January 24, 2024. This photograph, taken by a crew member aboard the International Space Station, shows part of the central Namib Desert just inland from the Atlantic Ocean. Brandberg...
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February 2 – March 4, 2024. California’s Death Valley, the driest place in North America, has hosted an ephemeral lake since late 2023. A NASA-led analysis recently calculated water...
April 2, 2024 . When it comes to mountain snow, the Sierra Nevada is known for its booms and busts: Last year brought record high snow, whereas the snowpack...
April 5, 2024 . Rivers swelled in southern Russia and northern Kazakhstan in April 2024 following heavy rain and rapid snowmelt. Floodwater inundated thousands of homes and reportedly displaced...
April 8, 2024. A total solar eclipse passed over parts of Mexico, the United States, and Canada on April 8, 2024. Millions of people witnessed skies darken as the...
March 29, 2024. Strong northwesterly winds often race down the eastern side of the Andes Mountains and whip across the central Patagonian Desert. In the process, they sometimes lift...
March 19, 2024. As winter turned to spring, a mid-March storm dropped several feet of snow on Colorado. Clear skies on March 19, 2024, allowed the MODIS (Moderate Resolution...
April 8, 2003 – April 8, 2023. On April 8, 2024, the Moon will cross between the Earth and Sun during a total solar eclipse, darkening skies for millions...
March 11, 2024. In March 2024, low wind shear in the Mozambique Channel allowed Tropical Cyclone Filipo to strengthen off the coast of southeast Africa. The MODIS (Moderate Resolution...
March 8, 2024. Kavachi is one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the Pacific. This conical seamount, located in the Solomon Islands and named after a sea god...