Arctic and Antarctic views of many products are also available for a 'full globe' perspective. These full disk hemispheric views allow for almost real-time viewing of changes occurring around most of the world. These are provided in ten minute increments for the last 90 days. Geostationary imagery layers are also now available. View current natural hazards and events using the Events tab which reveals a list of natural events, including wildfires, tropical storms, and volcanic eruptions. This supports time-critical application areas such as wildfire management, air quality measurements, and flood monitoring. Many of the imagery layers are updated daily and are available within three hours of observation - essentially showing the entire Earth as it looks 'right now'.

Hungry for some science, but you don’t have time for a full-course research plate? Then check out USGS Science Snippets, our snack-sized science series that focuses on the fun, weird, and fascinating stories of USGS science.The Worldview tool from NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System ( EOSDIS) provides the capability to interactively browse over 1000 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and then download the underlying data. The source of the suspended sediment remains unclear. A study in Remote Sensing of Environment says researchers are studying how the plumes of suspended sediment may impact substrate fauna, seabirds, and marine mammal environments. These waters can be highly productive and provide nursery grounds for fish. The improved radiometric quality of Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2A are valuable in this kind of application. A large cloud is part of the left side of the Sentinel image. The wakes from two boats are evident at the left of the Landsat image. The wakes are 30 meters to 150 meters wide, several kilometers in length, and change direction depending on tidal currents. Images acquired by both the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8, as well as the MultiSpectral Instrument (MSI) on the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2A, show the turbid wakes of individual wind turbines. Sentinel-2A shows a sediment plume in the North Sea near England on July 23, 2016.

Earthview wind maps