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LAADS DAAC News
Read the latest news stories, feature articles, user stories, and blog posts that feature data archived by NASA's Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System Distributed Active Archive Center (LAADS DAAC).
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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
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
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
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.
Webinar
July 16, 2025
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
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
Image captured June 10, 2025, by the MODIS and AIRS instruments aboard the Aqua platform.
Worldview Image of the Week
June 13, 2025
Annual prescribed burns are crucial for improving and maintaining pasture and crop land health, and remote sensing data provides near real-time information on location and air quality.
News
June 6, 2025
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