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February 17, 2026 Weekly News Latest Images of the Day View the Image of the Day archive Home Reef Adds On The Tongan volcano expanded its mid-Pacific real estate during its latest eruptive phase. Surveying Popes Creek George Washington was born along this tidal creek in Virginia and, as a teenager, made one of his first surveying maps of the surrounding lands. Stonebreen’s Beating Heart The glacier in southeastern Svalbard pulses with the changing seasons, speeding up and slowing its flow toward the sea. Reaching Top Speed in the Dolomites Cortina d'Ampezzo, flanked by steep-sided mountain peaks, is the site of several skiing and sliding events in the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. Summer Heat Hits Southeastern Australia January brought blistering extremes Down Under as record temperatures scorched the nation’s southeast. More from Notes From the Field blog NASA Flies Through a Volcanic Laboratory: Rincón de la Vieja An ecologist, a volcanologist, and a chemist walk into a forest… it sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but this very real collaboration between scientists from NASA and the Universidad de Costa Rica (University of Costa Rica) continues decades of cross-disciplinary work that is currently providing insight into the future of the planet. NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory Follow NASAEarth   NASA Earth Science Division

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