Kumashumi eminyaka, i-NASA ibukele uMhlaba ngaphezulu. Ngombulelo, ukusukela ngo-1999, iarhente yendawo iye yanobubele ngokwaneleyo ukuba yabelane ngombono wayo okhethekileyo wehlabathi Ukujonga umhlaba , Umsebenzi wabo kukwabelana noluntu ngemifanekiso, amabali, kunye nokufumanisa malunga nokusingqongileyo, iinkqubo zomhlaba, kunye nemozulu evela kuphando lweNASA. Oku kubandakanya imifanekiso emangazayo yesatellite. Kuyamangalisa, kangangokuba kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo i-NASA yaya kwimishini yokuba abantu bakhethe ifoto abayithandayo yoMhlaba. Ngabantu abangaphezulu kwama-56,000 abavotileyo kwitumente yesitayile, kwaye kwenzeka Isanti yolwandle luluvo lomntu wonke oluthandayo kwiplanethi yethu yekhaya.
Nangona lo mfanekiso ungasentla ungafana nomzobo wobudala obutsha ngaphandle kwegalari yobugcisa eVenice Beach, eCalifornia, enyanisweni, ngumfanekiso wesathelayithi wentlabathi kunye nolwandle lwaseBahamas, i-NASA ibhale kwinkcazo yomfanekiso oqingqiweyo. Lo mfanekiso, uthathwe sisixhobo esiPhuculweyo seMephu kunye ne-ETM + kwi-satellite yeLandsat 7, wabuyiselwa eMhlabeni emva phaya ngo-2001. ngendlela efanayo nemimoya eyabonisa ngayo iinduli zentlabathi ezinkulu kwiNtlango yeSahara.
Nangona iSand Ocean yangena nepesenti ezingama-66 yevoti, umceli mngeni wayo, Ukuphazamiseka kweRaikoke , isengumfanekiso ofanelekileyo ukuba ufundwe.
Ukuphuphuma kwevalkhano Ityala: NASA
Ngokwe-NASA, nge-22 kaJuni ngentsasa, oosomajukujuku badubula ifoto (ngasentla) yomsi wentaba-mlilo unyuka kwikholamu emxinwa kwaye emva koko usasazeke kwinxalenye yomphunga owaziwa ngokuba sisambrela. Yiyo indawo apho uxinano lweplume kunye nomoya ojikelezileyo ulinganayo kwaye iplume iyeke ukunyuka. Isangqa samafu emazantsi ekholamu kubonakala ngathi ngumphunga wamanzi.