News tagged with satellite imaging

NASA sees Giovanna reach cyclone strength, threaten Madagascar

Tropical Storm 12S built up steam and became a cyclone on February 10, 2012 as NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead. Residents of east-central Madagascar should prepare for this cyclone to make landfall ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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NASA sees wide-eyed cyclone Jasmine

Cyclone Jasmine's eye has opened wider on NASA satellite imagery, as it moves through the Southern Pacific Ocean.

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NASA's TRMM satellite sees Cyclone Jasmine in 3-D

Data from NASA's TRMM satellite was used to create a 3-Dimensional look at Cyclone Jasmine, currently moving through the South Pacific Ocean.

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Spaceborne precipitation radar ships from Japan to U.S.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Japanese scientists and engineers have completed construction on a new instrument designed to take 3-D measurements of the shapes, sizes and other physical characteristics of both raindrops ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Researchers use Google Earth to verify Mediterranean fish farming data

The Great Wall of China is not the only thing you can see from space. Fish farming cages are clearly visible through Google Earth's satellite images and University of British Columbia researchers have used them to estimate ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA satellite sees tropical storm Cyril a strong, compact storm

Tropical Storm Cyril was known as "11P" has been strengthening since February 6, and still appears very compact on infrared NASA satellite data.

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA sees cyclone Jasmine's power and new eye

Cyclone Jasmine continues to wind between New Caledonia and Vanuatu and bring cyclone-force winds, heavy rain and very rough surf. NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead early on February 7 and noticed the ...

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NASA's Aqua satellite sees small new tropical storm near Tonga

Tropical Storm 11P has formed in the South Pacific Ocean, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of its cloud temperatures, revealing power in the cyclone.

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created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA satellite sees cyclone Jasmine heading for Vanuatu, New Caledonia

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over strengthening Tropical Storm Jasmine and noticed bands of thunderstorms wrapping into its center as it heads toward Vanuatu and New Caledonia.

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created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Surface of Mars an unlikely place for life after 600 million year drought, say scientists

Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, according to researchers who have been carrying out the painstaking task of analysing ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

VIIRS eastern hemisphere image: Behind the scenes

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Suomi NPP satellite is in a polar orbit around Earth at an altitude of 512 miles (about 824 kilometers), but the perspective of the new Eastern hemisphere 'Blue Marble' is from 7,918 miles ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New biodiversity map of the Andes shows species in dire need of protection

The Andes-Amazon basin of Peru and Bolivia is one of the most biologically rich and rapidly changing areas of the world. A new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Ecology has used information collec ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Major Tropical Cyclone Funso analyzed by two NASA satellites

Tropical Cyclone Funso is now a dangerous Category 4 cyclone in the Mozambique Channel, moving southward between Mozambique on the African mainland and the island nation of Madagascar. As Funso became a major ...

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA satellite sees birth of Tropical Storm Ethel, now threatening Rodrigues

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm Ethel on January 19, 2012 after she was born in the Southern Indian Ocean. The island of Rodrigues is now under Tropical Cyclone Warnings as Ethel approaches ...

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Celestial bauble intrigues astronomers

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the holiday season in full swing, a new image from an assembly of telescopes has revealed an unusual cosmic ornament. Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton have ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 14 | with audio podcast