Balloon Launch in Open Field

Images depict a group of people observing a large balloon being launched into the sky, surrounded by grassland and cloud-filled blue skies, highlighting environmental monitoring efforts.

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A windmill farm in Colorado.

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Herd of cows grazing in a meadow with Chevron oil refinery in the background, Rhoscrowther, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales

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Picnic tables and shelters at White Sands National Park

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USA, Arizona, Meteor City, native american symbols along Route 66

ESU St. Louis - Morgan City - 26-HK-376-20. Capt Phu Hai. Hurricane Katrina

Air quality analyses at Parc André Citroën in Paris

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Picnic tables and shelters at White Sands National Park

A water tower was torn down Sept. 16, 2014, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The 200,000 gallon non-potable water source will be replaced by a 5,000 gallon tank at Branch Pond to supply water to the South Gate entry control building.

STS-132 WATER ON CRAWLERWAY PROHIBITING ROLLOUT

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Picnic tables and shelters at White Sands National Park

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KSC WEATHER - FOG SHOTS LOOKING FROM LC39 BASIN

Maintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic - Property Inventory Team - Venice - 26-HK-197-3. Hurricane Katrina

Windsock at edge of runway, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Canada, Nunavut, western Hudson Bay, Kivalliq Region, Arviat. Margaret Aniksak Visitors Centre. Educational signs.

Three forms of renewable energy on one site, wind power, solar power and geothermal at a fresh lava flow that erupted during the Krafla fires at Leirhnjukur near Myvatn, Iceland du

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, satellite is transported to Space Launch Complex 2 where it will be mated to a Delta II rocket.SMAP will provide global measurements of soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. These measurements will be used to enhance understanding of processes that link the water, energy and carbon cycles, and to extend the capabilities of weather and climate prediction models. SMAP data also will be used to quantify net carbon flux in boreal landscapes and to develop improved flood prediction and drought monitoring capabilities. Launch is scheduled for Jan. 29, 2015.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Solid Motor Assembly and Readiness Facility, or SMARF, Space Launch Complex 40, and Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, facility, is seen in the distance during a field-guided boat tour of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As part of the center's first-ever Innovation Expo, the tour, called "Living Outdoor Laboratory for Environmental Sustainability," is giving employees the opportunity to see the unique estuarine ecosystems that are protected from development by the presence of Kennedy and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The diverse and healthy area encompassing about 140,000 acres of central Florida's east coast has been closed to the public for 50 years, allowing the coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks to provide habitats for more than 1,000 species of plants and animals. Innovation Expo is showcasing the innovative

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Kite flying, Warmingland, Greenland

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Aerial view of the stark contrast between solar fields and the urban landscape, California, United States.

Space weather can interfere with radio communications, so during bad space weather, airlines will re-route their flights to avoid the North and South poles. That's because at Earth's poles, GPS coverage is less reliable and radio communications are paramount. NASA will postpone launches due to space weather, which is what happened when the Antares rocket in this picture was scheduled to launch on January 8, 2014, from NASA's Wallos Flight Facility, in Wallos Island, Virginia. It was postponed for one day and was successfully launched on January 9.Photo courtesy of NASA... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful and catastrophic hurricane, the strongest observed in the Atlantic since 2007. The storm caused catastrophic damage in the Florida Keys.

Agricultural landscape with straw packages on field. Cereal bale of hay wrapped in plastic white foil, summer in norwegian country, Lofoten. Bale of hay wrapped in plastic foil, Norway

Lauren Allmon, conservation officer, Range Management Department, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, responds to audience questions during a tour about Yumas ranges in Yuma, Arizona, Jan. 9, 2024. The conservation staff is responsible for all areas of wildlife management and recreation, this tour enlightened the public to types of military training and hazardous areas that occur on the 1.2 million acres of MCAS Yumas ranges.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Launch Pad 39A is seen during a field-guided boat tour of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As part of the center's first-ever Innovation Expo, the tour, called "Living Outdoor Laboratory for Environmental Sustainability," is giving employees the opportunity to see the unique estuarine ecosystems that are protected from development by the presence of Kennedy and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The diverse and healthy area encompassing about 140,000 acres of central Florida's east coast has been closed to the public for 50 years, allowing the coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks to provide habitats for more than 1,000 species of plants and animals. Innovation Expo is showcasing the innovative work taking place throughout the center's facilities and labs to encourage employees to work together to solve future challenges.

