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January 23, 2026 Natural Events This Week's Natural Event Images View the natural events archive Winter Grips the Michigan Mitten A blanket of snow spanned Michigan and much of the Great Lakes region following a potent cold snap. Read more Snow Buries Kamchatka December and January brought a series of intense winter storms to the peninsula in far eastern Russia. Read more Fires Erupt in South-Central Chile Tens of thousands of people fled to safety as blazes spread throughout the country’s Biobío and Ñuble regions. Read more Fires on the Rise in the Far North Satellite-based maps show northern wildland fires becoming more frequent and widespread as temperatures rise and lightning reaches higher latitudes. Read more Latest Images of the Day View the Image of the Day archive North America’s Greenhouse Hub The expansion of greenhouses in southern Ontario is changing the appearance of the land surface—and the night sky. Read more How Long, Not Long After marching from Selma, Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, and called for nonviolence in the fight for equality and justice for all Americans. Read more Blooming Seas Around the Chatham Islands A vibrant display of phytoplankton encircled the remote New Zealand islands. Read more Clouds Swimming over Lago Argentino A collection of fish-shaped clouds hovered above the glacial lake in Patagonia in December 2025. Read more Fires on the Rise in the Far North Satellite-based maps show northern wildland fires becoming more frequent and widespread as temperatures rise and lightning reaches higher latitudes. Read more More from NASA Earth Science NASA Data Helps Maine Oyster Farmers Choose Where to Grow NASA satellites are helping Maine oyster farmers pick better sites and plan when oysters will be ready to harvest. Read more Fire on Ice: The Arctic’s Changing Fire Regime An increasingly flammable landscape combined with more lightning strikes is leading to larger, more frequent, and more intense fires than the landscape is adapted for. Read more NASA Releases Global Temperature Data Earth’s global surface temperature in 2025 was slightly warmer than 2023. NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory Follow NASAEarth   NASA Earth Science Division NASA | 8800 Greenbelt Rd. | Greenbelt, MD 20771 US