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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It's been a while. I took a long break from social media to focus on other priorities. I hope everyone has been doing well.🙏🏻🌱 I have a feeling I've missed many interesting stories and discussions, and I'm looking forward to catching up whenever I have the chance. 🌍🛰

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

A dramatic satellite view of the Mediterranean: A sweeping #SaharanDust arc intrudes between cloud bands, staining the sea in muted browns. The contrast reveals active #atmospheric dynamics—desert aerosols sculpted by winds🌬 beneath layered clouds. ☁️🟤🌊 🛰 #NASA 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

⚠️Iraq sandstorms: The dual threat of #ClimateChange. Lack of rain, rising temperatures, drying wetlands & lakes show how environmental collapse knows no borders. What starts at the Iraq wetlands spreads across the region. #ClimateCrisis #MiddleEast 🛰Meteosat @eumetsat.int ✂️Via @zoom.earth

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Satellite imagery shows a #Saharan dust plume moving from Mauritania into the Atlantic. Strong northeasterly trade winds lift and transport dry boundary-layer #dust offshore. Filamented margins indicate wind shear, mixing with marine stratocumulus, and reduced visibility. #AirQuality 📅 2026 Jan 07

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Satellite imagery captures a ~255 km pollution plume from Iraq’s Wasit Power Station. Such persistence signals fine PM and reactive gases surviving long-range transport, driving regional aerosol loading, ecosystem stress, and diffuse health impacts far beyond the source—visible only from space.

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

A strong 6.5-magnitude #earthquake⚡️ struck southwestern #Mexico on January 2, 2026, causing entire buildings 🏣 to sway near the San Marcos area in Guerrero. 🎬X @RapidReport @sangasso.bsky.social

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

No borders, No wars — just peace for everyone on #Earth.🌏🕊 Happy New Year, Earth🎆🎇

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

#Argentina: A massive power outage hit #BuenosAires and surrounding suburbs late Tuesday, Dec 30. As a heatwave grips the region ahead of #NewYear’s Eve, NASA’s nighttime imagery reveals large areas plunged into darkness across the metro area. 🎄⚡️🌑 🛰 #NASA 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

This #DustStorm again covers the same SE Iran–Makran–Gulf of Oman region affected ~2 months ago, with similar or greater intensity. Such repetition points to sustained dry surfaces and recurring wind patterns, not a random or isolated event. #AirQuality #Dust 🛰 #NASA 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Satellite observations show distinct pollution plumes from heavy fuel oil " #mazut 🏭" combustion at major power plants in western and central #Iran. These emissions accumulate over the Tehran–Qom basin, intensifying regional haze and #AirQuality degradation. #MazutBurning #AirPollution #PM25

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

This animation shows a #DustStorm blowing out of the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. Clouds form a giant swirl where the borders of #Mongolia and #China meet. Although clouds obscure much of the #dust and the landscape below. Clear skies allowing a view of the area where the plumes originate #AirQuality

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

🚨 CCTV📹 footage from a supermarket🛒 shows the moment a powerful M6.1 #earthquake⚡️ hit Taitung City, #Taiwan. 📼X: @trtworld #EarthquakeTaiwan

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Sometimes clouds look familiar, shaped by our imagination and state of mind.🧠✨ This one caught my eye—it looks like a gorilla’s face to me.☁️🦍 I often stumble upon these shapes by chance, and that’s what makes them fascinating.☁️☁️☁️ 🛰 #NASA 🌍 #worldview

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

This images, captured by the 🛰 #Landsat on December 23, 2025. shows the Sediment and mud, caused by the heavy rains, can be seen gushing from the Mond River, #Iran , into #PersianGulf. ✂️Visualized: 🌍 eos.com/landviewer

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Some drivers seem to treat flash #floods like a casual shortcut. This truck is crossing a flooded road as if gravity and rushing water don’t exist. Hint: they do. Turn back. Find safety. Risking your life for a few meters isn’t brave—it’s foolish.

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Off Western #Australia, long-period swells slam into a sudden shallow reef, forcing the wave’s energy upward instead of forward. The result is a rare vertical wall of water and a thunderous roar—often mistaken for an earthquake, but caused purely by wave physics. 🌊🕳 source @abcnews

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

#BlackSky and #HEO teamed up to image five visiting spacecraft at the #ISS—highlighting the power of capturing brief, high-value moments in orbit. X: @BlackSky_Inc @heospace

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

This #RedSea dust plume shows how winds reshape storms after they form. #Dust spreads freely over open water, then bends south as steady northerlies take control. The smooth arc highlights #wind steering rather than the dust source itself. 🌬🟤🌊 #Visibility #AirQuality #DustPlume

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

It’s interesting how #satellites can now photograph each other from space, turning anomalies into visible stories. The #satellite staying mostly intact suggests a quiet failure, not a dramatic breakup. #Space is harsh, and reentry like this is a normal part of the cycle. #Starlink 🛰🌍 📸X @vantortech

Imagery collected by Vantor’s WorldView-3 satellite about 1 day after the anomaly shows that starlink Satellite 35956 is largely intact. The 12-cm resolution image was collected over Alaska from 241 km away.

