The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 3 new images) -- HOLIDAY LIGHTS FROM SPACE A new analysis of satellite data reveals increases in holiday lighting in the United States and the Middle East. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84926&src=nha *** Image from (Posted on Dec 16, 2014 3:09 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84923 ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option December 17, 2014 * NASA to Discuss Today Asteroid Redirect Mission Capture Concept, Next Step in Journey to Mars *  This image, taken by NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission in 2000, shows a close-up view of Eros, an asteroid with an orbit that takes it somewhat close to Earth. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope observed Ero ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Dec 17 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 351 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Dec 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2230 S14W74 322 0080 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2234 N05W71 320 0090 Hsx 01 02 Alpha 2235 S07W17 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (16 December 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Even from Space, Holidays Shine Brightly http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84897&src=eoa-iotd * New Insight from Old Snapshots of Greenland http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84893&src=eoa-iotd * Italy at Night http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84884&src=eoa-iotd * An Iceberg ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option December 16, 2014 * NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite * NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission. TESS will launch aboard a Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle, with liftoff targeted for August 2017 from Cape Canaveral Air Forc ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option December 16, 2014 * NASA Rover Finds Active, Ancient Organic Chemistry on Mars *  This image illustrates possible ways methane might be added to Mars' atmosphere (sources) and removed from the atmosphere (sinks). NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has detected fluctuations in methane concentration in the atmosphere, implying both types of act ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option December 16, 2014 * NASA Analysis: 11 Trillion Gallons to Replenish California Drought Losses * NASA satellite data reveal the severity of California’s drought on water resources across the state. This map shows the trend in water storage between September 2011 and September 2014.Image Credit: NASA JPL It will take about 11 tr ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Dec 16 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 350 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Dec 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2230 S15W60 323 0150 Cao 06 06 Beta 2232 N10W31 294 0010 Bxo 07 02 Beta 2234 N04W57 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE IN THE KASHMIR VALLEY As is often the case in winter, a layer of haze filled Kashmir Valley in December 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84862&src=nha *** Image from Dec 05, 2014 (Posted on Dec 09, 2014 10:37 AM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN LUZON Slow-mo ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option December 15, 2014 * NASA Tests Software That May Help Increase Flight Efficiency, Decrease Aircraft Noise *  NASA flight engineer Roy Roper (left) reviews laptop displays showing the ASTAR data with Boeing principal investigator Gabe Brewer during a ground simulation. Image Credit: Boeing NASA researchers Friday began flight tests o ...Continue Reading