:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Sep 08 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 251 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Sep 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2863 S17W40 258 0080 Hsx 03 02 Alpha 2864 N24W31 249 0220 Cso 11 10 Beta 2866 S18E21 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (7 September 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tournament Earth: The Landsat Games The Landsat Games began with 32 competitors, and two #8 seeds made it to the finals. Now you have chosen your favorite. The winner of this Tournament Earth event is a false-color Landsat 8 image of wetlands around the Mississippi Delta, where winds have sculpted and reshaped ponds, lakes, and marshes over time. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/tourn ...Continue Reading

September 07, 2021 *NASA to Host Briefing on Successful Sample Collection of Martian Rock* mars_rock.jpg This composite of two images shows the hole drilled by NASA's Perseverance rover during its sucessful sample-collection attempt. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/* NASA will hold a virtual media briefing Friday, Sept. 10, at noon EDT to provide an update on the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover, which recently completed its first successful rock sampling. The event will be livestreamed on NASA Television, t ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3159 Issue Time: 2021 Sep 07 1752 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3158 Begin Time: 2021 Sep 06 1325 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3283 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

Last chance to choose the winner of Tournament Earth: The Landsat Games. It's the final countdown, vote today! Voting closes at noon ET on September 7. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/tournament-earth The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- SOUTH AMERICAN FIRES IN 2021 The fire season in South America spans several ecosystems and has far-reaching consequences. * Smoky Skies i ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Sep 07 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 250 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Sep 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2863 S16W28 258 0100 Cso 03 04 Beta 2864 N24W19 251 0180 Dao 08 10 Beta 2866 S18E32 ...Continue Reading

September 06, 2021 RELEASE 21-117*NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample* 1-pia24807_cachecam_of_sealed.png Perseverance’s first cored-rock sample of Mars rock is seen inside its titanium container tube in this image taken by the rover’s Sampling and Caching System Camera (known as CacheCam). */Credits: NASA/* NASA’s Perseverance rover today completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil. Mission controllers at NASA ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Sep 04 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 247 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Sep 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2863 S16E15 257 0160 Dso 05 09 Beta 2864 S23E22 250 0030 Cro 03 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 FIRE SEASON IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE Whether sparked by lightning, intentional land-clearing, or human-caused accidents, wildfires are burning longer and more often in some northern latitudes as the world warms. * Climate Change Pushes Fires to Higher Ground (Image from Dec 31, 2017; Posted Sep 2, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nas ...Continue Reading

September 03, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-107*Nebraska Youth to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station* expy_65_members.jpg Expedition 65 crew members Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Thomas Pesquet and Mark Vande Hei participate in n-board Training EVA Robotics Onboard Trainer (ROBoT) Session. */Credits: Aki Hoshide/* Students participating with the Nebraska 4-H will have an opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The call will air live at 1:40 p.m. ...Continue Reading