File:NASA - Earth from Orbit 2013.webm

A fleet of orbiting satellites monitors Earth constantly. The satellites from NASA and other space agencies give us a fresh, wide perspective on things that we can see from the ground -- and things that we can't.

A look back at Earth in 2013 from the viewpoint of orbit reveals the kind of data gathering and technical achievement that are the reason NASA puts Earth-observing satellites in space. A visualization of satellite and computer model data shows how a cloud of dust from the Chelyabinsk meteor moved around the world. NASA satellites measured the intensity of wildfires, the salinity of the oceans and rainfall around the globe -- whether it was too little or too much. To learn more about NASA's Earth science in 2014, please visit: www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow

Imagery used in this video, in order: Views of a Distant Earth http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81702

Earth and Moon http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004000/a004068/index.html

Current Earth Observing Fleet http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a030400/a030496/index.html

Term3_ISS From Night to Day to Night Again http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Videos/CrewEarthObservationsVideos/

Astronaut View of Fires in Colorado http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81485

Extensive Ice Fractures in the Beaufort Sea http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80752

Dune Movement Around Aorounga http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82517&eocn=home&eoci=iotd_grid

San Francisco Region at Night http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82198

Whiting Event, Lake Ontario http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/debrief/ISS036/topFiles/ISS036-E-35635.htm

Dust Plumes over the Mediterranean http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81232

Mt. St. Helens http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82151&eocn=home&eoci=iotd_grid

El Paso http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81313

Close-Up of Flooding in Mozambique http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80297

Drought Dries Elephant Butte Reservoir http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81714

Oklahoma Tornadoes http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81197

Floods in Colorado http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82090

Pavlof Volcano http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81205

Swirling Sediment Reveals Erosive Power of New England Storm http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80523

Never at Rest: The Air over Los Angeles http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004000/a004077/index.html

Measuring Soil Moisture from Space http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a030100/a030177/index.html

Antarctic Bedrock http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004000/a004060/index.html

Seeing Photosynthesis from Space http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011317/index.html

Greenland's Mega Canyon http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004000/a004097/index.html

Chelyabinsk Bolide Plume as seen by NPP and NASA Models http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004000/a004094/index.html

Narrated Distributed Water Balance of the Nile Basin http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011200/a011223/index.html

NEO Observations (various) http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/advsearch.cgi?query=neo+monthly&req=search

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