muscle power. If successful she will be the first person ever to accomplish this feat
Tags: ads-by-google, afghanistan, antarctic, astronomy, climate-change, earth sciences, earthquakes, geology, hawaii, Jobs, middle-east, minerals, satellite images, waterThis web seminar for teachers of grades 5–8 students includes an inquiry-based lesson introducing you to life forms living in extreme environments.
Tags: california, earthquakes, hawaii, massachusetts, mexico, middle-east, minerals, NASA, oceanography, satellite images, washingtonShell Oil Company has completed a well in the Gulf of Mexico that is producing oil from nearly two miles below the ocean surface. It sets a new world record for the deepest offshore well.
Tags: afghanistan, climate-change, energy, gulf of mexico, hurricanes, Jobs, marcellus-shale, mexico, plate-tectonics, satellite images, waterSome people believe that oil and natural gas production in the United States on an energy equivalent basis could reach an all time high – surpassing record levels set in the early 1970′s.
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