Here’s Looking @ Earth… Ash Analysis Has Height
[SatNews] Flying through a cloud of volcanic ash poses a significant hazard to airlines.
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L.A. Considers Military Satellites For Wildland Fires — What Would Smokey Bear Do?
[SatNews] The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was told Tuesday by Los Angeles County officials that they should consider using satellites or ground-based cameras installed in forests to detect wildfires soon after they begin.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth… Oil Leaning Toward Loop Current (NASA)
During the first weeks following the explosion at the Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico, oil drifting from the site of the incident usually headed west and northwest to the Mississippi River Delta.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth… Southerly Slick (NASA)
[SatNews] By May 17, 2010, the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico had spread south, extending a long tendril well south of the oil platform where the April 20 accident occurred.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth… Active Ash Assaults Atmosphere (NASA)
[SatNews] Iceland’s Eyjafjallaj?kull Volcano continued emitting ash on May 17, 2010.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth… Aqua Acquires Aqua Disaster In Kentucky (NASA)
Severe floods struck Kentucky on May 1–2, 2010, causing statewide damage estimated at more than $30 million, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Read MoreEMS Aviation… Flight Following Fire Fighting…
EMS Aviation, a division of EMS Technologies, Inc. (NADAQ: ELMG), announced its flight-following technology shared the spotlight with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on May 3rd as he watched a real-time demonstration of the state’s new aircraft tracking system technology.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth… Planes, Instruments + Satellites… (JPL | NASA)
An advanced JPL-built optical sensor flying aboard a NASA research aircraft is among several NASA remote-sensing assets being mobilized to help assess the spread and impact of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at the request of U.S. disaster response agencies.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth… Slick Portent Presses Onward (NASA)
Eighteen days after the Deepwater Horizon accident, an oil slick lingered in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
Read MoreNASA + NOAA… Outflowing Oil Continues To Advance
NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites are helping the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) keep tabs on the extent of the recent Gulf oil spill with satellite images from time to time.
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