Start Date: End Date: Published Date Data Date
Stirring Up a Mid-Atlantic Bloom
JPEG
Published May 21, 2022
In mid-May, cool waters and abundant sunlight provoked a widespread phytoplankton bloom.
Related images:
720 x 685 JPEG
3764 x 4410 2 MB - JPEG
720 x 545 JPEG
7648 x 5604 3 MB - JPEG
720 x 480 JPEG
Grand Canyon of Texas
Published May 23, 2022
Palo Duro and Caprock Canyons provide insight into Texas geologic and human history.
5568 x 3712 3 MB - JPEG
A New World Built of Sand
Published May 28, 2022
Dubai’s coast has some of the largest and most recognizable land reclamation projects on Earth.
720 x 900 JPEG
2768 x 4928 4 MB - JPEG
Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park
The park’s semi-arid climate and volcanic features contribute to the peculiar landscape along southeastern Spain’s Mediterranean coastline.
6637 x 8166 5 MB - JPEG
720 x 700 JPEG
Traces of an Ancient Watery World in Capitol Reef
Published May 20, 2022
In the Utah desert, the red rocks, cliffs, and canyons of this nautically named national park—and many of its famous fossils—owe their existence to water.
1861 x 1809 5 MB - JPEG
Spotting Severe Storms with Satellites
Published May 19, 2022
Overshooting tops and above-anvil cirrus plumes are clues that an especially destructive thunderstorm is brewing below.
720 x 600 JPEG
3507 x 2255 5 MB - JPEG
720 x 665 JPEG
3507 x 2255 2 MB - JPEG
Persistent Dust Storms Batter Iraq
Published May 17, 2022
At least eight major events have darkened skies and sickened people in the past six weeks.
720 x 550 JPEG
2736 x 2090 2 MB - JPEG
2736 x 2090 3 MB - JPEG
Submarine Eruption of Kavachi Volcano
Published May 16, 2022
Kavachi Volcano in the Southwest Pacific Solomon Islands—where hammerhead sharks prowl—has entered an active phase of eruption.
9616 x 9101 14 MB - JPEG
New Mexico Wildfire Spawns Fire Cloud
Published May 13, 2022
A massive, early season wildfire that continues to burn in northern New Mexico generated a pyrocumulonimbus cloud.
3507 x 2235 4 MB - JPEG
3507 x 2235 5 MB - JPEG
San Pedro and Ambergris Cay
Published May 15, 2022
Mangroves and the world’s second longest barrier reef system are among the natural gems around Belize’s largest island.
5276 x 3517 5 MB - JPEG
Red River Flooding is Worst in a Decade
Published May 11, 2022
A blizzard, multiple rainstorms, and melting winter ice swelled rivers out of their banks and across a flat floodplain in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Manitoba.
2946 x 2228 4 MB - JPEG
2946 x 2228 3 MB - JPEG
Maui’s Iconic Waves
When large waves break in Māʻalaea Bay, they do so with the crushing speed of a freight train.
2813 x 3099 5 MB - JPEG
6512 x 4375 4 MB - JPEG