Scientists have been left puzzled by a recent odd landscape captured by a satellite in the cold Arctic depths of Siberia, Russia, near the Markha River.
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Uttarakhand glacial burst: New NASA satellite images show crack in mountain ice months before tragedy
Months before the landslide, satellite images showed a crack opening on an ice-covered flank of Ronti mountain peak in Uttarakhand. (Image source: NASA Earth Observatory)
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Updated: Feb 26, 2021, 11:21 AM IST
The tragedy that stuck Uttarkhand s Chamoli on February 7 is remembered by all. A chunk of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off, triggering an avalanche, leading to flash floods and mass destruction in the area. A torrent of rock, ice, sediment, and water surged through the Rishiganga River valley past multiple villages and slammed into two hydropower stations, leading to the death of 70 people.
NASA s new Perseverance rover has landed safely on Mars!
Scott Sutherland
Thursday, February 18th 2021, 4:00 pm - Now past its seven minutes of terror landing, this rover will soon begin exploring Mars.
All eyes are on Mars today, to witness the landing of NASA s Perseverance rover, which will search for signs that the Red Planet was once home to organic life.
On Thursday, February 18, 2021, at roughly 3:55 p.m. EST, the Perseverance rover safely arrived at its destination, touching down on the surface of Mars, in Jezero crater, after a nearly seven-month flight through space. The seven minutes prior to that, the final phase of its journey involved a daring dive through the Martian atmosphere to reach the surface.
Amazing Image Reveals Hawaiian Volcanoes Blanketed in Snow After Historic Deluge
HARRY BAKER, LIVE SCIENCE
14 FEBRUARY 2021
A new satellite image has captured the stunning white peaks of two volcanoes on the Big Island in Hawaii, which have experienced their second-most extensive snow coverage since current records began.
The high-resolution image - snapped on Feb. 6 by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) onboard the Landsat-8 satellite - shows the striking contrast between the snow-covered peaks of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa and the surrounding volcanic rock.
The OLI, is a joint venture between NASA and the US Geological Survey, and the new image was recently released by NASA s Earth Observatory.