The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (01 April 2014)

Tournament: Earth -- The Finals are here!

Last year, a longshot image showing an underwater volcanic eruption near the Canary Islands came from nowhere to win our first-ever Tournament Earth The championship round of the 2014 tournament has arrived, and yet another Canary Islands image seems poised to capture the crown However, "Trailing the Canaries" will have some stiff competition in "Activity at Kliuchevskoi," a spectacular shot of ash streaming from one of the highest and most active volcanoes on the Kamchatka peninsula Vote for your favorite by Friday at 4 p m EDT / 8 p m UTC

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

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

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

• Florida Landscapes http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83256&src=eoa-iotd

• Kavir Desert, Iran http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83438&src=eoa-iotd

• A Tale of Two Mountains http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83435&src=eoa-iotd

• Chilika Lake and Nalabana Bird Sanctuary http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83431&src=eoa-iotd

• Back to the Arctic http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83405&src=eoa-iotd

• Landslide and Barrier Lake near Oso, Washington http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=83409&src=eoa-iotd

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

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

Earth Matters * March Puzzler Answer: Nalabana Bird Sanctuary http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=4616&src=eoa-blogs

• Aerial Views of the Landslide in Oso, Washington http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=4594&src=eoa-blogs

Notes from the Field * What about a round-trip cargo flight? http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=5841&src=eoa-blogs

• Flying tomorrow? Opa! http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=5826&src=eoa-blogs

• The First Station At approximately 60� South and 174� East the FSG members sampled their first official station of the field campaign The objective of the Climate Variability and Predictability of the ocean-atmosphere system, or CLIVAR, program is to understand this dynamic coupling and model future ocean-atmosphere variability by collecting and analyzing ship-based global observations http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=5780&src=eoa-blogs