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FIRMS imagery shows the Hughes Fire active fire detections occurring during January 22, 2025 (red); Static Thermal Anomalies - Detections from the overnight hours of January 22-23 associated with the landfill to the southwest (cyan); and Static Thermal Anomalies - Mask layer (pink).

FIRMS Releases New Features to Identify Active Fires by Type

Users of NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) can now differentiate between fires caused by burning vegetation and fires from natural heat sources or industrial heat sources.

Blog

Mar 7, 2025

Methane emissions detected by GHGSAT over the volcano Mount Fentale, Ethiopia on January 31, 2025 at 07:59:33 UTC. The image shows a Mapbox basemap satellite image of the volcano with the GHGSAT-detected emissions data superimposed on top. A rainbow colour ramp for the plumes shows the enhancement of methane above local background levels in parts per billion, with dark blue as low and bright red as high. The emission rate is estimated to be 58 metric tonnes per hour.

NASA CSDA Program Vendor Focus—GHGSat

Learn more about the NASA Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program vendor GHGSat and how to discover, access, and work with their commercial methane emissions data products.

Webinar

Mar 3, 2025

False-color corrected reflectance image overlaid with the 3-day Flood Window layer showing flooding in Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana on 25 February 2025 from the MODIS instrument aboard the Terra satellite

Flooding in Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana, USA

Image captured on February 25, 2025, by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite.

Worldview Image of the Week

Feb 27, 2025

True-color corrected reflectance image of Tropical Cyclone Zelia approaching western Australia on February 13, 2025 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite

Tropical Cyclone Zelia approaches Western Australia

Image captured on Feb 13, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 platform.

Worldview Image of the Week

Feb 13, 2025

This image of Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Plus Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Change in Lights (VIIRS+DMSP dLIGHT), v1 (1992, 2002, 2013) data from SEDAC's POPGRID Viewer shows change in nighttime lights data within India between 1992 and 2013.

Meeting the Demand for Data on Urban Areas

NASA’s Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) has released a collection of 12 datasets focused on the urban environment.

Feature Article

Feb 7, 2025

True-color image of Lake Pontchartrain and New Orleans on 2 February 2025 from the OLI instrument aboard the Landsat 8 satellite

New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain Before the Super Bowl

Image captured on February 2, 2025, from the OLI instrument aboard the Landsat 8 satellite.

Worldview Image of the Week

Feb 6, 2025

False-color corrected reflectance image overlaid with a snow cover index of snow across the Southern US on 22 January 2025 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-20 satellite

Rare Snowfall Across Southern U.S.

Image captured on Jan 22, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 platform.

Worldview Image of the Week

Jan 23, 2025

This image shows nitrogen dioxide concentrations across the United States, averaged over 2021. The data were derived from the Aura satellite's Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI). Lower levels of gas are colored shades of blue and higher concentrations are depicted in shades from white, red to black.

HAQAST Showcase 2025

NASA's Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (HAQAST) Showcase connects public health experts and air quality managers with NASA satellite data and products. This year's hybrid Showcase takes place on January 28, 2025.

Event

Jan 21, 2025

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