[eo-announce] Earth Observatory: What's New Week of 16 January 2018

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (16 January 2018)
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New Features:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/

* Antarctica from Above: Flying for Science, Finding Beauty
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/OperationIceBridge/?src=eoa-features
    Photographs from the 2017 Operation IceBridge field campaign show the many forms of land and sea ice around the frozen (and melting) southern continent.

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Latest Images:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/

* Bacteria Thrive as Ocean Warms
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91591&src=eoa-iotd

* Urban Patterns in Snow and Light
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91587&src=eoa-iotd

* Castellanus Cloud Tower
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91584&src=eoa-iotd

* Plumes Over the Kamchatka Peninsula
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91568&src=eoa-iotd

* A Dusting of White in the Sahara
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91556&src=eoa-iotd

* Deadly Debris Flows in Montecito
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91573&src=eoa-iotd

* What is Behind Rising Levels of Methane in the Atmosphere?
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91564&src=eoa-iotd

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New Notes from the Field

* New campaign: In New Mexico, Land of Volcanoes
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/category/gift/?src=eoa-features
    In 2017, scientists with the Goddard Instrument Field Team (GIFT) descended on the Potrillo volcanic field, a now-dormant region in the New Mexico portion of the Chihuahuan Desert. The site serves as a "planetary analog," where researchers can test instruments that future explorers might use to investigate volcanic areas on the Moon, Mars and other rocky planets.

Other recent posts

* Making the Magic Happen
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=9404&src=eoa-blogs

* A Successful Traverse, by our Travelin' Band
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=9393&src=eoa-blogs

* In New Mexico, Land of Volcanoes
  The Potrillo volcanic field in New Mexico is a perfect analog site for testing the kinds of instruments that future explorers might use to investigate volcanic areas on the Moon, Mars and other rocky planets or moons.
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=9382&src=eoa-blogs

* Goddard Instrument Field Team
  The Goddard Instrument Field Team focuses on conducting field research campaigns in geologic settings that are analogous to locations on other planets and moons throughout the Solar System.
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=9380&src=eoa-blogs

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