It’s the iconic “Earthrise” photo. Of course, this isn’t one of 2022’s images of Earth from space that I’m showcasing below. But I thought I should start with it — for context.

Its murmurs tend not to be signs of volcanic unrest but rather the signature of avalanches large enough to register on nearby ...

Earth As Art: 'How Did Nature Do That?' Satellites help track storms, power the GPS signals in our cars and phones and beam TV signals around the world.

The Operational Land Imager-2 on the Landsat 9 satellite captured visible-spectrum and infrared images of the Jones Road fire in New Jersey on April 23, 2025. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

A case in point is from NASA’s Landsat engagement team, Your Name In Landsat. Type in a text string, and it will spell it out in Earth features seen by the imaging satellites, that resemble letters.