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Adam Voiland

@avoiland.bsky.social
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Earth science writer interested in the mantle, stratosphere, and most things in between.

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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The tilt in Earth's axis of rotation makes the apparent position of continents shift with the seasons in imagery from a NASA camera in deep space. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's that time of year. #DecorativeGourdSeasonMoitherFuckers www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...
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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
For the sixteenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.
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Miriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
'These fires, which burn in dried wetland soils, are slow-burning, highly polluting, and notoriously difficult to extinguish bc they smoulder at low temperatures and often burn underground through expansive deposits of peat.' Peatland Fires Darken Indonesian Skies science.nasa.gov/missions/aqu...
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Peatland Fires Darken Skies in Indonesia - NASA Science
With Indonesia gripped by drought, fires are smoldering on the surface and underground.
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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 04/09/2026
This 'Super' El Niño Has Whipped Up a Never-Before-Seen Cyclone Trio in the Pacific gizmodo.com/this-super-el-nino-has-…
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This 'Super' El Niño Has Whipped Up a Never-Before-Seen Cyclone Trio in the Pacific
In another freaky El Niño milestone, a NASA satellite hovering nearly one million miles above Earth just captured rare proof of category 4 and 5 hurricanes occurring simultaneously.
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Space.com @space.com · 10/09/2026
Iconic Star Trek filming location spotted from space | Space photo of the day for Sept. 10, 2026 www.space.com/astronomy/ea...
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Iconic Star Trek filming location spotted from space | Space photo of the day for Sept. 10, 2026
See where Captain Kirk and the Gorn squared up.
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Dr Michelle LaRue @drmichellelarue.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This represents a fun & serendipitous project about spy satellites, mutual friendship and penguins (1/n)… science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-... 🦉🌎🧪🦑
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A Changing World for Emperor Penguins - NASA Science
Experts are analyzing decades of images from Landsat satellites for clues about how the iconic birds have responded to sea ice disruptions in the past.
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Grant Macdonald❄️ @geogeordie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A nice article on the NASA site about emperor penguins that discusses our first paper from the EPIC -penguin🐧❄️- project (as well as another really cool paper). science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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A Changing World for Emperor Penguins - NASA Science
Experts are analyzing decades of images from Landsat satellites for clues about how the iconic birds have responded to sea ice disruptions in the past.
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Some trivia for your World Cup watch party: There’s a stadium in Mexico in a volcanic landscape designed to resemble a volcano. It’s even topped with an eruption “cloud.” The city, meanwhile, has expanded tremendously since it last hosted the World Cup in 1986. 🏟️🌋⚽️ science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
When satellites detected signs of an unexpected submarine eruption in the Central Bismarck Sea on May 8, volcanologists were confronted with the reality that no high-resolution maps of the area were available, and little is known about the deep-water setting. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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New Eruption in the Bismarck Sea - NASA Science
Satellite imagery shows a surge of new volcanic activity in the ocean near Papua New Guinea.
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Something sort of beautiful is brewing in shallow waters offshore of New Jersey and New York. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A colleague slapped this motivational poster together after we published an image of a volcano in Russia that keeps knocking itself down and building itself up again. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-... 🌋Thank you to @janinekrippner.bsky.social for the insight.
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
If you’re following the Artemis launch, this is a perfect time to browse through the NASA Earth Observatory archives for lunar beauty shots. The site has published some stunners over the years. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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🦝 Socks 🐭 @socksfur.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
And ICYMI news, the "Zero Gravity Indicator" mascot for #Artemis2 is "Rise", designed by Lucas Ye, Mountain View, California I'm eagerly awaiting for when it's merch fully drops, 'cuz I'd rock one of these on my backpack!
Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman announced “Rise,” designed by Lucas Ye of Mountain View, California, as the zero gravity indicator that will fly with the crew around the Moon. “Rise” was inspired by the iconic Earthrise moment from the Apollo 8 mission. A zero gravity indicator is a small plush item that typically rides with a crew to visually indicate when they are in space.
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Jeff Foust @jfoust.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Artemis 2 countdown clock is now counting down.
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
A network of meltwater lakes and drainage channels made an Antarctic ice shelf known for its blue ice areas even bluer this summer. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Putting aside strategic implications relevant to shipping and the Strait of Hormuz, it’s hard not to marvel at the fascinating and colorful geology of Hormuz Island. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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Iran’s Rainbow Island - NASA Science
A mix of uplifting salt and other sedimentary and metamorphic rocks make for colorful landscapes in the Persian Gulf.
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Plains around the San Andreas Fault and across Carrizo Plain National Monument are awash with yellow (and a touch of purple) as wildflowers bloom. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-... 🌼
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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Close-up view of the aftermath of an Iranian attack on Salalah, Oman. Collected March 13, 2026, by Sentinel-2B. Data from the Copernicus Browser, processing by me. 🛰️🖼️ 10 & 100 meters per pixel. browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu
Dark smoke streams from lower right to upper left in a a satellite view of Salalah, Oman. The port is visible at the right of the image.Dark smoke streams from lower right to upper left in a a satellite view of Salalah, Oman. The top 3/4 of the image is mostly barren land, bottom 1/4 is open ocean with scattered clouds.
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Though Ireland is known for the many shades of green that grace its grassy pastoral landscapes, there's one corner of the Emerald Isle where gray reigns supreme.
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Prof Michael Meredith 🌊🧪🥼❄️ @oceanandice.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Lovely story on the BBC about iceberg a23a, which has given us decades of fun but is now nearing its end… Really enjoyed talking with Mark Poynting about this one-time behemoth. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
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This iceberg was once the biggest in the world. Now it has just weeks left - BBC News
A23a was once twice the size of Greater London but now its 40-year journey is coming to an end.
