SWOT Mission Unlocks a New View of Our Waterways
Explore how rivers move, change, and sustain life across the planet with SWOT data.
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.
A Little Town with a Long Name
A NASA luminary from the Apollo era grew up in Wales near Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
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.
Dry-Season Floods Drench Northern Colombia
Villages and farmland were swamped after unusually heavy early-February rains pushed the Sinú River over its banks.
Algae Swirls Across a South African Reservoir
Vivid green blooms form, drift, and fade in Hartbeespoortdam reservoir over the course of a year.