A Most Unusual Lake
A Most Unusual Lake

Lake Unter-See in Antarctica, sealed beneath thick ice, contains unusually high levels of dissolved oxygen and cone-shaped microbial reefs resembling some of Earth’s oldest fossils.

March 2026 Satellite Puzzler
March 2026 Satellite Puzzler

Your challenge is to tell us the location of the satellite image and why it is interesting.

Shades of a Lunar Eclipse
Shades of a Lunar Eclipse

A series of nighttime satellite images revealed how moonlight reaching Earth varied throughout a total lunar eclipse.

Lake Coatepeque
Lake Coatepeque

Set amid El Salvador’s modern, active volcanic landscape, tranquil blue waters fill a caldera formed by ancient eruptions.

Ailing “Megaberg” Sparks Surge of Microscopic Life
Ailing “Megaberg” Sparks Surge of Microscopic Life

As Iceberg A-23A disintegrated, it shed meltwater that helped fuel an extensive phytoplankton bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean.

A Little Town with a Long Name
A Little Town with a Long Name

A NASA luminary from the Apollo era grew up in Wales near Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

Searching for Selenite
Searching for Selenite

Oklahoma’s Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge attracts rare and diverse species—and enthusiasts looking for a distinct type of crystallized gypsum.

Smoke Rises Over Big Cypress National Preserve
Smoke Rises Over Big Cypress National Preserve

The National fire has burned tens of thousands of acres within the Florida preserve, fueled by vegetation dried by prolonged drought and killed by recent frost.

Dry-Season Floods Drench Northern Colombia
Dry-Season Floods Drench Northern Colombia

Villages and farmland were swamped after unusually heavy early-February rains pushed the Sinú River over its banks.

Landslide and Avalanche Debris Litter Hubbard Glacier
Landslide and Avalanche Debris Litter Hubbard Glacier

Satellite-based radar images show where a powerful earthquake in the Yukon, Canada, sent rock, snow, and ice spilling across the frozen landscapes of the St. Elias Mountains.