Unique observations of Earth’s vegetation are coming down from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite. Scientists from the University of Arizona and Boston ...

NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites flew over Typhoon Hagupit from Dec. 6 through Dec. 8 and the MODIS instrument that flies aboard both satellites provided images of the storm as it moved through the ...

The Aqua satellite's MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) instrument took this image of the fires in Siberia. The top image shows the full sized false color image of the area ...

Two perspectives on Hurricane Bill: A vertical profile from CALIPSO is overlaid on an image from MODIS as Bill moved northward on Aug. 19 at about 1:15 p.m. EST. MODIS captures the breadth of Bill and ...

instruments on sister satellites in Earth orbit. Like its twin flying aboard NASA’s Terra satellite — launched in 1999 — Aqua MODIS sees almost the entire surface of our planet every day in 36 ...

The MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured a visible image of Igor (Left) at 11:30 am on Sept. 18, while MODIS in the Aqua satellite captured Igor's center just southwest of Bermuda on ...

The Eagle Creek wildfire started the afternoon of Sept. 2 and grew to encompass more than 30,000 acres. Photography and video footage captured its growth over the Labor Day weekend, but it was ...