Tool · Remote sensing
Earth Events
Natural events happening right now, worldwide, as tracked by NASA's Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET). Satellites do the spotting, which is exactly what remote sensing is for.
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Earth right now
DSCOVR EPIC, a camera a million miles away
2026-09-28 00:50:27 UTC
The whole sunlit disc of Earth in one frame, taken from the Sun-Earth L1 point. Images arrive about a day behind.
How satellites see Earth: SSA-01 Module 5. US severe-weather alerts have their own page: Earth Severe Weather.