The following sections were updated since 24 July 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. The fires continued to burn in late July. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14978 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 24 2008 (Posted on Jul 25 2008 11:24AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observator ...Continue Reading

July 24, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/4997 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Kim Newton Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-187 NASA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS PARACHUTE FOR ARES ROCKET HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA and industry engineers have successfully completed the first drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The drogue parachute is designed to slow the rapid descent ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 23 July 2008. -- STORM (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE DOLLY Tropical Storm Dolly formed in the Caribbean Sea between Honduras and Cuba on July 20, 2008. By July 23, it was a Category 1 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14977 *** (QuikSCAT) image from Jul 22 2008 (Posted on Jul 24 2008 1:54PM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14974 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 23 2008 (Posted on Jul 23 2008 ...Continue Reading

July 24, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Laura Layton Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-8170 laura.a.layton@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-185 NASA SATELLITES DISCOVER WHAT POWERS NORTHERN LIGHTS GREENBELT, Md. -- Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon power substorms that cause sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the aurora borealis, called the Northern Lights. The c ...Continue Reading

July 24, 2008 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Paul Hickman Internet Archive 415-462-1509, 415-561-6767 paul@archive.org RELEASE: 08-173 NASA AND INTERNET ARCHIVE LAUNCH CENTRALIZED RESOURCE FOR IMAGES WASHINGTON -- NASA and Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library based in San Francisco, made available the most comprehensive compilation ever of NASA's vast collection of photographs, historic film and video Thursday. Located at www.nasaimages.org, the Internet s ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Matt Macokowiak Office of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Washington 202-224-9782 matt_mackowiak@hutchison.senate.gov Sandy Miller Hays USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Md. 301-504-1636 sandy.millerhays@ars.usda.gov RELEASE: 08-184 NASA, USDA SIGN SPACE STATION RESEARCH AGREEMENT WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) hosted NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Secretary of Agri ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 22 July 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. The fires continued to burn in late July. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14972 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 22 2008 (Posted on Jul 23 2008 12:24PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE DOLLY Tropical Storm Dolly formed in the Caribbean Sea between Hondura ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2008 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/344-8511 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-183 BIGGEST ANNUAL U.S. AIR SHOW TO SALUTE NASA'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY WASHINTON -- NASA's 50th anniversary celebration continues this summer with special recognition at EAA AirVenture 2008, the United States' biggest annual air show, held in Oshkosh, Wis., July 28 - Aug. 3. One of the Experimental Aircra ...Continue Reading

July 22, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-134 NEW NASA 'FIRE & SMOKE' WEB PAGE SHOWS LATEST FIRE VIEWS, RESEARCH WASHINGTON -- NASA satellites, aircraft, and research know-how have created a wealth of cutting-edge tools to help firefighters battle wildfires. These tools also have helped scientists understand the impact of fires and smoke on Earth's climate and ecosystems. Now, a new NASA Web site brings to the public and journalists the latest ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 21 July 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BEIJING IMPLEMENTS NEW POLLUTION CONTROLS As Beijing prepared to host the Olympics August 8-24, 2008, and the Paralympics September 6-17, 2008, authorities implemented new procedures to reduce pollution. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14964 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 21 2008 (Posted on Jul 21 2008 8:54AM) -- STORM (4 updated events, 5 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM DOLLY Tropical Sto ...Continue Reading