Two photos, taken 48 years apart, provide contrasting views of southern Asia.
Published Jan 26, 2015
Here’s what India looked like to the Suomi NPP satellite during Diwali.
Published Nov 15, 2012
Acquired May 20, 2011, this natural-color image shows multiple dust plumes blowing off the coasts of Pakistan and India.
Published May 20, 2011
Extreme temperatures baked northern cities for nearly three weeks.
Published Jun 12, 2019Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Drought Floods Severe Storms Human Presence Temperature Extremes
People have been farming the fertile flood plain for millennia.
Published Jun 22, 2017
This photograph shows one of the few places on Earth where an international boundary can be seen at night.
Published Oct 5, 2015
Built as a monument to the favorite wife of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, the Taj Mahal has watched over the city of Agra, India, since the mid-seventeenth century with its pillars of gleaming white marble. By the spring of 2007, however, one of the world’s most visited landmarks was turning yellow, and a panel of India’s parliament had little trouble identifying the culprit: pollution.
Published May 18, 2007
Mumbai is a megacity, one whose population is more than 10 million. More than 21 million people live in the greater Mumbai metropolitan region.
Published Feb 5, 2007
The water stored naturally underground appears to be rebounding in the western and southern parts of India.
Published Sep 22, 2017
Pakistan is prone to earthquakes because it lies in the collision zone of the India tectonic plate to the south and the Eurasian plate to the north. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit the rural, mountainous region of southwestern Pakistan on October 29, 2008.
Published Oct 30, 2008
When viewed from the International Space Station, the night skies are illuminated with light from many sources.
Published Oct 24, 2011
