NASA Earth

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@NASAEarth

NASA’s favorite (habitable) planet. 🌎💚 Studying Earth from ground to orbit.

Earth science.nasa.gov/earth/ Joined March 2009

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NASA Earth @NASAEarth 2d

How does a satellite study for launch? 📝 It takes tests!

TSIS-2, NASA’s upcoming sunlight-measuring satellite, passed its latest tests. They brought the satellite to freezing temperatures and vacuum pressures, and through launch-like vibrations.
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The TSIS-2 satellite sits on a board just outside of a large circular entrance to a testing chamber. The satellite has wires, hardware, and foil-looking material covering some parts of the large spacecraft. Credit: General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems

NASA Earth @NASAEarth 6d

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in northeastern Brazil is in constant motion.

Over the years, strong winds from the Atlantic Ocean steadily push the sand, causing the dunes to migrate inland and change the shape of the landscape.

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NASA Earth @NASAEarth 6d

NASA has been studying our planet for decades, observing every part of the Earth system to better understand how the health of humans, animals, and our environment are all intertwined. #OneHealth

A crescent Earth captured through the windows of the Orion spacecraft by the Artemis II crew, shortly after they set a new record for the farthest humans have ever traveled from the planet as they flew around the far side of the Moon. Just the top of Earth is visible, glowing faintly against the dark black background of space. Credit: NASA

NASA Earth @NASAEarth Oct 30

Earth is ready for Halloween 🎃

Whether it’s a cat-shaped lake or an iceberg-shaped coffin, a ghostly face in the rocks or an aurora reminiscent of a bubbling cauldron, our planet is decorated for spooky season! 🐈‍⬛⚰️👻🧙

Landsat 8 satellite image of Dalarna County in Sweden. The lake is a dark black mass shaped like a cat with its mouth open. Around it, the land is green and brown. Credit: NASA

An astronaut photograph of a bright white iceberg that is shaped like a coffin. It floats in bright blue ocean waters and the scene is covered in a fog of puffy white clouds. Credit: NASA

Satellite image showing several short, light-colored rocky ridges that radiate out from a central point. It looks like a spider amid an orange and tan desert landscape. Credit: NASA

ISS astronaut image of an aurora that is mostly bright green and pink. Credit: NASA

NASA Earth @NASAEarth Oct 29

Arnab, the first named storm of the 2026 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, made landfall in India early on Oct. 28, 2026, causing extensive damage.

The NOAA-20 satellite captured this image of the storm prior to landfall on Oct. 27 at 1:42 a.m. local time.

A nighttime satellite image shows Arnab's circular structure with bright white clouds as the storm approaches India's east coast. City lights are visible on darkened land surfaces on the left side of the image. Borders are outlined. Credit: NASA