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September 15, 2026 Weekly News Latest Images of the Day View the Image of the Day archive An Accidental Impact Crater Discovery  An amateur astronomer scouting online satellite maps for campsites in Quebec found an impact crater instead. An Early Look at Fall Color in Canada Reds, yellows, and oranges are already sweeping across tundra landscapes in Nunavut. Monterrey Amid Mountains Mexico’s second-largest metropolitan area borders on folded rock layers of the Sierra Madre Oriental. Dust Storm Sweeps Over Mali At a time of year when dust storm activity winds down, a plume of dust blanketed parts of the West African nation and its neighbors. Anak Krakatau Rumbles Again A powerful eruption from the Indonesian volcano lofted ash into the atmosphere, disrupting thousands of flights and degrading air quality. Featured Collection: Fall Colors As green chlorophyll fades from trees and plants each autumn, other pigments color Earth’s landscapes. Satellites take leaf-peeping to a whole new level. More from NASA Earth Science How 2 US, European Satellites Are Studying Hurricanes During El Niño Two satellites are providing precise sea level height measurements during what oceanographers expect to be a historic El Niño, a naturally occurring oceanic phenomenon in which warmer-than-usual Pacific waters shift global weather patterns. Unlocking Forest Diversity from Above: Fieldwork at Smithsonian’s BiodiversiTREE From July 30 to August 5, 2026, a team of NASA scientists conducted fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) BiodiversiTREE research site near Edgewater, Maryland. The work done during these five days laid groundwork for using airborne remote sensing to describe and improve understanding of the characteristics of forest species diversity. NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory Follow NASAEarth   NASA Earth Science Division