It should be noted that the Earth Science Photos archives began in 1999, therefore, they are "highlights" for 1978 - 1998.

Earthpics Archive 3 :: Please note that images are chronicled from most to least recent.   Cool SeaWIFS Images - "Although originally designed to observe the oceans, SeaWiFS provides a unique capability to study the land and atmospheric processes as well," said Dr. Gene Feldman, oceanographer, who heads SeaWiFS' data processing team at  Goddard. "As a result, we can monitor changes in the global biosphere with a single sensor over land and ocean." Northern Hemisphere Fall and Winter Northern Hemisphere Summer and Spring [150 kbytes JPEG] (Details) 17 September 1998 Check this link for further details and some very "cool" images: SEAWIFS Images;     Hurricane Bonnie - Image from GOES 8 (134KB JPEG SeaWIFS view of Hurricane Bonnie (410KB JPEG) Hurricane Bonnie, the first major Hurricane of the season, with hurricane force winds extending up to 145 miles from the center and tropical storm force winds up to 230 miles from the eye of the storm threatens Southeastern coast of the United States.  26 August 1998 Check these links for further details and some very "cool" quick-time movies: SEAWIFS Images; GOES 3D (984KB) Quick Time Movie of Hurricane 08-26-98; Public Use of Remote Sensing Data;   National Weather Service; Hurricanes "What do You Know?" Will Climate Change Cause More Atlantic Hurricanes? Hurricane Preparedness Print Files (PDF's) - Hurricanes Fact Sheet;  Against the Wind (Protecting Your Home from Hurricane Wind Damage); Avoiding Hurricane Damage (A Checklist for Homeowners) Hurricane Estelle - Image from GOES 10 (415KB JPEG) 31 July 1998, 1530 UTC. At this time, GOES-10 is at approximately 110W, on its way from storage at 105W to the GOES-WEST operational slot at 135W. GOES Images "Earth Today" (136KB Animated GIF) On Friday, July 2, a new exhibit featuring 10-foot high images of Earth opened at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. This exhibit, called "Earth Today" will provide a digital view of our dynamic planet to the museum's visitors, giving them some of the latest information on Earth's atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. This project was developed with cutting-edge technology in science visualization and information technology by Goddard's Science Visualization Studio through funding from the Goddard Director's Discretionary Fund. Earth-orbiting satellites and global monitoring networks are continuously collecting images and data on our planet's atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and biosphere. This makes it possible to see conditions such as the extent of cloud cover and the temperature of the ocean's surface waters as they are on the Earth today. Earth Today Homepage NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio - providing an understanding of science through visualization 06 July 1998 (96 KB JPEG) Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Science Results Research scientists using data from the recently launched Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, a joint U.S./Japanese mission, are shedding new light on the phenomenon known as La Niņa. TRMM research team members have successfully retrieved sea-surface temperature data from the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) instrument onboard the spacecraft.   For more information, go to the TRMM Homepage at:  http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 17 July 1998 (96 KB JPEG) 1st Image from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) onboard NOAA-K The image is from channel 2, a visible channel, of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), a six channel visible/infrared imager onboard NOAA-K.  The image was captured just minutes after the visible channels were enabled approximately two hours after the launch of NOAA-K. The IR channels are scheduled to be enabled on May 31st.   For more information about NOAA-K go to the POES WEB site at: http://poes2.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 21 May 1998 (1.4MB JPEG) NOAA-K SPACECRAFT READY FOR LAUNCH This photo shot on April 8, 1998 shows the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-K Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite being prepared for launch. The spacecraft had just completed all testing, and was awaiting transportation to the NASA processing facility (Building 1610) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The spacecraft is scheduled to be launch May 13, 1998 on a Lockheed Martin Titan II launch vehicle. For more details check this link: Release 98-051P Image (1.4MB JPEG) Caption NOAA Homepage 01 May 1998 February 26 - GOES 10 watches the moon's shadow sweep across the western hemisphere. For more details check these links: Hot Stuff from the GOES Project Goddard's Eclipse webpage 16 March 1998 This animation shows sea surface winds anomaly, represented by black arrows. The image is a perspective of the El Nino induced change in the sea surface topography as viewed from space by the NASA TOPEX radar altimetry satellite and sea surface temperature observed by NOAA's AVHRR sensor for the period from September 1996 to September 1997 . (3.2MB Quick-Time Movie) For more details check these links: El Nino Homepage Latest Movies and Images Related Research Links at Goddard 08 October 1997 Chesapeake Bay: These images offer two renditions of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) high resolution data over the Mid-Atlantic on Sept. 19, 1997.For more details check these links: Release 97-211; Release 97-126P; SeaWiFS Homepage 23 September 1997   (30Kb) SeaWiFS Engineering Test Image For more detail check these links: Full size image (251Kb) SeaWiFS Homepage   Danny spawns tornados in Norfolk - July 24 QT Movie GOES Homepage http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/goesproject.html NASA/NOAA OCEAN DATA FOR RESEARCHERS AND FISHERIES Caption; Photo Release 97-82P; JPEG (57Kb)   KILLER TORNADOS IN TEXAS, MAY 27, 1997 GOES Homepage http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/goesproject.html GIF File (542KB) ftp://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/chesters/goes/970527.texas.gif Movie (5MB) ftp://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/chesters/goes_project/quicktime/970527.texas.mov   TOMS/Earth Probe Images (1979-97) (JPEG 214Kb) Caption Mar. 24 TOMS/ADEOS Image (JPEG 19Kb) Caption Volcanic Eruptions & Earthquakes (GIF 171Kb) Caption Hurricane Emilia Caption   EOS - Earth Images and Data El Nino Latest Movies and Images Public Use of Remote Sensing Data Image Catalog; with previews The RSD Program is designed to encourage the development of innovative applications of earth and space science remote sensing data. By stimulating broad public use, via the Internet, of the databases maintained by NASA and other agencies, the program will encourage schools, businesses and citizens to access and use earth and space science data, contribute to the implementation of a National Information Infrastructure (NII), stimulate US economic growth, and improve the quality of life. Space radar images of Earth from the Shuttle Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) is a joint U.S.-German-Italian project that uses a highly sophisticated imaging radar to capture images of Earth that are useful to scientists across a great range of disciplines. It was flown on STS-68 and STS-59. Coastal Zone Color Scanner Interactive Region Selection This is a utility which will allow you to create your own custom designed ocean color images for any region of the world and to download that image to your local system for later use.