The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (25 March 2014)

Tournament: Earth -- The Semifinals!

Voting is now open for the semifinal round of Tournament: Earth! The last four images are ready to face off Returning champion Canary Islands goes up against another sea-going image -- a map of air pollution from ships In the other match, two volcanoes try to erupt their way to the top Which images will make it to the finals? Vote before the polls close at 4pm ET on Friday, March 28

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

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

• Notes from the Field: South Pacific Bio-optics Cruise 2014 http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/category/south-pacific-bio-optics-cruise-2014/?src=eoa-features Field data necessary for validating ocean color satellite data are sparse in many regions of the ocean NASA scientists will travel over much of the South Pacific between March and May 2014 to fill in this data gap

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

• First Images from the Global Precipitation Mission http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83416&src=eoa-iotd

• Parting the Sea to Save Venice http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83394&src=eoa-iotd

• Green Bay, Wisconsin http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83383&src=eoa-iotd

• Sensing Lightning from ISS http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83387&src=eoa-iotd

• Restoring a Pulse to the Lower Colorado http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83378&src=eoa-iotd

• Dust Storm Blows Across Texas http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83375&src=eoa-iotd

• Some Perspective on Winter 2014 http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83371&src=eoa-iotd

• Fires in Southeast Asia http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83365&src=eoa-iotd

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

Earth Matters * March 2014 Puzzler http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=4588&src=eoa-blogs

Notes from the Field * The Field Campaign Has Begun! The R/V Nathaniel B Palmer set sail from Hobart, Tasmania on March 20, 2014 ( GMT +11 hours) The first Go-SHIP station is located at 67�S, 150�W While in transit, scientists will deploy the first Bio-Argo float of the campaign, 6 days from sail http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=5741&src=eoa-blogs

• We Made It To Greenland! http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=5730&src=eoa-blogs

• The South Pacific Bio-optics Cruise: An Introduction Three members of the Ocean Ecology Laboratory's Field Support Group (FSG; Code 616) will embark on a 45-day journey from Hobart, Tasmania to Papeete, Tahiti on the icebreaker R/V Nathaniel B Palmer (NBP) During the next six weeks, I will be helping my colleagues chronicle their journey over the high seas
  http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=5715&src=eoa-blogs

• Greenland firn aquifer expedition: Season two! http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=5702&src=eoa-blogs