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Startling View of the Gulf Oil Slick

from NASA: “On Saturday, June 19, 2010, oil spread northeast from the leaking Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil appears as a maze of silvery-gray ribbons in this photo-like image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.” To echo Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy, Damn. That is [...]

The Brightness of the Sun

The bright sun greets the International Space Station in this Nov. 22 image, taken from the Russian section of the orbital outpost and photographed by the STS-129 crew. Image Credit: NASA The Brightness of the Sun

Remembering 9/11

This NASA image, taken from the International Space Station, speaks for itself:

Urbanization of Dubai

Dubai undertook a massive engineering project to create hundreds of artificial islands along its coastline. This is the Palm Jumeirah, the first of the palm islands. These are false-color images where bare ground appears brown, vegetation appears red, water appears dark blue, and buildings and paved surfaces appear light blue or gray. Not only have [...]

How Bad Was The Snow? This Bad!

I found this satellite picture of the snowstorm on December 3 to be very impressive. That’s a lot of snow! From NASA’s picture of the day.

Happy Holidays!