The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE FRANKLIN Franklin became the Atlantic Ocean basin�s first hurricane of 2017. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90724&src=nha *** Image from Aug 10, 2017 (Posted on Aug 10, 2017 12:28 PM) ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2635 Issue Time: 2017 Aug 10 0500 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2634 Begin Time: 2017 Aug 05 1405 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6998 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Aug 10 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 222 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Aug 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2670 S06W33 119 0130 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 09 ...Continue Reading

  August 09, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-090*NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Space Station Resupply Mission * On June 3, 2017, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kenney Space Center in Florida on the company's 11th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. *//* NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting its 12th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station ...Continue Reading

  August 09, 2017 RELEASE 17-069*NASA Selects Proposals to Study Galaxies, Stars, Planets* NASA has selected six astrophysics concept study proposals as part of the agency’s Explorers Program. The proposed studies would study various emissions from galaxies, galaxy clusters, and neutron star systems, as well as exoplanet atmospheres, as a way to fill in the gaps between the agency’s larger missions. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has selected six astrophysics Explorers Program pro ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN SHIMSHAL VALLEY A surging glacier temporarily dammed a river and led to destructive floods in northern Pakistan. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90672&src=nha *** Image from May 13, 2017 (Posted on Aug 09, 2017 12:00 AM) -- WATER COLOR (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BLOOMS IN THE CASPIAN SEA ...Continue Reading

  August 09, 2017 RELEASE 17-070*Cassini to Begin Final Five Orbits Around Saturn* This artist's rendering shows Cassini as the spacecraft makes one of its final five dives through Saturn's upper atmosphere in August and September 2017. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech /* NASA's Cassini spacecraft will enter new territory in its final mission phase, the Grand Finale, as it prepares to embark on a set of ultra-close passes through Saturn’s upper atmosphere with its final five orbits ar ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2634 Issue Time: 2017 Aug 09 0501 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2633 Begin Time: 2017 Aug 05 1405 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 10426 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Su ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Aug 09 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 221 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Aug 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2670 S05W21 120 0140 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 08 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (08 August 2017) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Peering through the Sands of Time: Searching for the Origins of Space Archaeology https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/SpaceArchaeology/?src=eoa-features In searching for lost cities and ancient travel routes, an unlikely band of scientists and explorers helped develop a new set of tools for archaeology. ---------------- ...Continue Reading