The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the North Atlantic basin officially begins on June 1 and ends on December 1. * Tropical Storm Elsa (Image from Jul 8, 2021; Posted Jul 8, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148545/tropical-storm-elsa/?src=nha ------------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jul 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 189 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Jul 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2839 N19W03 322 0010 Axx 06 01 Alpha 2840 N27W76 035 0010 Bxo 05 04 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...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. * Fires Scorch the Sakha Republic (Image from Jul 4, 2021; Posted Jul 6, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/1 ...Continue Reading

July 07, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-079*NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman’s August Launch from Virginia*  Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft atop the company’s Antares rocket lifts off Feb. 20, 2021, to deliver important science and cargo to the International Space Station on the company’s 15th commercial resupply services mission for NASA. */Credits: NASA/* Media accreditation is open for the launch from Virginia of Northrop Grumman’s 16th commercial resupply services mission to deliver NASA scienc ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jul 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 188 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Jul 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2835 S18W82 054 0300 Hkx 05 03 Alpha 2837 N17W36 008 0000 Axx 00 01 Alpha 2839 N19E10 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (6 July 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Fires Scorch the Sakha Republic https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148537/fires-scorch-the-sakha-republic/?src=eoa-iotd * The Ancient Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148488/the-ancient-barberton-makhonjwa-mountains/?src=eoa-iotd * A Cirrus Sign of Tornadoes https://e ...Continue Reading

July 06, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-078*New York Students to Hear from NASA, JAXA Astronauts on Space Station*  NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. */Credits: NASA/* Students from Harlem Link Charter School will have an opportunity this week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 12:40 p.m. EDT Friday, July 9, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s webs ...Continue Reading

July 06, 2021 RELEASE 21-089*NASA Announces Public Meeting on Mission Equity, Request for Information* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA’s public meeting to discuss its recently issued request for information (RFI), entitled Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities in NASA Programs, Contracts and Grants, will take place at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, July 13.   The RFI is part of NASA’s Mission Equity, a comprehensive effort to assess agency programs, procurements, grants, and policies, and exami ...Continue Reading

Tuesday, July 6, 2021 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the NOAA/STAR GHRSST global 0.02-deg L3S-LEO_PM v2.80 dataset produced from Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) JPSS satellites (currently, NPP and N20) with VIIRS sensor onboard, replacing NOAA POES system with AVHRR GAC (4km/nadir). The L3S LEO_PM (L3S: Level 3 “super-collated”) aggregates two individual global L3U SST datasets (10.5067/GHVRS-3UO61 and 10.5067/GHV20-3UO61). The dataset consists of two daily files, one daytime and one nighttime, corre ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Jul 06 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 187 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Jul 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2835 S18W68 053 0470 Cko 07 07 Beta 2837 N17W24 009 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2839 N19E23 ...Continue Reading