In the parking lot of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, employees drop off used household items as part of America Recycles Day. The center recently partnered with Goodwill Industries and several other local organizations to collect items for reprocessing. The annual event is a program of Keep America Beautiful, dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling.

Conceptual image showing air pollution from petrochemical industry showing chimneys encompassed with smoke

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GALVESTON, Texas (Jan. 14, 2023) Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston Districts Regulatory Division identify wetland vegetation with children from Jack and Jill of America, Inc. during a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math field trip to the City of Galvestons East End Lagoon Nature Preserve. In partnership with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coast Survey, Galveston District hosted more than 50 elementary, middle, and high school students from Jack and Jill of America and their chaperones to learn about all the roles and responsibilities of USACE and the importance of wetlands by visiting City of Galvestons East End Lagoon Nature Preserve where they learned about map reading, vegetation/plant identification, soil surveys, and more. U.S Army photo by Trevor Welsh.

Researchers from the Smithsonian Institution hope their experiment in a local scrub oak community at KSC will yield new insights into the effects of increased carbon dioxide on natural vegetation. The experiment features a four-acre site just north of the Launch Complex 39 area. Increased amoounts of carbon dioxide are piped into 16 open-top chambers that house pristine Florida scrub vegetation, chosen because it is small and woody and fits in the chambers and can be controlled, yet has the attributes of much larger forests. Experts predict a doubling of the carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere during the next century, and the three-year KSC project being conducted by the Smithsonian-led team hopes that by simulating the increase, they can determine how natural ecosystems and vegetation will respond. Also participating in the effort are KSC, academic and international organizations. The study is being funded by a Department of energy grant

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Solid Motor Assembly Building, or SMAB, is seen in the distance during a field-guided boat tour of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As part of the center's first-ever Innovation Expo, the tour, called "Living Outdoor Laboratory for Environmental Sustainability," is giving employees the opportunity to see the unique estuarine ecosystems that are protected from development by the presence of Kennedy and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The diverse and healthy area encompassing about 140,000 acres of central Florida's east coast has been closed to the public for 50 years, allowing the coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks to provide habitats for more than 1,000 species of plants and animals. Innovation Expo is showcasing the innovative work taking place throughout the center's facilities and labs to encourage employees to work tog

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A brown pelican stands sentinel on a piling in the turn basin at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39. Launch Pad 39A is visible in the background.The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, consisting of 140,000 acres. The refuge provides a wide variety of habitats -- coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks -- that provide sanctuary for more than 1,500 species of plants and animals, including about 331 species of birds.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, is seen during a field-guided boat tour of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As part of the center's first-ever Innovation Expo, the tour, called "Living Outdoor Laboratory for Environmental Sustainability," is giving employees the opportunity to see the unique estuarine ecosystems that are protected from development by the presence of Kennedy and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The diverse and healthy area encompassing about 140,000 acres of central Florida's east coast has been closed to the public for 50 years, allowing the coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks to provide habitats for more than 1,000 species of plants and animals. Innovation Expo is showcasing the innovative work taking place throughout the center's facilities and labs to encourage employees to work together to solve future challenges.

THE INTERIOR OF THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERS NEWLY OPENED BUILDING 4220, PRIMARILY HOME TO THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM PROGRAM, REFLECTS A BLEND OF AESTHETICS, PRACTICALITY AND HIGH EFFICIENCY. THE COST-CONSCIOUS NEW FACILITY IS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ON ALL FRONTS, FEATURING STATE-OF-THE-ART GREEN TECHNOLOGIES AND ENERGY-CONSERVATION SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE IS SPECIALLY INSULATED, WITH MUCH OF THE EXTERIOR COVERED IN LOW-EMISSIVITY GLASS THAT DEFLECTS HEAT TO REDUCE COOLING COSTS WITHIN. ROOFTOP SOLAR-POWER UNITS ABSORB ENERGY TO AUGMENT ELECTRICAL POWER, AND A 10,000-GALLON CISTERN COLLECTS STORMWATER TO IRRIGATE THE SURROUNDING GREENERY. EVEN THE FACILITY'S NEW PARKING LOT HAS A GREEN ELEMENT: RATHER THAN GUTTERS, IT INCLUDES A "BIOSWALE," A NATURAL, SOIL-AND-VEGETATION-BASED MEANS OF CAPTURING AND FILTERING STORMWATER RUNOFF, WHICH IS DIRECTED INTO A NEARBY COLLECTING POND. ONCE CERTIFICATION IS COMPLETE, BUILDING 4220 WILL BECOME THE SEVENTH LEED

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Raisting, Germany - 11 November 2025: Aerial view of gleaming white satellite dishes stand as sentinels amidst the patchwork fields of brown and green.

