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Ken Davis
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Observe • Learn • Reason • Share | Earth, Climate, Natural Environment, Geology, Geography, Potpourri | California born | 35 years living in Asia | Retired in Oregon
Kīlauea Volcano

• Ep 37, #Kīlauea summit eruption, Halemaʻumaʻu crater, ended Nov 25, 2025.
• Fountain heights of 500-600ft (150-180m).
• Estimated 8.2 million cubic yards (6.3 million cubic meters) lava over 9.2 hours.

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#Volcano #Geology #Hawaii
USGS
Learn More: www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/ki...
December 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice

• Daily Polar Sea Ice, Two Year History
• November 30, 2023 — November 29, 2025

* "Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data)"

#Arctic #Antarctic #SeaIce #dataviz
Datasets courtesy of NASA/GSFC&JAXA
NASA SVS
Learn More: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5099
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hurricane Melissa

Lightning flashes within powerful eye wall of Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa.

🌀 Potential to be strongest storm to make landfall in #Jamaica on record. 🌀

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#Hurricane #TropicalCyclone #Lightning
2025/10/27 UTC
CSU/CIRA&NOAA
LEARN MORE: satlib.cira.colostate.edu/event/hurric...
October 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Imelda Absorbs Humberto’s Remnants

• Hurricanes #Imelda & #Humberto traveling in western Atlantic.
• Humberto dissipates & gets assimilated by Imelda.

Sept 29 - Oct 2, 2025 UTC

Extratropical Transition
#Hurricane #TropicalCyclone
CSU/CIRA&NOAA
Learn More: satlib.cira.colostate.edu/event/hurric...
October 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Extent 2025

• Arctic Sea Ice maximum extent March 22, 2025 to minimum extent reached September 10, 2025.
• In the 47-year-satellite record, 19 lowest minimums have all occurred in last 19 years.

*Appreciation much obliged!

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#Arctic #SeaIce
MORE: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5583/
September 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Ozone Hole Development 2025

2025 ozone hole presented an early development, larger-than-average area mid-September.

Current ongoing #Antarctic ozone hole as 3D rendered animation below, thru 15 Sep 2025.

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#OzoneHole #WorldOzoneDay
CAMS/ECMWF
LEARN MORE: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/monitoring-o...
September 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Earth

Rotating 3D Earth with clouds, atmosphere, and night lights.

“On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.”

#Earth #BlueMarble
NASA SVS
Learn, View, Download: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5570/
September 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Kīlauea Volcano

• Ep. 32, Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended Sep 2.
• Spectacular lava fountaining, crater floor flows.
• ~12.5 million cubic yards of lava, enough to fill a hole the size of a football field one mile deep!

#Volcano #Kīlauea #Geology #Hawaii
USGS
Learn More: www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/ki...
September 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Greenland Ice Sheet

Greenland subglacial flood bursts through #IceSheet surface.

Equivalent to about 9 hours' worth of water thundering over Niagara Falls at peak flow, one of the largest recorded subglacial floods in #Greenland.

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#Glacier #Meltwater
ESA
LEARN MORE: www.esa.int/Applications...
August 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Hurricane Erin

Hurricane Erin continues journey along the U.S. Atlantic Coast as the Sun sets on August 20, 2025. Creating dangerous Storm Surge, life-threatening high surf, and powerful rip currents.

#Hurricane #TropicalCyclone
GOES-East - 2025/08/21 UTC
Learn More: www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/
August 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM