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August 2026 Satellite Puzzler – NASA Science0
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- August 4, 2026
Every month, NASA Earth Observatory features a puzzling satellite image. The August 2026 puzzler appears above. Your ChallengeIdentify the location shown in this satellite image. Share what clues you see, where you think it is, and what makes this place interesting or unique to you. How to AnswerSubmit your response using this form and select “Puzzler Answer” as the
READ MOREA Bare Summer for Barnes Ice Cap – NASA Science0
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- August 4, 2026
For most of the year, the Barnes Ice Cap in the Canadian Arctic lies quiet under a blanket of snow. By summer, that snow melts back, and the ice cap transforms in texture, its bare ice dotted with turquoise ponds and its surface threaded with meltwater channels. In summer 2026, this seasonal awakening arrived fast and
READ MORESmoke Streams Across Eastern Washington – NASA Science0
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- August 4, 2026
The start of August 2026 saw ongoing and new wildland fires burning in eastern Washington. West of Chelan, the Little Giant fire continued to produce heavy smoke, while a cluster of smaller fires farther east near Spokane affected tens of thousands of people. The smoke from these and other fires poured east-northeast across the state
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The Southern Desert of New Zealand – NASA Science0
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- July 30, 2026
Stewart Island/Rakiura is New Zealand’s third largest island, tiny compared to the country’s North Island and South Island. However, it is home to one of the largest populations of kiwi: the Stewart Island tokoeka. This flightless bird, a subspecies of the southern brown kiwi (Apterix australis)There are thousands on the island, dwarfing its human population
READ MOREAssessing the sargassum belt – NASA Science0
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- July 29, 2026
sargassoa type of floating brown algae, has changed its range in recent decades, declining in the North Atlantic Sargasso Sea while proliferating in the tropical Atlantic. That trend, which has been underway since 2011, continued in 2026 when the algae, commonly known as a type of seaweed, reached its annual peak in June in a
READ MORESmoke blankets in Oregon – NASA Science0
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- July 28, 2026
Dry storms that emerged over the Cascade Range on the night of July 15, 2026, struck Oregon and Washington with thousands of lightning strikes as they moved east across the states. By the next day, NASA satellites had begun detecting large numbers of wildfires across central and eastern Oregon. Although initially small, these fires intensified
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