NASA

World map shows aerosol billowing in the wind

Maps / aerosol, environment, NASA

Using a mathematical model based on satellite data, NASA shows an estimate of…
A transforming river seen from above

Maps / environment, NASA, satellite imagery, water

The Padma River in Bangladesh is constantly shifting its 75-mile path. Joshua Stevens…
Maps show spring arriving earlier

Maps / first leaf, global warming, NASA

From Joshua Stevens at the NASA Earth Observatory:
But over the longer term,…
The Moon in 4k resolution

Maps / high resolution, moon, NASA, space

Based on data gathered by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA pieced together this…
World population estimator and gridded data from NASA

Data Sources / NASA, population

Population data typically comes in the context of boundaries. City data. County data.…
Simulation shows swirling of smoke, sea salt, and dust around the world

Maps / environment, NASA, simulation

NASA. Data. Good.
Tracking the aerosols carried on the winds let scientists see…
Thermal structure of Hurricane Maria

Maps / hurricane, NASA, weather

Hurricane Maria touched down in Puerto Rico. This visualization by Joshua Stevens at…
Detailed satellite view of iceberg break

Maps / iceberg, NASA

Using the thermal signature, NASA provides a detailed view of the break:
The…
New images of Earth at night

Maps / NASA, night, space

NASA just released a composite map of the world at night using satellite…
Following the carbon dioxide

Maps / carbon, environment, NASA

This animated visualization from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center shows a model of…
Mississippi drainage

Maps / environment, Mississippi, NASA

Horace Mitchell for NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio mapped the massive drainage basin that…
Oil fires in Iraq seen from above

Maps / Iraq, NASA, oil, satellite

Though far away, there’s still a lot you can see, as the NASA…
One-year time-lapse of Earth

Maps / Earth, NASA, space, time-lapse

Time-lapse from space by NASA:
On July 20, 2015, NASA released to the…
Plant life cycle shows a breathing Earth

Maps / environment, NASA

NASA mapped the annual cycle of all plant life on the planet in…
The Sun in ultra-HD

Maps / NASA, sun

Daang, NASA. Using images of the sun taken in space, NASA constructed this…
Pluto reflectance map: Whale and the Donut

Maps / NASA, Pluto

Using images taken by New Horizons between June 27 and July 3, this…
Journey to Pluto

Infographics / NASA, New York Times, Pluto, space

The New Horizons spacecraft launched on January 19, 2006 and is set to…
Life cycle of Earth’s carbon dioxide

Maps / environment, NASA

The Cartography and Geovisualization Group at Oregon State University and NASA visualized a…
Mapping ice layers with radar data

Maps / ice, NASA, weather

I don’t know exactly how much data NASA has in the bank, but…
The first photo of the United States by NASA satellite

Maps / NASA, satellite

In 1974, NASA published their first satellite photo of the contiguous United States…

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