The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN A dust storm struck the border region between Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan in mid-September 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45759&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 13, 2010 (Posted on Sep 13, 2010 1:08 PM) ---------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 50 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA DATA SHED NEW LIGHT ABOUT WATER AND VOLCANOES ON MARS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:56:46 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA DATA SHED NEW LIGHT ABOUT WATER AND VOLCANOES ON MARS September 10, 2010 William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 Report #H10-216 NASA DATA SHED NEW LIGH ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTH AMERICA The annual fire season in Brazil and Bolivia ramped up in August 2010 with unusually widespread and intense fires. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45725&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 08, 2010 (Posted on Sep 09, 2010 4:09 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

Sep. 10, 2010 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-219 NASA ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC SUSTAINABILITY AND PERFORMANCE PLAN WASHINGTON -- NASA has released its Strategic Sustainability and Performance Plan (SSPP) as part of a government-wide effort to achieve goals without compromising the planet's resources. NASA's SSPP focuses on reducing greenhouse emissions, preventing pollution, increasing water use efficiency and constructing and maintaining high perfor ...Continue Reading

Sep. 9, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Jeannette P. Owens Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990 jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-214 NASA SELECTS WINNING TEAM IN BALLOONSAT COMPETITION CLEVELAND -- NASA has selected the winner of the national Balloonsat High Altitude Flight Competition, a contest that introduces high school students to engineering principles and encourages engineering practices. The high school team from North Ca ...Continue Reading

Sep. 9, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jia-rui.c.cook@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-217 AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS ARE FIRST TO DETECT OBJECTS IMPACTING JUPITER WASHINGTON -- Amateur astronomers using backyard telescopes were the first to detect two small objects that burned up in Jupiter's atmosphere on June 3 and Aug. 20. Professional astronomers at NASA and other institutions followed up on ...Continue Reading

Sep. 9, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-216 NASA DATA SHED NEW LIGHT ABOUT WATER AND VOLCANOES ON MARS HOUSTON -- Data from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suggest liquid water has interacted with the Martian surface throughout the planet's history and into modern times. The research also provides new evidence that volcanic activity has persisted on the Red Planet ...Continue Reading

Sep. 9, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Jeannette P. Owens Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990 jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-214 NASA SELECTS WINNING TEAM IN BALLOONSAT COMPETITION CLEVELAND -- NASA has selected the winner of the national Balloonsat High Altitude Flight Competition, a contest that introduces high school students to engineering principles and encourages engineering practices. The high school team from North Ca ...Continue Reading

Sep. 9, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jia-rui.c.cook@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-217 AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS ARE FIRST TO DETECT OBJECTS IMPACTING JUPITER WASHINGTON -- Amateur astronomers using backyard telescopes were the first to detect two small objects that burned up in Jupiter's atmosphere on June 3 and Aug. 20. Professional astronomers at NASA and other institutions followed up on ...Continue Reading

Sep. 9, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-216 NASA DATA SHED NEW LIGHT ABOUT WATER AND VOLCANOES ON MARS HOUSTON -- Data from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suggest liquid water has interacted with the Martian surface throughout the planet's history and into modern times. The research also provides new evidence that volcanic activity has persisted on the Red Planet ...Continue Reading