What On Earth

July 2010
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What on Earth is That? #2 Sep 20, 2010 11:25:16 AM | Adam Voiland
 
We are constantly stumbling across all sorts of odd photos, video, and audio clips from our exploration of the Earth (be if from space, the field, or the lab.) Whether it is a satellite image captured from thousands of miles up, the roar of a B-200 research aircraft, or a microscopic view of a cloud droplet, there is always something strange and wonderful passing across our desks.
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Snowpocalypse Revisited Jul 29, 2010 06:24:00 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Though the summer heat and humidity makes it seem like a lifetime ago, the record-breaking snows in the eastern U.S. last winter are not something we will soon forget.
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How to Work at NASA Without Working for NASA Jul 28, 2010 07:51:04 AM | Patrick Lynch
 
NASA's Earth science mission is open to the best available scientists, no matter who you work for.
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Q & A: Michael Lefksy on Measuring Trees From Space Jul 27, 2010 12:37:33 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Colorado State University researcher Michael Lefsky recently published the first global map of forest heights using data from a radar-like laser instrument. We talked to Michael to learn more about the work behind his work...
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A Tale of Two Kenyas: Contradictions in Air Quality Stirred Researcher’s Pursuit of Atmospheric Science Jul 27, 2010 12:23:46 PM | Adam Voiland
 
NASA's Charles Kironji Gatebe grew up barefoot and poor in the small Kenyan village of Kenda at the foot of Mount Kenya, the son of coffee sharecroppers who raised their family on pennies a day, but later fashioned an award-winning career in atmospheric science studying air pollution in his native country.
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NASA Earth Buzz: Soot, the Big Melt, and More Jul 27, 2010 12:39:01 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Last week, we asked you to identify the image on the left, and we received all sorts of replies. (Nope, it’s not an ant eating salt, spitting acid, or laying eggs). The correct answer? A microscopic view of soot from a wildfire. Check the original post for more details.
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Plankton on Parade Jul 27, 2010 12:26:55 PM | Adam Voiland
 
“We are seeing what’s in the water immediately, not after the fact in a lab, so it’s obvious when the water -- and what’s in it -- changes."
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What on Earth is That? #1 Oct 20, 2011 04:41:16 PM | Adam Voiland
 
We are constantly stumbling across all sorts of odd photos, video, and audio clips from our exploration of the Earth (be if from space, the field, or the lab.) Whether it is a satellite image captured from thousands of miles up, the roar of a B-200 research aircraft, or a microscopic view of a cloud droplet, there is always something strange and wonderful passing across our desks.
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The First A in NASA Stands for Aeronautics Jul 27, 2010 12:39:49 PM | Adam Voiland
 
If you've explored NASA's website, you may have noticed that What on Earth is just one of a network of NASA blogs. You can find many of them on this main index page, but there are also NASA bloggers scattered at numerous other pages.
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Puzzling Over the Pieces Jul 27, 2010 12:30:13 PM | Adam Voiland
 
NASA satellites, now working for more than ten years, are beginning to allow us to examine changes in the climate. One purpose of ICESCAPE is to look at the ocean with greater detail than the satellites offer, in order to improve and refine the interpretation of the satellite data.
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