DECEMBER 17, 2025

Natural Events

A Siberian Snowman in Billings

Dear Earth Observatory subscribers,


As we come to the end of the year, the Earth Observatory team would like to thank all of you for your continued support during 2025 and over the past 26 years. We have seen lots of change, especially over the past month with the move to our new home, and we are looking forward to 2026 and the promise of new stories and ways to tell them.


The Earth Observatory team is taking a break for this holiday season and these are the final stories we will publish in 2025. We leave you with this view of frozen lagoons on Russia's Chukchi Peninsula which reminds us of a snowman.


See you all in 2026.

This Week's Natural Event Images

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New Timing for Stubble Burning in India

New Timing for Stubble Burning in India

Scientists say the seasonal crop fires are burning later in the day than in previous years.

Pacific Moisture Drenches the U.S. Northwest

Pacific Moisture Drenches the U.S. Northwest

A potent atmospheric river delivered intense rainfall to western Washington, triggering flooding and mudslides.

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