The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- BUSHFIRE IN PILLIGA FOREST A bushfire in New South Wales charred nearly 60,000 hectares. * Bushfire in Pilliga Forest (Image from Jan 22, 2018; Posted Jan 25, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91634&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service o ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Jan. 26, 2018 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom LONG-DEAD SPACECRAFT WAKES UP: In 2005, a NASA spacecraft named "IMAGE" mysteriously went silent, abruptly ending a successful mission to study Earth's magnetosphere. Thirteen years later, it's back. On Jan.  20, 2018, an amateur astronomer in Canada picked up radio transmissions from IMAGE, alive after all. The satellite may have been chattering away at Earth for years unhea ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 26 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 26 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Jan Nmbr Location Lo None I ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 25 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 25 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Jan Nmbr Location Lo 2696 S ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Jan. 24, 2018 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom BLUE MOON LUNAR ECLIPSE: On Wednesday, Jan. 31st, the second full Moon of January will pass through Earth's shadow, producing a rare "Blue Moon Lunar Eclipse." The Moon won't look blue, however. Researchers are predicting a bright orange eclipse--a forecast based on studies of recent volcanic activity. Volcanoes, climate change, and lunar eclipses are linked in ways that might sur ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AT MAYON Mayon, an active stratovolcano in the Philippines, began showing signs of restlessness in early 2018. * Ash and Activity from Mayon (Image from Jan 22, 2018; Posted Jan 26, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91617&src=nha ------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 24 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 24 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Jan Nmbr Location Lo 2696 S ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (23 January 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Ice Jams on the Connecticut River https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91620&src=eoa-iotd * Air Pollution Shrouds the Pearl River Delta https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91614&src=eoa-iotd * Rhône River Delta https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91611&src=eoa-iotd * Signs o ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEA AND LAKE ICE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- ICE BLOCKING UP THE CONNECTICUT RIVER Cold temperatures and an even colder Nor'Easter brought ice and jams to the Connecticut River. * Ice Jams on the Connecticut River (Image from Jan 18, 2018; Posted Jan 24, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91620&src=nha -------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE BERGUITTA Satellites acquired imagery of Tropical Cyclone Berguitta in the Indian Ocean. * Berguitta Nears Indian Ocean Islands (Image from Jan 16, 2018; Posted Jan 17, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91600&src=nha -- VOLCANOES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- VOLCANIC ACTIV ...Continue Reading