Look Up
Fabulous new animation shows orbital paths of weather satellites. (GSFC SVS)
Antarctica, Here We Come
Operation IceBridge heads to Chile to begin a new phase of its campaign. (NASA Explorer)
Solar Spectral Stumper
Every now and then Nature throws scientists a curve ball — such as (ifthey turn out to be right) these provocative finding about the sun’sspectral irradiance. (RealClimate)
Sorry, Water Vapor
It’s actually carbon dioxide that controls Earth’s temperature. (NASA.gov)
Food For Thought
Ten things you probably don’t know about Earth. (NASA Global Climate Change)
Get On Board
Scientists from across the country are prepping for next week’s A-Train meeting in New Orleans. (Langley)
Fire Breathing Storms
Pyrocumulonimbus: the fire-breathing dragon of clouds. (Langley)
Tweet of the Week
Whoa, the sun just got mooned! SDO Observed its First Lunar Transit HD Video here: http://bit.ly/djeEnU & #photo here: http://bit.ly/d8Wc8l (NASA_GoddardPix)
–Adam Voiland, NASA’s Earth Science News Team, Image courtesy of Goddard Space Flight Center’s Scientific Visualization Studio