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Ailing “megaberg” A-23A sparks surge of microscopic life in its final days. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I really enjoyed reading up on the history of explosive volcanism on Mars and how scoria cones compare on Earth and Mars for this. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-... 🌋
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Looking for a distraction? Learn how to pronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a little town in Wales with a long name. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The powder in Hokkaido is amazing —especially this winter. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-... ⛷️
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Winter Grips Japan - NASA Science
The country's northern regions are accustomed to snow, but unrelenting storms have snarled transportation and caused other challenges this winter.
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Stonebreen glacier in southeastern Svalbard pulses with the changing seasons, speeding up and slowing its flow toward the sea. ❤️ science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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LakeBrowser @mn-lakebrowser.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
NASA’s Image Of The Day Captures Icy Hudson River As New York Sees Record Breaking Cold Spell NASA’s Landsat 8 captures ice-covered stretches of the Hudson River as extreme winter weather grips New York in January. #NASA #NASALANDSAT www.republicworld.com/science/nasa...
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NASA’s Image Of The Day Captures Icy Hudson River As New York Sees Record Breaking Cold Spell
NASA’s Landsat 8 captures ice-covered stretches of the Hudson River as extreme winter weather grips New York in January.
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The flooding is Mozambique hasn’t gotten much attention in the US, but it’s a bad situation. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
There are some odd phragmites mounds somewhere in this Landsat image of Great Salt Lake. Can you find them?
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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Fires on the Rise in the Far North with input from @jmccartygeo.bsky.social and the @arcticcouncil.bsky.social AMAP Arctic Climate Update Report published last year science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-... @mikeflannigan.bsky.social @queenofpeat.bsky.social @morganahcrowley.bsky.social @gwandaii.bsky.social
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Fires on the Rise in the Far North - NASA Science
Satellite-based maps show northern wildland fires becoming more frequent and widespread as temperatures rise and lightning reaches higher latitudes.
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
There’s something fishy in the skies over Lago Argentino. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-... 🐟
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Clouds Swimming over Lago Argentino - NASA Science
A collection of fish-shaped clouds hovered above the glacial lake in Patagonia in December 2025.
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Adrian Luckman @adrianluckman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The journey of Iceberg A23a (largest, oldest, 'living' berg) since the beginning of 2024, as seen by NASA MODIS, including its five-month pirouette on the Taylor Column, short embrace by the pack ice in August, grounding on South Georgia's shelf in April, and baby calf. Watch this space for updates!
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Why is this infamous iceberg turning blue? www.popsci.com/environment/...
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Why is this infamous iceberg turning blue?
Iceberg A-23A is bigger than New York City, but its days are numbered.
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Iceberg A-23A or gigantic penguin swimming pool? science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 07/12/2025
Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera. This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw. But it's not very far off.
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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯 USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
It’s been a hot and fiery decade for Kīlauea. The volcano in Hawaii is one of the most active in the world, and NASA tech makes it easier for volcanologists to monitor new developments. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
For more than 26 years, Earth Observatory has been located at earthobservatory.nasa.gov. Now, as part of our next chapter, we are moving to a new home at science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory. See you there! earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthm...
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Prof. Simon Carn @simoncarn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
An explosive #eruption of Hayli Gubbi #volcano, located SE of Erta'Ale in the Afar Rift (Ethiopia), began at ~08:30 UTC on Nov 23. Eruption onset was fortuitously captured by a @planet.com overpass at 08:31 UTC. Hayli Gubbi has no record of Holocene eruptions. Toulouse VAAC reporting ash to ~15 km.
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Hard to believe we're in day 27 of the shutdown. At least the image frozen at the top of the website—this view of a ridge and river intersecting in a dune field in western China—is one of my all-time favorites. I could stare at this all day. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15484...
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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Excited to share a new publication led by @drdavepeterson.bsky.social with contributions by Mike Fromm, René Servranckx and others, that analyzes the inventory of all known, worldwide, observed pyroCb events from 2013-2023! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Worldwide inventory reveals the frequency and variability of pyrocumulonimbus and stratospheric smoke plumes during 2013–2023 - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Worldwide inventory reveals the frequency and variability of pyrocumulonimbus and stratospheric smoke plumes during 2013–2023
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
China normally buys billions of dollars’ worth of U.S. soybeans, but not this year. Here’s where farmers are feeling the pinch. Map based on the Cropland Data Layer. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15441...
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
September puzzler below. Your challenge is to use the comments section to tell us where it is, what we are looking at, and why this area is interesting. Answer will be posted next week. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthm...
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Satellite data show decades of gradual but persistent change in forests around Kisangani, one of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s largest cities. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15481... 🛰️
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
It’s been a quiet year in the Northwest Pacific for typhoons but #Ragasa seems determined to change that. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15482...
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Wildfires affect not just the air we breathe, but the water we drink. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15479...
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Geologists have an amazing new superpower. With InSAR satellites, it’s possible to measure how much earthquakes move the land surface and even spot the earliest stirrings of volcanic eruptions from space. 🌍📡🌋 earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15477...
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Peter T Fretwell @ptfretwell.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Each year as the sun starts to reappear over Antarctica I start the process of going through Sentinel2 imagery to find the locations of the 66 known emperor penguin colonies. Here is this year's first image, of Snow Hill, the most northerly colony. Can you spot the penguins?
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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 01/09/2025
The mark left by the hail storm can even be seen from space by satellites. www.iflscience.com/supercell-st...
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Supercell Storm Leaves 200-Kilometer-Long Hail Scar Across Canada’s “Hailstorm Alley”
The mark left by the hail can even be seen from space by satellites.
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Adam Voiland @avoiland.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
New York City’s Manhattan Island was the site of the nation’s first Labor Day parade on September 5, 1882. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15473...
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