The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (19 May 2015)

New Features: http://earthobservatory nasa gov/Features/

• Science in a Dark Freezer: A Tale of Icy Beards, Frozen Tools, and Wintering Over at the South Pole http://earthobservatory nasa gov/Features/Benson/?src=eoa-features NASA scientist Robert Benson was one of “eighteen crazy men and a dog” who set up the first permanent science base at the South Pole

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

• The Advance of Hubbard Glacier http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85900&src=eoa-iotd

• Lenses of Fresh Water Under Langeoog http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85894&src=eoa-iotd

• Rann of Kutch, India http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85883&src=eoa-iotd

• Diminished Snow Pack in the Pacific Northwest http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85887&src=eoa-iotd

• Mount St Helens at 35 http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85880&src=eoa-iotd

• Winds of Tropical Storm Ana http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85864&src=eoa-iotd

• Sensing How Much the Earth Moved in Nepal http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85871&src=eoa-iotd

• Double Tripoint in Southern Africa http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85867&src=eoa-iotd