The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (08 April 2014)

Tournament: Earth -- The Winner!

The second annual Tournament: Earth has come to an end, and the winner is a familiar face In 2013, a submarine volcano off of the Canary Islands took the first championship This year, the entire island chain got in on the action "Trailing the Canaries," the #2 seed in the art bracket, romped through the tournament in 2014 The image showed interesting wind and wave patterns in sunglint on the lee side of the islands The Canary Islands have a lot of fans!

http://earthobservatory nasa gov/TournamentEarth/?src=eoa-ann

Latest Images: http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/

• Kansas Prairie Fires http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83477&src=eoa-iotd

• Alluvial Fan in Kazakhstan http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83455&src=eoa-iotd

• Port Aransas and the Intracoastal Waterway, Texas http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83459&src=eoa-iotd

• Near Miss in Madagascar http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83468&src=eoa-iotd

• Cruising for Ocean Data http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83465&src=eoa-iotd

• “New” Pacific Island Consumes Its Neighbor http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83447&src=eoa-iotd

• Finding Water in Snow http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83427&src=eoa-iotd

• Corridors for Carbon and Critters http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83390&src=eoa-iotd

Recent Blog Posts: http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/

Earth Matters * Saluting the Tournament Earth Winner: Canary Islands http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=4630&src=eoa-blogs

Elegant Figures * Malofiej 22 Wrap-up http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=1016&src=eoa-blogs

Notes from the Field * Bonjour from Kulusuk! http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=5888&src=eoa-blogs

• If you can't get to the field, the field will come to you http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=5872&src=eoa-blogs

• Tsunamis and the Open Ocean As many of you probably heard, there was an 8 2-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Northern Chile on Tuesday night As with any earthquake around a coastal region or on the ocean floor, there is a concern about the formation of a tsunami However, the wave height (the height from the base of the wave at the water line to the top of the wave) in the deep, open ocean is very small, maybe a few feet tall As you can imagine, a boat or ship in the open ocean wouldn�t even notice such a tiny wave http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=5862&src=eoa-blogs