The ground, the fires and storms, the air, and a photograph from a million miles away. The longer maps are on Live and Explore, including carbon dioxide, sea ice and rivers.
From space
This is the sunlit face of Earth, taken September 28, 2026 at 22:26 UTC by NASA's EPIC camera on the DSCOVR satellite. It sits about a million miles toward the Sun, so it sees the whole day side at once. The middle of this frame is near 5.1° north, 162.0° west.
This week
The US Geological Survey lists 118 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more in the last seven days. The newest is magnitude 4.7, 75 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan, 2 hours ago. The strongest is magnitude 5.9, 39 km WSW of Tambolaka, Indonesia. Most of the rest are far out at sea or deep underground.
Right now
NASA is tracking 41 open wildfires and 8 severe storms. The newest fire is SAN FRANCISCO 2, Starr, Texas, reported 5 days ago. The newest storm is Super Typhoon Choi-wan, reported 15 hours ago.
Data: NASA (public domain); US Geological Survey (public domain); NASA EONET (public domain). Photographs are credited under each picture.
