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UARS Satellite Falls Over the Pacific

September 24th, 2011 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

“ NASA ’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday and 1:09 a.m. EDT Saturday. The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California said the satellite penetrated the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean . The precise re-entry time and location are not yet known with certainty.” Quoted from the NASA press release.

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Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Ash Plume

June 15th, 2011 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

“A week after it first began erupting, Chile ’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex continued to emit a steady stream of ash. This false-color satellite image shows the eruption’s ash plume on the morning of June 11, 2011.” Quoted from the Earth Observatory image release

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Satellite Monitoring of Ocean Salinity

May 16th, 2011 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

“Salinity – the concentration of salt – on the ocean surface is a key missing puzzle piece in satellite studies of Earth that will improve our understanding of how the ocean and atmosphere are coupled and work in tandem to affect our climate.” Quoted from the NASA press release.

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Google Will Host a Geoscience Education Conference

December 27th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Google is getting involved in geoscience education as they host an invitation only conference titled: “Google Earth: Visualizing the Possibilities for Geoscience Education and Research”. If you have not tried Google Earth, it is a free download that you can use to explore the Earth in satellite view.

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Phytoplankton Bloom off Namibia Coast

November 23rd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

“ Ocean waters glowed bright peacock green off the northern Namibian coast in late November 2010. These bright swirls of green occur along a continental shelf bustling with biological activity. Phytoplankton blooms often occur along coastlines where nutrient-rich waters well up from ocean depths.” Quoted from the Earth Observatory image release.

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Red Algae Bloom or Oil?

November 8th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Waters in the West Bay portion of the Mississippi River Delta have been covered with an orange material that some believe is oil but the Coast Guard believes it is a red algae bloom .

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Okavango Delta – World’s Largest Inland Delta

November 2nd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

The Okavango Delta in Botswana is the largest inland delta in the world. It is located where the Okavango River empties into a closed basin where most of the water is lost to evapotranspiration. Earth Observatory has a satellite image of agricultural fires in the Okavango Delta area.

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Monitoring the Movements of Volcanoes with Radar

October 17th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Monitoring small motions of Earth’s surface around volcanoes from the ground requires expensive data to acquire a small number of observation points. However, researchers can use satellite radar data to produce maps that show small amounts of deformation accurately mapped over a broad area. These deformation maps can help researchers understand volcanoes and can be useful in natural hazard, geothermal and mineral resource studies.

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Heavy Snow In China – Satellite Image

November 19th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Earth Observatory has a satellite image of the heaviest snowfall to occur in China in the past several decades. The image shows part of the North China Plain near the city of Shijiazhuang. Small cities and towns are easy to spot in this image.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/cseaIiugWQ8″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Dust Plumes Over the Mediterranean Sea

November 6th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

NASA#8217;s Aqua Satellite captured this spectacular image of dust plumes streaming from the desert of Egypt out over the Mediterranean Sea on October 4, 2009.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/iR9Jr0HiyPU” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Geosciences

UARS Satellite Falls Over the Pacific

Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Ash Plume

Satellite Monitoring of Ocean Salinity

Google Will Host a Geoscience Education Conference

Phytoplankton Bloom off Namibia Coast

Red Algae Bloom or Oil?

Okavango Delta – World’s Largest Inland Delta

Monitoring the Movements of Volcanoes with Radar

Heavy Snow In China – Satellite Image

Dust Plumes Over the Mediterranean Sea

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