The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (12 December 2017) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * California Wildfire Emissions https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91427&src=eoa-iotd * New Island Made of Tuff Stuff https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91412&src=eoa-iotd * Night Lights of the Levant https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91409&src=eoa-iotd * IceBridge Blues htt ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- SNOW IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES A band of snow spanned several U.S. states in early December, 2017. * A Band of Snow in the Southeast (Image from Dec 11, 2017; Posted Dec 12, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91424&src=nha -------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

  December 12, 2017 RELEASE 17-095*NASA Establishes Advisory Group for National Space Council *  Members of the National Space Council are seen during the council's first meeting, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. The National Space Council, chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, heard testimony from representatives from civil space, commercial space, and national security space industry repres ...Continue Reading

  December 12, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-149*Washington Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station Today* View of Mark Vande Hei, Expedition 53 Flight Engineer, inspecting the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) for upcoming Extravehicular Activity. */Credits: NASA/* Students from nine school districts in Port Orchard, Washington, will speak with a NASA astronaut living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 1:10 p.m. EST today. The 20-minute, Earth ...Continue Reading

------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 5 new images) -- Why the SoCal Fires are So Fierce With thousands of homes threatened by intense wildfires burning in southern California, we checked in with NASA Propulsion Laboratory scientist Natasha Stavros to learn more about the destructive blazes. https://earthobservatory.nasa ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Smoky wildfires plagued the western U.S. and Canada in the summer and autumn of 2017. * Fires Continue to Rage in Southern California (Image from Dec 9, 2017; Posted Dec 11, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91421&src=nha * Fast-Moving Fire Sweeps Through Ventur ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 12 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 346 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2691 S03E29 220 0010 Bxo 01 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 11/ ...Continue Reading

  December 11, 2017 RELEASE 17-097*New Space Policy Directive Calls for Human Expansion Across Solar System *  Representatives of Congress and the National Space Council joined President Donald J. Trump, Apollo astronaut Jack Schmitt and current NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, for the president’s signing of Space Policy Directive 1, a change in national space policy that provides for a U.S.-led, integrated program with private sector partners for a h ...Continue Reading

  December 11, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-148*NASA Provides Coverage of Today’s Space Policy Directive Signing * NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of the Space Policy Directive – 1 signing ceremony at the White House at 3 p.m. EST today. The ceremony also will be streamed live by the White House. Following the event, images, b-roll video, and interview video clips with acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot and National Space Counci ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #17-50 2017 December 10 at 6:56 p.m. MST (2017 December 11 0156 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 4-10 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on 05 December due to influence from a positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream. Outlook For December 11-17 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services ...Continue Reading