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Satellite eye on Earth

Glaciers melting, dust storms raging and typhoons blowing - all captured by Nasa's Earth Observatory satellites each month
  • Sahara snow The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has captured rare snowfall in northwest Algeria, on the edge of the Sahara desert. Part of the Sahara was covered with snow on 7 January 2018, despite the desert at times being one of the hottest places on Earth.

    Satellite Eye on Earth: January 2018 - in pictures

    Sahara snow and volcanic colours are among the images captured by Nasa and the ESA last month
  • Dust blowing out of the Copper River Valley on Alaska’s south coast.

    Satellite Eye on Earth: November and December 2017 - in pictures

    Winter solstice, night lights and interesting islands are among the images captured by Nasa and the ESA last month
  • Credits: OLI/Landsat8/NASA

    Satellite eye on Earth: October 2017 – in pictures

    Atmospheric rivers, salt lakes and autumn leaf colour are among the images captured by Nasa and the ESA last month
  • Credits: OLI/Landsat 8/NASA

    Satellite eye on Earth: September 2017 - in pictures

    Algal blooms, hurricanes and volcano fields are among the images captured by Nasa and the ESA last month
  • Tropical storm Harvey in the Gulf of Mexico on 24 August

    Satellite eye on Earth: August 2017 – in pictures

    Greenland wildfires, deforestation and tropical storm Harvey are among the images captured by Nasa and the ESA last month
  • At 77,220 sq miles, the Pantanal in western Brazil is the world’s largest wetland. Seasonal lakes and rivers meander through the vast interior marshland, tracing patterns on to the landscape.

    Satellite eye on Earth: July 2017 – in pictures

    Wildfires in the US and central Africa, tropical storms and salt flats in Bolivia are among the images captured by Nasa and the ESA last month
  • Alaska’s Bogoslof Island volcano sends ash plumes into the atmosphere

    Satellite Eye on Earth: June 2017 – in pictures

    Patagonia’s icefields, Australia’s changing tides, and volcanic activity in Alaska are among the images captured by Nasa and the ESA last month
  • Mokpo, South Korea

    Satellite Eye on Earth: May 2017 – in pictures

    Vesuvius in Italy and volcanoes in northern Tanzania, lights going out in Syria, and flooding in Sri Lanka are among images captured by Nasa and the ESA this month
  • Credits: Suomi/VIIRS/Nasa and Modis/Aqua/Nasa

    Satellite Eye on Earth: April 2017 – in pictures

    Europe by night, Canada’s vanishing river and the Netherland’s tulip fields are among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
  • The Mackenzie river system in Canada

    Satellite Eye on Earth: March 2017 – in pictures

    Mount Etna, India’s ship graveyard and trees in Africa are among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
  • Lake Maracaibo

    Satellite eye on Earth: February 2017 – in pictures

    Vibrant vegetation in a Venezuelan lake, Saharan dust in snowy Sierra Nevada, cloud vortices in South Korea, a vast solar farm in China, and a lone ship in the Atlantic are among our satellite images this month
  • Credits: ASTER/Terra/NASA

    Satellite Eye on Earth January 2017 – in pictures

    A sacred Tibetan lake, a crack in the Antarctic ice shelf and deforestation in Cambodia are among images captured by Nasa and the ESA this month
  • A nighttime view of Western Europe is captured by crew members aboard the International Space Station. The bright city of London is visible in the center of the image, photographed from over 250 miles above

    Satellite Eye on Earth: December 2016 – in pictures

    London at night, snow in the Sahara and Hawaii’s volcanoes are among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
  • The edge of the Little Bahama Bank in the northern Bahamas is marked by the straight line of a coral reef.

    Satellite Eye on Earth: November 2016 – in pictures

    Ancient water channels in Morocco, declining Arctic sea ice and the US-Mexico border were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
  • Putorana Plateau, Siberia

    Satellite Eye on Earth: October 2016 - in pictures

    Changing autumn colours in the US, New Delhi’s architecture and Hurricane Matthew were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
  • Caspian Sea

    Satellite Eye on Earth: September 2016 - in pictures

    A newly calved iceberg, an ice avalanche in Tibet and urban growth in Nairobi were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
  • Composite image of an active Pacific and Atlantic storm season

    Satellite Eye on Earth: August 2016 - in pictures

    Ocean storms, California fires and an ice-free North-west Passage were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
  • Clew Bay in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland

    Satellite eye on Earth: July 2016 – in pictures

    China’s floods, Russian wildfires and urban expansion in Delhi were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
  • Stagnant lakes stretch east-west across the upper reaches of the Volga river delta

    Satellite eye on Earth: June 2016 – in pictures

    The impact of India’s drought, a remote volcanic eruption and an oasis in the Sahara and were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
  • NASA astronaut Jeff Williams captured this image of the ancient Potidea canal in Greece

    Satellite eye on Earth: May 2016 – in pictures

    Rolling sand dunes of Arabia, thinning glaciers of Greenland and wildfires of Fort McMurray in Canada were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
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