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True-color corrected reflectance image of the Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Canada on 11 August 2026 from the MODIS instrument aboard the Terra satellite

Early Snow Melt on Barnes Ice Cap

Earlier than usual melting of the snow in the summer of 2026 on Canada's Baffin Island exposed this remnant of the Laurentide Ice Sheet.

Worldview Image of the Week

Aug. 14, 2026

False-color corrected reflectance image overlaid with snow cover index showing snow over Colorado and Wyoming on 7 May 2026 from the MODIS instrument aboard the Terra satellite.

Late Spring Storm Brings Snow to Colorado and Wyoming

False-color Terra MODIS imagery and a snow cover index help distinguish clouds from snow on May 7, 2026.

Worldview Image of the Week

May 8, 2026

Aurora Borealis Over North America

Image captured January 21, 2026, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP platform.

Worldview Image of the Week

Jan. 22, 2026

Nighttime Lights image of North and Central America from the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP platform.

Nighttime Lights of North and Central America

This image was captured on July 23, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP platform.

Worldview Image of the Week

July 24, 2025

An illustration of an office with cloud computing.

Harmony Services: Subset, Regrid, and Reproject Data in the Cloud

Join NASA’s LAADS DAAC to learn how new tools available through Harmony services help users work with Level-1 and atmospheric datasets more efficiently.

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July 16, 2025

True-color corrected reflectance image of wildfires burning in Izmir Province, Turkey was captured on July 3, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP platform.

Wildfires in Izmir Province, Turkey

Image captured July 3, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP platform.

Worldview Image of the Week

July 3, 2025

True-color corrected reflectance image of smoke emanating from wildfires on the the island of Chios, Greece on 23 June 2025 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-21 satellite

Wildfires in Chios, Greece

Image captured June 23, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-21 platform.

Worldview Image of the Week

June 26, 2025

Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang, China

Image captured June 10, 2025, by the MODIS and AIRS instruments aboard the Aqua platform.

Worldview Image of the Week

June 13, 2025

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Early Snow Melt on Barnes Ice Cap

Late Spring Storm Brings Snow to Colorado and Wyoming

Aurora Borealis Over North America

Nighttime Lights of North and Central America

Harmony Services: Subset, Regrid, and Reproject Data in the Cloud

Wildfires in Izmir Province, Turkey

Wildfires in Chios, Greece

Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang, China

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