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HLS reflectance image of autumnal colors in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians of Pennsylvania on 24 October 2026 from the MSI instrument aboard the Sentinel-2B satellite

Autumnal Colors in the Ridge and Valley Province

Fall foliage is on display in the Appalachian Mountains in the Mid-Atlantic United States.

Worldview Image of the Week

Nov. 2, 2026

1993 AIRSAR imagery of Bonanza Creek, Yukon Territory Canada.

Changes in Availability of Historical ASF Datasets

Starting October 1, 2026, some historical ASF SAR datasets will no longer be available through the regular ASF search and download tools.

News

Oct. 2, 2026

This false-color composite derived from NISAR data highlights vegetated areas (green), unvegetated surfaces (red), and how rapidly the vegetated areas changed (blue) during the 2025-2026 growing season in an agricultural region of South Africa.

NISAR L-Band Data Released, Expanding Record of Surface Changes

Produced by NASA JPL for the NISAR mission, these data products give researchers a new way to observe changes across Earth’s surface.

News

July 21, 2026

Pictured is satellite imagery of portions of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. Portions of the map are colored blue for areas of EMIT and SAR data masking. Yellow where there is landing cover masking. Red where high-resolution model training was used. Dots for training point data. And white to show the total area of analysis extent.

Homing In On the Range

USGS researchers found NASA’s imaging spectroscopy satellite data could significantly improve identification of vegetation types across rangelands.

News

June 25, 2026

Fall Colors in Chile

Data from the Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 product and Worldview captured the change of seasons.

Worldview Image of the Week

May 15, 2026

Unleash the Force of Lidar with the OBIWAN API to Understand Global Ecosystem Dynamics

This NASA ARSET training program teaches participants to process data from the Global Ecosystems Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) instrument in the Online Biomass Inference using Waveforms and iNventory (OBIWAN) API to map vegetation structure.

Feature Article

April 22, 2026

Data from the PACE satellite shows chlorophyll in the northwest Atlantic on March 29, 2026.

Spring Has Sprung in the Northwest Atlantic

Natural-color imagery and chlorophyll data from the PACE satellite show signs of spring phytoplankton blooms offshore from Norfolk to Cape Cod.

Worldview Image of the Week

April 2, 2026

NISAR Mission Team releases over 100K new data products

The second data release since launch includes Level-1 to Level-3 L-band data products from locations around the world.

News

Feb. 27, 2026

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