The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- ERUPTION AT KILAUEA Kilauea, an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, erupted on May 3, 2018. Shortly thereafter, satellites began acquiring imagery and data. * Sulfur Spews from Kilauea (Image from May 3, 2018; Posted May 4, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=92107&src=nha ------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 May 04 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 124 Issued at 0030Z on 04 May 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- TINDER FIRE An abandoned campfire turned into a raging wildfire that razed more than two dozen homes. * Tinder Fire (Image from Apr 29, 2018; Posted May 2, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=92097&src=nha -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- GREENING IN THE SOUTHEAST Spring greening has tra ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 May 03 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 123 Issued at 0030Z on 03 May 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (1 May 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Rain Drenches Kauai https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=92081&src=eoa-iotd * Deforestation in Paraguay https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=92078&src=eoa-iotd * Beauty in the Beaufort Ice Pack https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=92067&src=eoa-iotd * Richat Structure https://earthobs ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 May 02 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 122 Issued at 0030Z on 02 May 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for May 1, 2018 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom SUNSPOTS VANISHING FASTER THAN EXPECTED: So far in 2018, the sun has been blank more than half the time. Whole weeks have gone by without a single sunspot. Although forecasters have been expecting sunspots to disappear with the approach of Solar Minimum, it is happening faster than predicted. Visit today's edition of Spaceweather.com to see the data and to find out what it means, down-to-Eart ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 May 01 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 121 Issued at 0030Z on 01 May 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo 2706 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- DUST STORM IN SAUDI ARABIA Dust swept across the Arabian Peninsula in April 2018. * Dust Storm in Saudi Arabia (Image from Apr 23, 2018; Posted Apr 26, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=92064&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a servic ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- DUST STORM IN SAUDI ARABIA Dust swept across the Arabian Peninsula in April 2018. * Dust Storm in Saudi Arabia (Image from Apr 23, 2018; Posted Apr 26, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=92064&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a servic ...Continue Reading