The surreal sight of volcano watchers silhouetted against the bright orange light of Mount Kilauea’s lava fountain was captured on Friday during the 35th episode of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption. 🌋
Last night, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew into the eye of Hurricane Erin—and captured imagery of the breathtaking stadium effect.
These missions provide critical data to the NHC to improve forecasts, helping keep communities safe before the storm makes landfall.#readynow #weatherready
Watch the waves from yesterday’s M8.8 megathrust earthquake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula roll across seismic stations in North America. Just amazing.
Deep in the Amazon forest, is the world's largest single drop waterfall
Kaieteur Falls is over four times the height of Niagara Falls, about twice the height of Victoria Falls,
plunging over this cliff face like its the edge of the Earth
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Just. Wow. As we went over Mexico and the U.S. this morning, I caught this sprite.
Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. We have a great view above the clouds, so scientists can use these types of pictures to better understand the formation, characteristics, and relationship of TLEs to thunderstorms.
The stunning natural wonder Angel Falls is located in Venezuela and stands at 979 metres (3,212 feet) tall, making it the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world.
📽: Angel Rodriguez