The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FIRES IN MEXICO Hundreds of fires burned in Mexico in 2019. * Fire Burns Durango (Image from Apr 17, 2019; Posted Apr 18, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144845/fire-burns-durango/?src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA Earth Observatory. https://na ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Apr 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 109 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Apr 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2738 N06W76 301 0260 Hhx 03 01 Alpha 2739 N05W33 258 0020 Cro 02 02 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

April 18, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-032*NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Social Media, Public Events* For Earth Day in Washington, NASA hosts two days of hands-on activities and demonstrations at Union Station, April 22 and 23. */Credits: NASA/* This Earth Day, April 22, NASA invites you to celebrate our beautiful home planet by participating in a global social media event and local events around the country. Here is a list of the major agency Earth Day activities: #PictureEarth on Social Media Celebrate th ...Continue Reading

April 18, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-031*NASA Hosts University Students to Discuss Future of Space Exploration* As part of an agency-wide session with students for National Intern Day on July 26, 2018, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine spoke at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Interns from Goddard and other NASA centers were able to ask Bridenstine questions about the space agency’s programs and projects. Here, an intern at Goddard poses a question to Bridenstine during a Q&A in the ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Apr 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 108 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Apr 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2738 N06W62 301 0400 Hhx 03 01 Alpha 2739 N05W17 256 0010 Bxo 03 03 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

April 18, 2019 RELEASE 19-031*Northrop Grumman Heads to Space Station with New NASA Science, Cargo * The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 11th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 7,600 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. */Cred ...Continue Reading

April 17, 2019 RELEASE 19-021*NASA, Blue Origin Agreement Signals Rocketing Growth of Commercial Space*  Under a Commercial Space Launch Act agreement, Blue Origin will upgrade and refurbish Test Stand 4670, at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to support testing of their BE-3U and BE-4 rocket engines. Constructed in 1965, Test Stand 4670 served as the backbone for Saturn V propulsion testing for the Apollo program, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. */Credits: NASA/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Apr 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 107 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Apr 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2738 N06W48 300 0330 Hhx 03 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (16 April 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Melting on Lake Balkhash https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144833/melting-on-lake-balkhash/?src=eoa-iotd * Another Blizzard Wallops the Upper Midwest https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144829/another-blizzard-wallops-the-upper-midwest/?src=eoa-iotd * Return of the GEDI's First Data https://eartho ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2018-19 WINTER IN THE UNITED STATES A gallery of notable cold snaps and snow and ice storms for the season. * Another Blizzard Wallops the Upper Midwest (Image from Apr 13, 2019; Posted Apr 15, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144829/another-blizzard-wallops-the-upper-midwest/?src=nha -------------------------------- ...Continue Reading