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Watching our planet 🌍 from space 🛰 to identify climate change, deforestation & natural disasters. #EarthObservation #ClimateChange #Environment ✖️ x.com/WED_explorer
It's been a while. I took a long break from social media to focus on other priorities. I hope everyone has been doing well.🙏🏻🌱 I have a feeling I've missed many interesting stories and discussions, and I'm looking forward to catching up whenever I have the chance. 🌍🛰
A dramatic satellite view of the Mediterranean: A sweeping #SaharanDust arc intrudes between cloud bands, staining the sea in muted browns. The contrast reveals active #atmospheric dynamics—desert aerosols sculpted by winds🌬 beneath layered clouds. ☁️🟤🌊 🛰 #NASA 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
⚠️Iraq sandstorms: The dual threat of #ClimateChange. Lack of rain, rising temperatures, drying wetlands & lakes show how environmental collapse knows no borders. What starts at the Iraq wetlands spreads across the region. #ClimateCrisis #MiddleEast 🛰Meteosat @eumetsat.int ✂️Via @zoom.earth
Tom Gill@tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 7mo agoSatellite imagery shows a #Saharan dust plume moving from Mauritania into the Atlantic. Strong northeasterly trade winds lift and transport dry boundary-layer #dust offshore. Filamented margins indicate wind shear, mixing with marine stratocumulus, and reduced visibility. #AirQuality 📅 2026 Jan 07
Satellite imagery captures a ~255 km pollution plume from Iraq’s Wasit Power Station. Such persistence signals fine PM and reactive gases surviving long-range transport, driving regional aerosol loading, ecosystem stress, and diffuse health impacts far beyond the source—visible only from space.
A strong 6.5-magnitude #earthquake⚡️ struck southwestern #Mexico on January 2, 2026, causing entire buildings 🏣 to sway near the San Marcos area in Guerrero. 🎬X @RapidReport @sangasso.bsky.social
Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱@wed-explorer.bsky.social · 7mo ago🚨 CCTV📹 footage from a supermarket🛒 shows the moment a powerful M6.1 #earthquake⚡️ hit Taitung City, #Taiwan. 📼X: @trtworld #EarthquakeTaiwan
#Argentina: A massive power outage hit #BuenosAires and surrounding suburbs late Tuesday, Dec 30. As a heatwave grips the region ahead of #NewYear’s Eve, NASA’s nighttime imagery reveals large areas plunged into darkness across the metro area. 🎄⚡️🌑 🛰 #NASA 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
This #DustStorm again covers the same SE Iran–Makran–Gulf of Oman region affected ~2 months ago, with similar or greater intensity. Such repetition points to sustained dry surfaces and recurring wind patterns, not a random or isolated event. #AirQuality #Dust 🛰 #NASA 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱@wed-explorer.bsky.social · 9mo agoThis #NASA🛰 #Worldview image (Nov 4, 2025) captures an intense #DustStorm over SE Iran, Pakistan, and the Gulf of Oman. Such widespread plumes are rare but possible in November, likely triggered by strong post-monsoon northeasterlies and persistent regional drought. 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
Satellite observations show distinct pollution plumes from heavy fuel oil " #mazut 🏭" combustion at major power plants in western and central #Iran. These emissions accumulate over the Tehran–Qom basin, intensifying regional haze and #AirQuality degradation. #MazutBurning #AirPollution #PM25
This animation shows a #DustStorm blowing out of the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. Clouds form a giant swirl where the borders of #Mongolia and #China meet. Although clouds obscure much of the #dust and the landscape below. Clear skies allowing a view of the area where the plumes originate #AirQuality
Tom Gill@tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 8mo ago🚨 CCTV📹 footage from a supermarket🛒 shows the moment a powerful M6.1 #earthquake⚡️ hit Taitung City, #Taiwan. 📼X: @trtworld #EarthquakeTaiwan
Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱@wed-explorer.bsky.social · 8mo agoA powerful 7.6 #earthquake struck off northern Japan, sending a 40-cm #tsunami into coastal towns, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. CCTV showed prolonged shaking. #Japan, located on the Ring of Fire, is among the world’s most quake-prone nations. ⚡️ 🎬X @tv_asahi_news
Sometimes clouds look familiar, shaped by our imagination and state of mind.🧠✨ This one caught my eye—it looks like a gorilla’s face to me.☁️🦍 I often stumble upon these shapes by chance, and that’s what makes them fascinating.☁️☁️☁️ 🛰 #NASA 🌍 #worldview
This images, captured by the 🛰 #Landsat on December 23, 2025. shows the Sediment and mud, caused by the heavy rains, can be seen gushing from the Mond River, #Iran , into #PersianGulf. ✂️Visualized: 🌍 eos.com/landviewer
Some drivers seem to treat flash #floods like a casual shortcut. This truck is crossing a flooded road as if gravity and rushing water don’t exist. Hint: they do. Turn back. Find safety. Risking your life for a few meters isn’t brave—it’s foolish.
Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱@wed-explorer.bsky.social · 8mo ago🚨It was a close call. 🚗🌊 In this video, the car crosses a creek just seconds before a flash #flood hits. A few meters or seconds later, it could’ve been disastrous. 😱 💧 Never underestimate water. ⚠️If you see flooding, turn back. Find a safe route. Don’t risk your life. 📌 Maraveh Tappeh County, Iran
Off Western #Australia, long-period swells slam into a sudden shallow reef, forcing the wave’s energy upward instead of forward. The result is a rare vertical wall of water and a thunderous roar—often mistaken for an earthquake, but caused purely by wave physics. 🌊🕳 source @abcnews
#BlackSky and #HEO teamed up to image five visiting spacecraft at the #ISS—highlighting the power of capturing brief, high-value moments in orbit. X: @BlackSky_Inc @heospace
Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱@wed-explorer.bsky.social · 8mo agoIt’s interesting how #satellites can now photograph each other from space, turning anomalies into visible stories. The #satellite staying mostly intact suggests a quiet failure, not a dramatic breakup. #Space is harsh, and reentry like this is a normal part of the cycle. #Starlink 🛰🌍 📸X @vantortech
This #RedSea dust plume shows how winds reshape storms after they form. #Dust spreads freely over open water, then bends south as steady northerlies take control. The smooth arc highlights #wind steering rather than the dust source itself. 🌬🟤🌊 #Visibility #AirQuality #DustPlume
Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱@wed-explorer.bsky.social · 8mo agoDust outbreak over the Red Sea. This is a classic winter Shamal signature: northerly–northwesterly flow lofts desert #dust from western #Arabia, spreads it over the #RedSea, then advects it southward. The curved plume reflects flow channeling, frictional effects, and mesoscale wind shear over water.
It’s interesting how #satellites can now photograph each other from space, turning anomalies into visible stories. The #satellite staying mostly intact suggests a quiet failure, not a dramatic breakup. #Space is harsh, and reentry like this is a normal part of the cycle. #Starlink 🛰🌍 📸X @vantortech
Satellite imagery shows #dust from southern Iraq & northern Saudi deserts spreading over the NW #PersianGulf. Coastal southern Iran affected with reduced visibility and hazy conditions as dust layers advect SE over the region. #AirQuality Satellite Data:🛰 2025 Dec 20 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱@wed-explorer.bsky.social · 8mo agoSatellite imagery shows an extensive #dust plume originating from southern Iraq & northern Saudi deserts, advected SE by strong NW Shamal winds. Dust covers Kuwait and the NW #PersianGulf, reducing visibility; marine haze evident offshore. Satellite Data:🛰 2025 Dec 19 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
Satellite imagery shows an extensive #dust plume originating from southern Iraq & northern Saudi deserts, advected SE by strong NW Shamal winds. Dust covers Kuwait and the NW #PersianGulf, reducing visibility; marine haze evident offshore. Satellite Data:🛰 2025 Dec 19 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
Dust outbreak over the Red Sea. This is a classic winter Shamal signature: northerly–northwesterly flow lofts desert #dust from western #Arabia, spreads it over the #RedSea, then advects it southward. The curved plume reflects flow channeling, frictional effects, and mesoscale wind shear over water.
Your pretty picture of the day 😀 🌊with of course many interesting processes! Water rich in suspended sediments is moved around by ocean currents in the Bay of Biscay. I'm curious about the long-range waves seen in the dark region, can't decide if these are oceanic, atmospheric, or an artifact 😅
This plume isn’t just local pollution: it shows regional transport. Winter boundary-layer collapse + high humidity favor secondary aerosol formation (sulfates/nitrates). Eastern outflow toward the Bay of Bengal confirms multi-day stagnation, not a single emission spike. #AirQuality 📅 2025 Dec 16-17
Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱@wed-explorer.bsky.social · 9mo agoBetween Nov 6–9 2025, satellite data show rapid smoke buildup over N India, peaking Nov 8 with dense haze from crop fires trapped by weak winds and inversion. By Nov 9, dispersion begins as airflow strengthens, slightly reducing PM₂.₅ but leaving persistent residual pollution near Delhi😷 #AirQuality
Gorgan Bay Crisis⚠️ #Iran Rapid loss of Gorgan Bay’s, in Iran surface area—over 140 of 400 km²—signals severe #hydrological stress. Remaining waters face escalating salinity, habitat collapse, and economic disruption. Without coordinated watershed and coastal management, #drying will intensify.
1-minute @noaa.gov #GOES18/#GOESWest True Color RGB images showed a hazy plume of resuspended volcanic ash (*from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta-Katmai*) as it was being transported across the Shelikof Strait toward Kodiak Island: geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu#playing:true...; #AKwx
Another very dusty day in Patagonia today , with activity spanning hundreds of km. #highlatitudedust @sheffielddust.bsky.social
Iceberg #A23a Development of the size 11. Aug. - 11.Dec. 2025 About 2400 km2 > 1000km2 📸🛰Sentinel3 Footage: @sentinelonline.bsky.social
aretsch.bsky.social@aretsch.bsky.social · 8mo agoIceberg #A23a ... the resolution continues to advance..... 📸🛰 #JPSS (Day Snow/Fog (EUMETSAT/NASA SPoRT)
In #Japan, this phenomenon is known as a “cap cloud” — a perfect crown resting above the majestic Mount Fuji. 🏔☁️✨ 📅 December 11 🎬X @Shasidt @huubeggen.bsky.social @quentinrey.com @hydrology.nl
Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱@wed-explorer.bsky.social · 8mo agoA rare rainbow cloud, called an iridescent cloud, appeared over Kansai, Honshu, #Japan. The vivid colors form when sunlight diffracts through tiny, evenly sized water droplets or ice crystals, creating bright, shimmering hues. ⛅️🌈 @huubeggen.bsky.social @quentinrey.com
