January 27, 2026

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Floods Inundate Southern Mozambique

Weeks of intense rain overwhelmed rivers and reservoirs, displacing hundreds of thousands of people.

Finding Freshwater in Great Salt Lake

Reed-covered mounds exposed by declining water levels reveal an unexpected network of freshwater springs that feed directly into the lake basin.

Winter Grips the Michigan Mitten

A blanket of snow spanned Michigan and much of the Great Lakes region following a potent cold snap.

Snow Buries Kamchatka

December and January brought a series of intense winter storms to the peninsula in far eastern Russia.

Fires Erupt in South-Central Chile

Tens of thousands of people fled to safety as blazes spread throughout the country’s Biobío and Ñuble regions.

Did you know?

Since the migration of the Earth Observatory to science.nasa.gov, many of you have written to ask "what happened to your large image download links?"

They are still there, only they have moved to the bottom of the article (see example below). If you haven't noticed these before, now you know: we include links to the full resolution, un-annotated imagery from our stories at the bottom of each story (when available).

More from NASA Earth Science

How NASA Is Homing in From Space on Ocean Debris

In late 2025, scientists reported that, for the first time, they were able to detect concentrations of plastic pollution on land using NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) sensor aboard the International Space Station.

Students Across New England Contribute to Climate Science Through NASA’s GLOBE Green Down

By observing and documenting leaf color change and leaf drop, participants contributed valuable data used by scientists studying how ecosystems respond to a changing climate.

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