NASA | Earth from Orbit 2013

A fleet of orbiting satellites monitors Earth constantly. The satellites from NASA and other space agencies give us a fresh, wide perspective on things that we can see from the ground -- and things that we can't.

A look back at Earth in 2013 from the viewpoint of orbit reveals the kind of data gathering and technical achievement that are the reason NASA puts Earth-observing satellites in space. A visualization of satellite and computer model data shows how a cloud of dust from the Chelyabinsk meteor moved around the world. NASA satellites measured the intensity of wildfires, the salinity of the oceans and rainfall around the globe -- whether it was too little or too much.
To learn more about NASA's Earth science in 2014, please visit: www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow

Imagery used in this video, in order:
Views of a Distant Earth


Earth and Moon


Current Earth Observing Fleet


Term3_ISS From Night to Day to Night Again


Astronaut View of Fires in Colorado


Extensive Ice Fractures in the Beaufort Sea


Dune Movement Around Aorounga


San Francisco Region at Night


Whiting Event, Lake Ontario


Dust Plumes over the Mediterranean


Mt. St. Helens


El Paso


Close-Up of Flooding in Mozambique


Drought Dries Elephant Butte Reservoir


Oklahoma Tornadoes


Floods in Colorado


Pavlof Volcano


Swirling Sediment Reveals Erosive Power of New England Storm


Never at Rest: The Air over Los Angeles


Measuring Soil Moisture from Space


Antarctic Bedrock


Seeing Photosynthesis from Space


Greenland's Mega Canyon


Chelyabinsk Bolide Plume as seen by NPP and NASA Models


Narrated Distributed Water Balance of the Nile Basin


NEO Observations (various)


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