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What's New at the Earth Observatory September 15, 2026

September 15, 2026

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An Accidental Impact Crater Discovery

An Accidental Impact Crater Discovery 

An amateur astronomer scouting online satellite maps for campsites in Quebec found an impact crater instead.

An Early Look at Fall Color in Canada

An Early Look at Fall Color in Canada

Reds, yellows, and oranges are already sweeping across tundra landscapes in Nunavut.

Monterrey Amid Mountains

Monterrey Amid Mountains

Mexico’s second-largest metropolitan area borders on folded rock layers of the Sierra Madre Oriental.

Dust Storm Sweeps Over Mali

Dust Storm Sweeps Over Mali

At a time of year when dust storm activity winds down, a plume of dust blanketed parts of the West African nation and its neighbors.

Anak Krakatau Rumbles Again

Anak Krakatau Rumbles Again

A powerful eruption from the Indonesian volcano lofted ash into the atmosphere, disrupting thousands of flights and degrading air quality.

Featured Collection: Fall Colors

As green chlorophyll fades from trees and plants each autumn, other pigments color Earth’s landscapes. Satellites take leaf-peeping to a whole new level.

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More from NASA Earth Science

Two satellites are providing precise sea level height measurements during what oceanographers expect to be a historic El Niño, a naturally occurring oceanic phenomenon in which warmer-than-usual Pacific waters shift global weather patterns.

From July 30 to August 5, 2026, a team of NASA scientists conducted fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) BiodiversiTREE research site near Edgewater, Maryland. The work done during these five days laid groundwork for using airborne remote sensing to describe and improve understanding of the characteristics of forest species diversity.

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