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Last update: February 20th, 2020 at 8:00 am

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Today's Image of the Day comes from the NASA Earth Observatory and features an overhead look at Musa Bay, Iran as seen from space.

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Environment

Today’s Image of the Day comes from the NASA Earth Observatory and features a look at deforestation in the Gran Chaco plain of South America.

Landsat-8 Satellite

Today’s Image of the Day comes from the NASA Earth Observatory and features a look at suspended sediment swirling in Lake Erie.

MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer)

Today’s Image of the Day comes from the NASA Earth Observatory and features a look at the city of Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados.

International Space Station Photos

Today’s Image of the Day comes from the NASA Earth Observatory and features a look at the aurora borealis lighting up the night sky over North America.

Suomi NPP Satellite

Today’s Image of the Day comes from the NASA Earth Observatory and features a look at unique cloud formations over the Appalachian mountains known as wave clouds.

Aqua Earth Observing Satellite

Today’s Image of the Day comes from the European Space Agency (ESA) and features a look at the Florida peninsula captured from space.

Sentinel-1A

Today’s Image of the Day comes from the European Space Agency (ESA) and features a look at Italy with unusually high amounts of snow on the ground.

Sentinel 3A

Today’s Image of the Day comes from the NASA Earth Observatory and features a look at Shasta Lake in northern California.

ASTER on the Terra Satellie

Today’s Image of the Day features a look at Mount Mayon, which some call the perfect volcano due to its symmetrical cone.

Sentinel-2A

Today’s Image of the Day comes from the NASA Earth Observatory and features a look at a heavily-crevassed glacier on the southern Antarctic Peninsula.

Operation IceBridge

Today’s Image of the Day features a look at blue and green phytoplankton blooms in the southern Atlantic Ocean right by the Falkland Islands.

Suomi NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership)

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Today’s Image of the Day comes thanks to the European Space Agency (ESA) and features a look at the Nordenskiold Glacier in Greenland.

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