The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (18 August 2020) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Happy 20th anniversary to our sister site, Visible Earth! Cheers to 32,451 NASA images of Earth taken from space. Check out Visible Earth at https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/ -------------------- Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * How Birds Respond to Extreme Weather https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147105/how-birds-respond-to-extreme-weathe ...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. Climate change has made recent warmer and drier, intensifying some natural fire cycles. * Four Fires in Colorado (Image from Aug 15, 2020; Posted Aug 17, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/1471 ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers:* Please join us on Wednesday August 26, 2020, 12:00pm Eastern time for our History Brown Bag talk: *William Causey*, *“John Houbolt: The Unsung Hero of the Apollo Moon Landings”* _ _ *Abstract*: In May 1961, President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress and announced that the United States should attempt to land a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth before the end of that decade. Although NASA had given some informal thought in ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Aug 18 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 231 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Aug 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2771 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- RAIN AND FLOODING IN AUSTRALIA Heavy rains in Australia can have far-reaching consequences for both people and ecosystems. * Double Cloud Trouble (Image from Aug 10, 2020; Posted Aug 13, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147115/double-cloud-trouble/?src=nha ----------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #20-33 2020 August 16 at 8:03 p.m. MDT (2020 August 17 0203 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For August 10-16 No significant space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For August 17-23 No significant space weather storms are expected for the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Aug 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 230 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Aug 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2771 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Aug 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 229 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Aug 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2770 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Aug 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 228 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Aug 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2770 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Aug 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 227 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Aug 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2771 S18E31 296 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 13 ...Continue Reading