A report from South Korea's Yonhap news agency stated that a ranking North Korean embassy official in Beijing has defected and could be seeking asylum in the Japanese mission in the Chinese city, according to The Washington Post. Yonhap quoted an anonymous source that was "familiar with Pyongyang affairs," explained the official stationed in the Beijing embassy and North Korean health ministry had disappeared mid-September....
Four mysterious golden rings found in a Bronze Age tomb appear to offer insights into the origins of Ancient Greek civilization, IFLScience reports ... Stretched out on his back, he was adorned with golden daggers with ivory hilts, gilded cups, and thousands of beads of precious gems ... Just recently, an archaeologist claimed to have found the throne of the legendary Mycenaean ruler Agamemnon, but this remains debatable ... WN.com, Jim Berrie....
The “October surprise” WikiLeaks promised to deliver failed to materialize yesterday because of ongoing security concerns at the Ecuadorian embassy where founder Julian Assange is holed up, a published report Wednesday said. A confidante of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told the Boston HeraldRadio’s “HeraldDrive” show yesterday the damning data dump against Hillary is still on the way ... ....
Hurricane Matthew spent the early portion of this week causing destruction and flooding across Haiti, Cuba, and The Bahamas with 16 dead but now many southeastern states in the United States are being urged to evacuate due to the impending storm as of Wednesday, according to The Associated Press... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
On a typical day, I wake up and check my email to get the latest mission updates concerning the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi National Orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite. VIIRS provides timely global coverage of many of Earth's components including the land, ocean, atmosphere and cryosphere ... The VIIRS instrument on ......
(Source. Goddard Space Flight Center) ... 8 ... 6 ... Credits ... 8 ... 5, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Hermine and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of the storm lingering off the coast of New York and southern New England. The VIIRS image showed the bulk of clouds in the northwestern and northern quadrants where the strongest winds were located....
(Source. Goddard Space Flight Center) ... 8 ... 6 ... Credits ... 8 ... 5, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Hermine and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of the storm lingering off the coast of New York and southern New England. The VIIRS image showed the bulk of clouds in the northwestern and northern quadrants where the strongest winds were located....
(Source. Goddard Space Flight Center). Dry and hot weather conditions in the southern part of California as well as a spate of careless humans and lightning strikes have created an environment rife for fire outbreaks. Four very large fires are currently causing havoc in the area and NASA's Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument captured this image of all four fires on August 23, 2016 ... Aug....
(Source. Goddard Space Flight Center) ... 8 ... 6 ... Credits ... 8 ... 5, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Hermine and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of the storm lingering off the coast of New York and southern New England. The VIIRS image showed the bulk of clouds in the northwestern and northern quadrants where the strongest winds were located....
By Jillian MacMath for AccuWeather.com ... Photos of last winter from across U.S. 22 PHOTOS. February winter weather across U.S ... The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image of the storm system at 2.15 a.m ... It was composed through the use of the VIIRS “day-night band,” which detects faint light signals such as city lights, moonlight, airglow, and auroras....
(Source. Goddard Space Flight Center) ... 8 ... 6 ... Credits ... 8 ... 5, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Hermine and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of the storm lingering off the coast of New York and southern New England. The VIIRS image showed the bulk of clouds in the northwestern and northern quadrants where the strongest winds were located....
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured these nighttime images of Puerto Rico before and after the outage ... ....
(Source. Goddard Space Flight Center) ... 8 ... 6 ... Credits ... 8 ... 5, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Hermine and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of the storm lingering off the coast of New York and southern New England. The VIIRS image showed the bulk of clouds in the northwestern and northern quadrants where the strongest winds were located....
(Source. Goddard Space Flight Center) ... 8 ... 6 ... Credits ... 8 ... 5, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Hermine and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of the storm lingering off the coast of New York and southern New England. The VIIRS image showed the bulk of clouds in the northwestern and northern quadrants where the strongest winds were located....