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These photographs show the Sonoran Desert in different stages: normal vegetation (upper left), burning desert (upper right), and a landscape with burned areas in the foreground and unburned desert behind.

Flame & Flood

ASTER data help evaluate fire scars by using VNIR to find differences in vegetation.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
The JERS-1 SAR image above shows the Bajawa Breccia Cone Complex in Eastern Indonesia from February 3, 1996.

Fish in the Trees

Synthetic Aperture Radar aboard the JERS-1 satellite collects data from the world's tropical forests.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
The image above shows the Greenland Ice Sheet

Fire and Ice

Researchers link the Greenland snow melt anomaly to the eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
ASTER acquired this image of Mount St. Helens on August 8, 2000.

Domes of Destruction

Scientists study Mount Unzen in Japan to explore the use of satellite data to monitor volcanic domes.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
This maize in Zimbabwe appears to be thriving in its early stages, but its grain yield will depend on proper timing of rains.

Distant Fields of Grain

Remote estimates of crop yields help international aid agencies decide how to act.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
This Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) interferogram includes the epicenters of the October 23, 2002, and November 3, 2002 Denali Fault earthquakes, which are located at the extreme western end of the fault rupture.

Denali's Fault

Alaska's Denali Fault experienced a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in 2002.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
The image above shows a GreenKenue (GK) picture of the Mackenzie River watershed reaches from 2016.

A Model Quest

Finding a model that doesn't require recalibration from watershed to watershed.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
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