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A screen capture from the USGS's Water Information from SPace (WISP) application that shows USGS water gauges and global water monitoring sites.

USGS Releases WISP Dashboard

The Water Information from SPace (WISP) dashboard brings together data from NASA’s SWOT satellite and USGS streamgages in a user-friendly application.
Blog
July 30, 2025
False-color corrected reflectance image of Lake Volta in Ghana from the VIIRS instrument aboard the Suomi NPP satellite on 16 March 2024

Lake Volta, Ghana

Image captured March 16, 2024, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
March 21, 2024
pink sand lake in the middle of brown terrain

Lake Bumbunga, South Australia

Image captured on Jan 20, 2024, by the OLI and OLI-2 instruments aboard the NASA/USGS Landsat 8 and 9 satellites.
Worldview Image of the Week
Jan. 25, 2024
False-color corrected reflectance image of Toshka Lakes, Egypt on 28 December 2023 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the Suomi NPP satellite

Toshka Lakes, Egypt

Image captured on Dec 28, 2023, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
Dec. 28, 2023
True color image of the Dead Sea and Salt Evaporation Ponds on 21 December 2022 from the MSI instrument aboard ESA's Sentinel 2A and 2B satellites

Dead Sea and Salt Evaporation Ponds

Image captured on Dec 21, 2022, by the MSI instrument aboard the ESA (European Space Agency) Sentinel-2A and -2B satellites.
Worldview Image of the Week
Dec. 27, 2022
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