The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (21 May 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Dust Storm in Hokkaido https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145091/dust-storm-in-hokkaido/?src=eoa-iotd * Wildfires Threaten Northern Alberta https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145086/wildfires-threaten-northern-alberta/?src=eoa-iotd * How Glaciers Turn Lakes Turquoise https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov ...Continue Reading

  May 21, 2019 RELEASE 19-041*NASA Invites Public to Submit Names to Fly Aboard Next Mars Rover* Members of the public who want to send their name to Mars on NASA's next rover mission to the Red Planet (Mars 2020) can get a souvenir boarding pass and their names etched on microchips to be affixed to the rover. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech /* go.nasa.gov/Mars2020Pass Although it will be years before the first humans set foot on Mars, NASA is giving the public an opportunity to send thei ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2019 FIRE SEASON IN ALASKA AND CANADA Warming global climate has brought longer and sometimes more dramatic fire seasons to the forests of Alaska and Canada. * Wildfires Threaten Northern Alberta (Image from May 19, 2019; Posted May 20, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145086/wildfires-threaten-northern-alberta/?src=nha -- D ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 May 21 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 141 Issued at 0030Z on 21 May 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Monday, May 20, 2019 DOI:  10.5067/GHV20-2PO61        10.5067/GHVRS-2PO61        10.5067/GHVRS-3UO61        10.5067/GHV20-3UO61 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the NOAA GHRSST VIIRS L2P/L3U v2.61 Datasets onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) and the NOAA-20 (N20); designated pre-launch as “Joint Polar Satellite System-1”, or JPSS-1 (i.e., J1) satellites. The v2.61 is an updated ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- DUST STORM OVER ASIA In May 2019, dust from the Taklamakan and Gobi deserts swirled high as a spring storm passed through China and Mongolia. * Dust Swirls over Asia (Image from May 12, 2019; Posted May 13, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145050/dust-swirls-over-asia/?src=nha -------------------- EO On This Day h ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #19-20 2019 May 19 at 11:41 p.m. MDT (2019 May 20 0541 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 13-19 G3 (Major) storm levels were observed on 14 May. No other significant space weather storms were observed. Outlook For May 20-26 No significant space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, N ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 May 20 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 140 Issued at 0030Z on 20 May 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 May 19 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 139 Issued at 0030Z on 19 May 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2741 N05W83 272 0140 Hax 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 18 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 May 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 138 Issued at 0030Z on 18 May 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2741 N05W70 272 0150 Hax 03 03 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 17 ...Continue Reading