var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option October 16, 2014 * NASA Spacecraft Provides New Information About Sun’s Atmosphere *  NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory provided the outer image of a coronal mass ejection on May 9, 2014. The IRIS spacecraft. The IRIS mission views the interface region that lies between the sun’s photosphere and corona in unprecedented detail for ...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 October 16, 2014 * NASA Begins Sixth Year of Airborne Antarctic Ice Change Study *  NASA’s DC-8 research aircraft will be flying scientists and instruments over Antarctica to study changes in the continent’s ice sheet, glaciers and sea ice.Image Credit: NASA  NASA is carrying out its sixth consecutive year of Operation IceBr ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE ARABIAN SEA In October 2014, large plumes of dust blew over the Arabian Sea. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84554&src=nha *** Image from Oct 14, 2014 (Posted on Oct 15, 2014 6:12 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a servi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 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 289 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2185 S15W71 058 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2186 S21W32 019 0150 Hsx 03 04 Alpha 2187 S10E29 ...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 October 15, 2014 * NASA Soil Moisture Mapper Arrives at Launch Site * A NASA spacecraft designed to track Earth's water in one of its most important, but least recognized forms -- soil moisture -- now is at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, to begin final preparations for launch in January. NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spac ...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 October 15, 2014 * NASA’s Hubble Telescope Finds Potential Kuiper Belt Targets for New Horizons Pluto Mission *  This is an artist’s impression of a Kuiper Belt object (KBO), located on the outer rim of our solar system at a staggering distance of 4 billion miles from the Sun. A HST survey uncovered three KBOs that are potentially reach ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 15 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 288 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2185 S15W59 059 0010 Bxo 03 02 Beta 2186 S21W19 019 0180 Cso 04 03 Beta 2187 S09E44 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (14 October 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Hudhud: Another Damaging Bay of Bengal Storm http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84547&src=eoa-iotd * Breathing Cleaner Fumes http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84487&src=eoa-iotd * Egmont National Park, New Zealand http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84536&src=eoa-iotd * The Legac ...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 October 14, 2014 * NASA Mission Provides Its First Look at Martian Upper Atmosphere *  Three views of an escaping atmosphere, obtained by MAVEN’s Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph. By observing all of the products of water and carbon dioxide breakdown, MAVEN's remote sensing team can characterize the processes that drive atmospheric loss ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 14 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 287 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2186 S21W06 019 0180 Cso 05 05 Beta 2187 S10E54 319 0210 Eso 14 03 Beta 2188 N17W13 ...Continue Reading