:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jul 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 196 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Jul 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2842 N24E25 201 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2843 S17W44 270 0010 Axx 04 02 Alpha IA. H-alpha ...Continue Reading

Wednesday, July 14, 2021 We are pleased to announce an update to the PO.DAAC High-Level Tool for Interactive Data Extraction (HiTIDE) tool. Version 4.8.2 is now available online at https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/hitide/. For questions or to provide feedback, please visit the HiTIDE Forum. HiTIDE, the High-level Tool for Interactive Data Extraction, allows users to subset and download popular PO.DAAC level 2 (swath) datasets. Users can search across a wide variety of parameters, such as variables, sensors and pla ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jul 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 195 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Jul 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2842 N23E37 201 0050 Hsx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 13 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (13 July 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * A Longer-Lived Ice Arch https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148560/a-longer-lived-ice-arch/?src=eoa-iotd * Venezuela's Flat-Topped Mountains https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148520/venezuelas-flat-topped-mountains/?src=eoa-iotd * Lake Tana and the Ethiopian Highlands https://earthobservatory.nasa. ...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. * Hazy Skies in the Midwest (Image from Jul 11, 2021; Posted Jul 12, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/14855 ...Continue Reading

July 13, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-081*NASA TV to Air Launch of Space Station Module, Departure of Another* mlm_at_baikonur.jpg The Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module undergoes final processing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in preparation for its launch to the International Space Station on a Proton rocket. */Credits: Roscosmos/* NASA will provide live coverage of a new Russian science module’s launch and automated docking to the International Space Station, and the undocking of another module that ha ...Continue Reading

July 13, 2021 RELEASE 21-094*NASA, ESA Partner in New Effort to Address Global Climate Change* 20210713_esa_announcement_full_cropped.png NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations Karen Feldstein, and NASA Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen (all left side of image) and ESA (European Space Agency) Director General Josef Aschbacher are seen in a screen capture from a signing ceremony for a ne ...Continue Reading

July 13, 2021 RELEASE 21-091*NASA Announces Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor Concept Awards* nuclear_thermal_propulsion-concept.jpeg Illustration of a conceptual spacecraft enabled by nuclear thermal propulsion. */Credits: NASA/* NASA is leading an effort, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), to advance space nuclear technologies. The government team has selected three reactor design concept proposals for a nuclear thermal propulsion system. The reactor is a critical component of a nuclear thermal engi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jul 13 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 194 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Jul 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2841 S18E15 236 0010 Axx 00 01 Alpha 2842 N24E51 201 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- 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. * Smoky Summer in the Pacific Northwest (Image from Jul 8, 2021; Posted Jul 9, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ ...Continue Reading