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Satellite imagery shows #dust from southern Iraq & northern Saudi deserts spreading over the NW #PersianGulf. Coastal southern Iran affected with reduced visibility and hazy conditions as dust layers advect SE over the region. #AirQuality Satellite Data:🛰 2025 Dec 20 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Satellite imagery shows an extensive #dust plume originating from southern Iraq & northern Saudi deserts, advected SE by strong NW Shamal winds. Dust covers Kuwait and the NW #PersianGulf, reducing visibility; marine haze evident offshore. Satellite Data:🛰 2025 Dec 19 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Dust outbreak over the Red Sea. This is a classic winter Shamal signature: northerly–northwesterly flow lofts desert #dust from western #Arabia, spreads it over the #RedSea, then advects it southward. The curved plume reflects flow channeling, frictional effects, and mesoscale wind shear over water.

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Aida Alvera-Azcárate @aida-alvera.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Your pretty picture of the day 😀 🌊with of course many interesting processes! Water rich in suspended sediments is moved around by ocean currents in the Bay of Biscay. I'm curious about the long-range waves seen in the dark region, can't decide if these are oceanic, atmospheric, or an artifact 😅

Satellite image taken by Sentinel 2 over the Bay of Biscay on 15 December 2025, showing waters full of suspended sediments in the top right half of the image, in turquoise colour, and open waters in dark blue in the low left half of the image. Image taken from https://browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

This plume isn’t just local pollution: it shows regional transport. Winter boundary-layer collapse + high humidity favor secondary aerosol formation (sulfates/nitrates). Eastern outflow toward the Bay of Bengal confirms multi-day stagnation, not a single emission spike. #AirQuality 📅 2025 Dec 16-17

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Gorgan Bay Crisis⚠️ #Iran Rapid loss of Gorgan Bay’s, in Iran surface area—over 140 of 400 km²—signals severe #hydrological stress. Remaining waters face escalating salinity, habitat collapse, and economic disruption. Without coordinated watershed and coastal management, #drying will intensify.

Gorgan Bay Drying: An Urgent Environmental Warning!

The Gulf of Gorgan, also known as Gorgan Bay, is the largest gulf in the Caspian Sea. It is located at the south-eastern shore of the Caspian.

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Wisc-Satellite @wisc-satellite.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

1-minute @noaa.gov #GOES18/#GOESWest True Color RGB images showed a hazy plume of resuspended volcanic ash (*from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta-Katmai*) as it was being transported across the Shelikof Strait toward Kodiak Island: geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu#playing:true...; #AKwx

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Santiago Gassó @sangasso.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Another very dusty day in Patagonia today , with activity spanning hundreds of km. #highlatitudedust @sheffielddust.bsky.social

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aretsch.bsky.social @aretsch.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Iceberg #A23a Development of the size 11. Aug. - 11.Dec. 2025 About 2400 km2 > 1000km2 📸🛰Sentinel3 Footage: @sentinelonline.bsky.social

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

In #Japan, this phenomenon is known as a “cap cloud” — a perfect crown resting above the majestic Mount Fuji. 🏔☁️✨ 📅 December 11 🎬X @Shasidt @huubeggen.bsky.social @quentinrey.com @hydrology.nl

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

A brief #tornado 🌪 -like wind #vortex was spotted in Carcaraña, Santa Fe, Argentina. The event occurred in the Los Altos neighborhood shortly after 1 PM this Thursday and lasted only a few seconds, but several residents managed to capture images of the phenomenon. 🎬 X @Roldanyvos

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

🚨It was a close call. 🚗🌊 In this video, the car crosses a creek just seconds before a flash #flood hits. A few meters or seconds later, it could’ve been disastrous. 😱 💧 Never underestimate water. ⚠️If you see flooding, turn back. Find a safe route. Don’t risk your life. 📌 Maraveh Tappeh County, Iran

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Dynamic surface patterns in the Arabian Sea: turquoise vortices formed by sediment-rich currents and nutrient mixing, revealing active coastal circulation captured in high resolution.🌀🔵🟢 🛰 #Sentinel2

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Ocean’s hidden pulse: A vast, cloud-like wave packet rippling beneath the surface of the Celebes Sea — invisible to the eye, but revealed from space. A silent force shaping currents, stirring nutrients, and reminding us how alive the deep ocean truly is.🌊💫

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

A powerful 7.6 #earthquake struck off northern Japan, sending a 40-cm #tsunami into coastal towns, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. CCTV showed prolonged shaking. #Japan, located on the Ring of Fire, is among the world’s most quake-prone nations. ⚡️ 🎬X @tv_asahi_news

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

A #DustStorm swept across the Tanami #Desert in the Northern Territory, passing over one of Australia’s largest underground gold mines on Sunday. 🟤🌵🏜

