A satellite a view of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, the quintessential picture of the American West.
Published Jun 7, 2018
Despite being quite close to each other, two mountain ridges in western Virginia have very different origins.
Published Mar 15, 2017
Naked summits alternate with forested lowlands in Yosemite Valley in this image acquired on August 18, 2001.
Published May 31, 2009
The red and orange tones of autumn had faded to brown in the mountains of New York and Vermont when this true color image was taken on November 8, 2009. The contrast between the green and gold valleys and brown mountains help reveal the unique geography of the region.
Published Nov 14, 2009
Acquired July 27, 2001, this natural-color image shows part of Wadi Rum, a protected desert landscape in Jordan.
Published Apr 3, 2011
Multiple layers of coal lie underground in ancient rocks. In some places, miners remove mountaintops to get at it.
Published Apr 10, 2011
Geysers are a rare natural phenomena found only in a few places, such as New Zealand, Iceland, the United States (Yellowstone National Park), and on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. On June 3, 2007, one of these rare geyser fields was severely damaged when a landslide rolled through Russia’s Valley of the Geysers. The landslide—a mix of mud, melting snow, trees, and boulders—tore a scar on the land and buried a number of geysers, thermal pools, and waterfalls in the valley. It also blocked the Geyser River, causing a new thermal lake to pool upstream.
Published Jun 20, 2007
The orange and black towers of rock rising above deep green forest are almost as strange as their name.
Published Aug 24, 2005
