On behalf of the Earth Observatory Group, I want to wish all of you a very Happy New Year! We have several new projects in the works for 2021 as well as continuing our Image of the Day series into our 22nd year and we are very much looking forward to sharing those stories with you

We hope you are all safe and happy See you in 2021,

Kevin Ward, team leader Michael Carlowicz, managing editor Paul Przyborski, programmer Adam Voiland, senior science writer Kathryn Hansen, science writer Joshua Stevens, visualizer Kasha Patel, science writer Lauren Dauphin, data visualizer Andi Brinn Thomas, Earth science outreach specialist

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (29 December 2020)

Latest Images: https://earthobservatory nasa gov/topic/image-of-the-day

• Textures Around the North Caspian https://earthobservatory nasa gov/images/147722/textures-around-the-north-caspian/?src=eoa-iotd

• Kaolin Capital of the World https://earthobservatory nasa gov/images/147689/kaolin-capital-of-the-world/?src=eoa-iotd

• Bai Tu Long Bay https://earthobservatory nasa gov/images/147677/bai-tu-long-bay/?src=eoa-iotd

• El Bibane Lagoon https://earthobservatory nasa gov/images/147719/el-bibane-lagoon/?src=eoa-iotd

• A Lagoon in the Desert https://earthobservatory nasa gov/images/147668/a-lagoon-in-the-desert/?src=eoa-iotd

• Elephant Island https://earthobservatory nasa gov/images/147696/elephant-island/?src=eoa-iotd

• Iceberg Goes With the Flow https://earthobservatory nasa gov/images/147715/iceberg-goes-with-the-flow/?src=eoa-iotd