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Top Stories Archive 4

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NASA Debuts 'Sentinels of the Heliosphere' Film in New Orleans
The new piece from Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio could be considered for an Oscar if it does well at the SIGGRAPH exhibition the week of August 3.
El Nino conditions set in across the Pacific Ocean
El Niño Conditions Set in Across Pacific Ocean During Hurricane Season
In July 2009, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center reported that ocean temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific had shifted into El Niño—anomalously warm—conditions.
First image from GOES-14
NASA and NOAA's GOES-14 Satellite Takes First Full Disk Image
The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-14, provided its first visible full disk image of Earth on July 27, at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
Visualization of Earth with phytoplankton and land vegetation data superimposed
Putting Plankton in Perspective, from Sea to Sky
One researcher has used a decade's worth of NASA satellite data to revise old models of plankton blooms in the North Atlantic.
Satellite image of the Galapagos Islands
Oceanographer Gene Feldman Heads Home for the First Time
Oceanographer Gene Feldman has studied the Galapagos Islands for 25 years. This summer, he visits them for the first time.
An image showing how aerosols enter Earth's atmosphere
Taking Flight to Understand Aerosols
A NASA research plane crisscrossed the southern Great Plains studying small particles in the air and their relationship to climate change.
artist concept of Aura
After Five Years, NASA's Aura Shines Brightly
Managed by Goddard Space Flight Center, Aura is helping improve our understanding of Earth's atmosphere and global change and marks five years in orbit this week.
TRMM 3-D image shows thunderstorm tops reaching about 9.3 miles high in the eastern side of the storm
NASA Sees Carlos Power Back Up to Hurricane Status in 3-D
Carlos became a hurricane for about 24 hours over the previous weekend, then powered down to a tropical storm and now atmospheric conditions have enabled him to power back into a hurricane in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Artist's concept of GOES-O in orbit
GOES-O Satellite Reaches Orbit and Renamed GOES-14
GOES-O became GOES-14 once it reached its geosynchronous orbit on July 8, 2009.
Sea temperature at the end of June 2009.
Atlantic Ocean Temperatures at End of June 2009
The first month of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season drew to a close without so much as a tropical storm, but that isn’t unusual.
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