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - An American flag stands sentinel on Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California where NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission, or OCO-2, is being prepared for launch in July aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket in the launch tower.The observatory will collect precise global measurements of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere and provide scientists with a better idea of the chemical compound's impacts on climate change. Scientists will analyze this data to improve our understanding of the natural processes and human activities that regulate the abundance and distribution of this important atmospheric gas.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A mock-up of a battery-powered lunar rover is displayed on Earth Day at a Sustainability Fair hosted by NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfinder Fitness Trail across the street from the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building in Launch Complex 39.Kennedy Earth Day events included booths by a dozen sustainable companies and environmental organizations, displays on organic gardening, recycling, sustainable materials, alternative fuels and wildlife, and test-drives of several alternative-fuel vehicles. In keeping with the national theme, "Green Cities," the fair provided employees with the opportunity to learn how to do their parts in securing a healthy and sustainable future for their cities and the planet. The space center's sustainability objective is to "promote, maintain and pioneer green practices in all aspects of our mission, striving to be an agency leader in everything we do."

Protest of opponents of the Waldschloesschenbruecke at the Elbe river bank. Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosts a Sustainability Fair in observance of Earth Day. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfinder Fitness Trail across the street from the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building in Launch Complex 39.Kennedy Earth Day events included booths by a dozen sustainable companies and environmental organizations, displays on organic gardening, recycling, sustainable materials, alternative fuels and wildlife, and test-drives of several alternative-fuel vehicles. In keeping with the national theme, "Green Cities," the fair provided employees with the opportunity to learn how to do their parts in securing a healthy and sustainable future for their cities and the planet. The space center's sustainability objective is to "promote, maintain and pioneer green practices in all aspects of our mission, striving to be an agency leader in everything we do."

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, satellite is transported to Space Launch Complex 2 where it will be mated to a Delta II rocket.SMAP will provide global measurements of soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. These measurements will be used to enhance understanding of processes that link the water, energy and carbon cycles, and to extend the capabilities of weather and climate prediction models. SMAP data also will be used to quantify net carbon flux in boreal landscapes and to develop improved flood prediction and drought monitoring capabilities. Launch is scheduled for Jan. 29, 2015.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, is seen during a field-guided boat tour of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As part of the center's first-ever Innovation Expo, the tour, called "Living Outdoor Laboratory for Environmental Sustainability," is giving employees the opportunity to see the unique estuarine ecosystems that are protected from development by the presence of Kennedy and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The diverse and healthy area encompassing about 140,000 acres of central Florida's east coast has been closed to the public for 50 years, allowing the coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks to provide habitats for more than 1,000 species of plants and animals. Innovation Expo is showcasing the innovative work taking place throughout the center's facilities and labs to encourage employees to work together to solve future challenges.

Tank at Leo J. Vander Lans Advanced Water Treatment Facility. The Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) which is the largest groundwater agency in the State of California, managing and protecting local groundwater resources for four million residents. Long Beach, California, USA

Researchers hovering high above Europe's most biodiverse forest laboratory, investigating how trees are coping with climate change and increasing aridity, to help foresters promote drought-resistant species. Swiss Canopy Crane II project, University of Basel, Switzerland. non-ex. Model released.

Raisting, Germany - 11 November 2025: Aerial view of the stark white EMC satellite dish contrasting against the patchwork of golden fields and verdant pastures.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosts a Sustainability Fair in observance of Earth Day. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfinder Fitness Trail across the street from the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building in Launch Complex 39.Kennedy Earth Day events included booths by a dozen sustainable companies and environmental organizations, displays on organic gardening, recycling, sustainable materials, alternative fuels and wildlife, and test-drives of several alternative-fuel vehicles. In keeping with the national theme, "Green Cities," the fair provided employees with the opportunity to learn how to do their parts in securing a healthy and sustainable future for their cities and the planet. The space center's sustainability objective is to "promote, maintain and pioneer green practices in all aspects of our mission, striving to be an agency leader in everything we do."

Neighborhood Earth Opening at the Visitor Center

KSC WILDLIFE - BABY EAGLE AT REST ON SR3 - BABY OSPREYS AT PRESS SITE

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