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Quote-thread @huubeggen.bsky.social & @wed-explorer.bsky.social: nice 👇 mosaicking of photos at #PortSaid, #Egypt and helpful info On the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there are two pins for these posts; the eastern one also has link to the downloadable 1120-mm (!) high-res by #KimiyaYui

screenshot of the interactive map https://isspix.com/ISS073 with a representative image displayed at lower right. Map pins include links to social media posts and often links to the downloadable high-resolution photo

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

A rare rainbow cloud, called an iridescent cloud, appeared over Kansai, Honshu, #Japan. The vivid colors form when sunlight diffracts through tiny, evenly sized water droplets or ice crystals, creating bright, shimmering hues. ⛅️🌈 @huubeggen.bsky.social @quentinrey.com

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

🆘High-resolution images show widespread #flooding in Sri Lanka, with homes surrounded by rising waters. The scenes highlight the extent of the damage and the urgent need for support as communities cope with the aftermath.🌊🏘 #SriLankaFlood #FloodSL #SriLanka 📸 @vantortech 🛰 Maxar

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Indonesia’s loss of 10.5M ha of forest is a direct amplifier of disaster. Without tree cover, soils erode, slopes fail, and #floods hit with brutal force. The deadly impacts we see today stem from weakened watersheds and unchecked #deforestation —not nature alone.🌳🌲 #IndonesiaFlood 🛰 #Sentinel2

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

A surge of pale plumes spilling into the Gulf of Lion reveals a powerful pulse of sediment flushed seaward—most likely driven by intense post-storm runoff. 🌀🔵🟢 This dynamic mosaic exposes how river floods briefly rewrite the coastline, painting the Mediterranean with Earth’s raw energy.🌊🎨

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Satellite imagery captures striking before-and-after views of the destructive F4 wedge #tornado🌪 in #Brazil. When a powerful tornado tears through a city, it leaves a dramatic footprint — leveled buildings, uprooted trees, and long paths of scattered debris. 🛰 vantor.com

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

🆘 Satellite imagery over Sri Lanka shows widespread #flood -affected zones, visible as broad beige swaths replacing vegetation. Inland waterlogging, disrupted land patterns, and heavy sediment transport reflect extensive #flooding well beyond the coastal strip. ⛈🌊 #SriLankaFlood #FloodSL #SriLanka

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

A powerful #SaharanDust storm sweeps across northeastern Libya, transforming clear skies into a dense beige plume. Pre-storm clarity gives way to a broad #dust fan streaming over Derna and Tobruk, revealing strong desert winds lofting fine particles far over the #Mediterranean. 🛰 #NASA 🌍 #worldview

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Huub Eggen @huubeggen.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

A glory from space! A contrast enhanced image taken by earth observation satellite #Terra on 24 November 2025 shows one clearly. The border region of Namibia and Angola is at upper right. A glory is round, but not in this case. More on this in the alt-text.

The image shows an elongated shape coloured like a rainbow on clouds over the ocean west of Namibia and Angola, which are visible as a brown area at top right. A satellite like Terra scans the earth below as it flies over, each scan added to build up the image. A glory can be visible from airplanes when they fly over stratus clouds and have the sun directly behind the observer. A typical glory looks like a circle of coloured bands with the shadow of the airplane in the centre. Satellites are too far away of course to have their shadow be discernible. As the satellite moves, from top to bottom in this image, the position of the sun changes relative to the satellite and so does the visiblity and the size of the glory beneath the satelllite. This causes the glory to become oval in shape.

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Quote-thread @huubeggen.bsky.social & @wed-explorer.bsky.social: very nice 👇 choice for a photo in northeastern #Malaysia & an associated "in my mind" pic 😀 On the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there are two pins for these posts; each also has link to the downloadable 240-mm high-

screen shot of an interactive map for photographs of Earth taken by astronauts during (or related to) ISS mission 73

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Dave MacLean @daveatcogs.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Quote-post @wed-explorer.bsky.social: nice observation of an interesting weather phenomenon 👇

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Satellite imagery shows multiple #fire clusters in #Azerbaijan and #Armenia generating a broad, merged smoke layer. The thick regional haze indicates elevated particulate loads and significant cross-border #atmospheric transport. 🔥🌬☁️🌀🌏 #AirQuality 😷 🛰 #NASA ✂️Visualized @zoom.earth

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Interesting how two distant deserts show the same cloud behavior:☁️☁️ moist air sliding over cool ground, hitting an inversion, and forming a smooth cloud sheet with a razor-sharp edge. A natural result of dry–humid air contrast. 🗺: 📌Adrar, Algeria 📌Mangistau, Kazakhstan

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Before–after satellite images of the #HayliGubbi🔺🌋 #eruption reveal a stark shift in terrain tones. Dark bands near the crater show heavy, coarse ash fallout, while lighter outer zones mark fine ash carried by winds—clear evidence of a powerful, wide-reaching eruption. 1/2 🧵

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

In Afar’s semi-desert grasslands, ash fallout is smothering sparse vegetation and is contaminating grazing areas, while also adding minerals that can slowly enrich the soil. It creates short-term stress but leaves potential long-term benefits.🌋🌬🌿

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