Tag Archives: NASA Earth Observatory

Interpreting satellite imagery

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Pete Rowley

Sometimes when you see satellite imagery you can be utterly blown away by what you see.  In many of these cases there is no question about what you are looking at. The NASA Earth Observatory has posted a number of … Continue reading →

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Weathering it out

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Pete Rowley

Last night the NASA Earth Observatory posted up a natural colour satellite image of Puyehue Cordon Caulle – the volcano in Chile which has been erupting since June (and which I wrote about here).  The eruption itself started on the … Continue reading →

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Humanitarian crisis in Eritrea? The volcano no-one expected.

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Pete Rowley

You would certainly be forgiven for not realising that in the last week there has been a large volcanic eruption going on in North East Africa – its presence in the mainstream news sites has been minimal (if covered at … Continue reading →

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