Glaciers on these heavenly mountains are a source of freshwater for farmers in Central Asia.
Published Dec 29, 2022
Land and water were decorated with snow and ice when astronauts looked down on the region in February 2022.
Published Dec 30, 2022
From volcanoes to salt flats, the mountainous region of Chile, Peru, and Bolivia is home to a range of compelling landscapes.
Published Dec 26, 2022
Four of the range’s prominent volcanoes—Rainier, St. Helens, Adams, and Hood—were on full display in February 2022.
Published Dec 25, 2022
Beneath a layer of snow and ice, exceptionally hot fluids rise from the floor of Yellowstone Lake.
Published Dec 27, 2022
Canada’s second-most populous city occupies the largest of hundreds of islands within the Hochelaga Archipelago.
Published Dec 24, 2022
This deep lake on the southern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau freezes over during winter, curbing the large changes in lake level observed during other seasons.
Published Dec 23, 2022
The Mid-Atlantic coast occasionally sees snow, but rain has become increasingly common over time.
Published Dec 21, 2022
Sunglint, waves, and ship wakes are visible on the waters between Italy’s Calabria region and Sicily.
Published Dec 18, 2022
The park is one of the most isolated natural areas in the continental United States and the site of long-running ecological studies.
Published Dec 11, 2022
The estuary system marks the transition between the Great Altar Desert in northwestern Mexico and the Gulf of California.
Published Nov 27, 2022
Over millions of years, the mighty river carved through old sedimentary rocks even as the landmass was rising.
Published Nov 20, 2022
The fertile flood plains around the San Miguel River are conducive to maize and other agricultural production.
Published Nov 6, 2022
Bacteria and salt lend distinct tones to the shallow lakelets on the steppe.
Published Oct 30, 2022
Tectonic uplift, moist trade winds, and limestone lead to a diversity of landscapes on the Caribbean’s third-largest island.
Published Oct 23, 2022
By boat and road, people and products are on the move in this part of Japan.
Published Oct 16, 2022
Lightning, fishing boats, and city lights frame an active night in Southeast Asia.
Published Oct 9, 2022
This region of South Africa is the largest mining and industrial region on the continent of Africa.
Published Oct 2, 2022
After damaging parts of Cuba and leaving the country dark, more destruction was expected as the powerful hurricane reached Florida’s western coast.
Published Sep 28, 2022
A decades-long eruption created this long strip of basalt in the desert in New Mexico.
Published Sep 26, 2022
A lake at the summit of the volcano provides the main clues to what is happening below.
Published Sep 18, 2022
The play of sunlight on the water surface illuminates water phenomena around some Greek islands.
Published Sep 12, 2022
As scientists and engineers at NASA have their eyes set on the Moon again, so too do the astronauts.
Published Sep 3, 2022
The operation in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, produces 40 million tons of lignite annually.
Published Sep 6, 2022
On August 30, the storm became the first category 5 cyclone on Earth in 2022.
Published Sep 1, 2022
Fluvial floodplains are a common source of sand, so dune fields often form immediately downwind of them.
Published Aug 28, 2022
Astronauts viewed the layers of the atmosphere while orbiting over the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Published Aug 21, 2022
Water has helped define the shape of life on the Indochinese Peninsula.
Published Aug 13, 2022
A network of coastal protection projects have allowed approximately 9 million people to live below sea level in The Netherlands.
Published Jul 31, 2022
Low Sun angles help reveal the three dimensions of a landscape.
Published Jul 24, 2022
