:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Oct 17 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 291 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Oct 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2776 S14E40 162 0060 Cao 05 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16/ ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- SOUTH AMERICAN FIRES IN 2020 The fire season in South America spans several ecosystems and has far-reaching consequences. * Fierce Fires in Bolivia (Image from Oct 10, 2020; Posted Oct 15, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147408/fierce-fires-in-bolivia/?src=nha ---------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Oct 16 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 290 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Oct 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2776 S12E54 160 0030 Cro 06 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15/ ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2020 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN U.S. Fire season in the West can stretch from late spring until seasonal winter rains and snow arrive. * Assessing California Fire Scars (Image from Sep 26, 2020; Posted Oct 14, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147374/assessing-california-fire-scars/?src=nha ----------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Oct 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 289 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Oct 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2776 S13E68 160 0010 Axx 01 02 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 14 ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers:* Please join us on October 14, 2020 at 12:00pm ET for our Virtual History Brown Bag talk: *Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan*, /Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut’s Story of Invention/ / / *Abstract:* The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the universe. It has, a ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Oct 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 288 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Oct 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Oct Nmbr Location Lo 2774 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (13 October 2020) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Romania's Patchwork of Farm Fields https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147400/romanias-patchwork-of-farm-fields/?src=eoa-iotd * A Lush Laptev Palette https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147388/a-lush-laptev-palette/?src=eoa-iotd * The Undulations of Wave Clouds https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/im ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 4 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2020 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the North Atlantic basin officially begins on June 1 and ends on December 1. * Hurricane Delta Aims for the U.S. Gulf Coast (Image from Oct 8, 2020; Posted Oct 8, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147383/hurricane-delta-aims-for-the-us-gulf-coast/?src=nha -- UN ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- 2020 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the North Atlantic basin officially begins on June 1 and ends on December 1. * Hurricane Delta Aims for the U.S. Gulf Coast (Image from Oct 8, 2020; Posted Oct 8, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147383/hurricane-delta-aims-for-the-us-gulf-coast/?src=nha * ...Continue Reading