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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. NORMANDY. MANCHE (50) VIEW OF THE VAUBAN TOWER AND THE PENINSULA OF SAINT VAAST-LA-HOUGUE, COASTAL OBSERVATORY. AFTER THE DISASTER AT LA HOUGUE IN 1692, WHICH LED TO THE DESTRUCTION OF TWELVE VESSELS BY THE ENGLISH ON FIRE IN FRONT OF TATIHOU, THE ENGINEER DESCOMBES BUILT TWO TOWERS UNDER THE ORDERS OF VAUBAN, ONE ON THE SAINT-VAAST PENINSULA AND THE ANOTHER ON THE ISLAND OF TATIHOU, ACCESSIBLE AT LOW TIDE. USED BOTH FOR OBSERVATION AND FOR SHOOTING AT SEA, THESE TWO TRUNCATED CONICAL TOWERS 20 M HIGH, Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Whale observation tour

TOKYO, Japan, March 28 Kyodo - Humpback whales swim near people participating in a whale observation tour in waters off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2025. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Whale observation tour

TOKYO, Japan, March 28 Kyodo - Humpback whales swim near people participating in a whale observation tour in waters off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Whale observation tour

Humpback whales swim near people participating in a whale observation tour in waters off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2025.

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US: Palisades Fire Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 4

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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US: Palisades Fire Smoke Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 2

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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GLOBALink | Marine life observation event held on China's youngest volcanic island

STORY: Marine life observation event held on China's youngest volcanic island SHOOTING TIME: March 22, 2024 DATELINE: March 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): YU JIAMING, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of a lecture on intertidal marine life 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG WENTING, Participant 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU YI, Researcher of intertidal biology from Xiamen University 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LU XINYUAN, Participant STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YU JIAMING, Xinhua correspondent "This year's Weizhou Island Ocean Exploration Festival, in its 2nd edition, is underway in Weizhou Island, south China's Guangxi. The event offers ocean enthusiasts an opportunity to observe marine life in an eco-friendly manner." Over the years, Weizhou Island, China's youngest volcanic island, has recorded a more frequent presence of the Bryde's whales, a national first-class protected aquatic animal. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG WENTING, Participant "H

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[Breaking News]Small tsunami recorded in areas along Japan's Pacific coast

Wakayama , Japan Kyodo - Video taken in Wakayama on Dec. 3, 2023,Small tsunami were observed in areas along Japan's Pacific coast early Sunday following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake off a southern Philippine island, Japan's weather agency said.Tsunami up to 40 centimeters in height were measured at Hachijo Island in the Izu chain near Tokyo and up to 20 cm for some other islands in the chain, while surges of 20 cm were also seen in coastal areas of Wakayama and Kochi prefectures in western Japan after warnings were issued for the areas.

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'Love jays' bring food to the brood on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - A pair of Amami jays take turns bringing feed to their nestlings in a tree hole in the nature park of Amami Shizen Kansatsu no Mori (Amami natural observation park) on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 10.

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Many observation points in Japan mark "tropical day"

TOKYO, June 1 Kyodo - People walk in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district with sunshades on June 1, 2015, when the mercury exceeded 30 C at many observation points, including part of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The weather agency warned of the danger of heat stroke.

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Winter cherry blossoms bloom on southern Japan island

AMAMI, Japan - Wintertime cherry blossoms begin to bloom at the Amami Nature Observation Forest in Tatsugo on Amami Oshima island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 8, 2015.

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Nobel winner returns to sea firefly island

ONOMICHI, Japan - Osamu Shimomura, a Nobel laureate in chemistry, explains how to catch sea fireflies with a trap during an observation event on Sept. 24, 2013 on Kone Island in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Nobel winner returns to sea firefly island

ONOMICHI, Japan - Osamu Shimomura (C), a Nobel laureate in chemistry, explains how to trap sea fireflies to participants in an observation event on Sept. 24, 2013 on Kone Island in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

MIYAKO ISLAND, Japan - A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor is unloaded from the military transport ship Osumi at Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2012, to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

MIYAKO ISLAND, Japan - A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor is unloaded from the military transport ship Osumi at Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2012, to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Bikini Island

BIKINI ISLAND, Marshall Islands - Photo shows a ravaged room of an abandoned nuclear test observation post on Bikini Island in the Pacific on Aug. 27, 2011. The United States conducted nearly 70 nuclear bomb tests in the 1940s and 1950s in the vicinity of Bikini Atoll.

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Amami jay bathes on southwestern Japan island

AMAMI, Japan - An Amami jay bathes in the Amami Nature Observation Forest park on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 11, 2010. Tourists were interested in the rarely seen move of the colorful bird.

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Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off to launch weather satellite

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - A Japanese-developed H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Feb. 18 and successfully put into orbit a satellite for weather observation and air traffic control for the state-run Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off to launch weather satellite

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - A Japanese-developed H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Feb. 18 and successfully put into orbit a satellite for weather observation and air traffic control for the state-run Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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2 U.S. missile-tracking ships at naval base in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - The U.S. military has sent two missile-tracking ships to Japan amid reports that North Korea is planning to test-fire a ballistic missile. The 17,015-ton Observation Island (below) entered the U.S. naval base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 2, joining the much smaller 2,262-ton Invincible (above R) which has been at the base since July.

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(3)Small eruption observed on Miyake Island

TOKYO, Japan - A Japan Meteorological Agency observation camera captures a small eruption Nov. 30 at Mt. Oyama on Miyake Island, the first small eruption since Nov. 24, 2002. Photo was provided by the agency. (Kyodo)

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Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off to launch weather satellite

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - A Japanese-developed H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Feb. 18 and successfully put into orbit a satellite for weather observation and air traffic control for the state-run Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. (Kyodo)

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Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off to launch weather satellite

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - A Japanese-developed H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Feb. 18 and successfully put into orbit a satellite for weather observation and air traffic control for the state-run Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. (Kyodo)

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2 U.S. missile-tracking ships at naval base in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - The U.S. military has sent two missile-tracking ships to Japan amid reports that North Korea is planning to test-fire a ballistic missile. The 17,015-ton Observation Island (below) entered the U.S. naval base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 2, joining the much smaller 2,262-ton Invincible (above R) which has been at the base since July.

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Japan, U.S. run undersea detection system for Chinese submarines

Arrows on the photo, taken Sept. 8, 2015, mark two traces of buried cables which extend undersea from Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force Oceanographic Observation in Uruma in the southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa. They are believed to be an undersea submarine detection system that the MSDF and the U.S. Navy are jointly operating to counter China's rising maritime activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Love jays' bring food to the brood on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - A pair of Amami jays take turns bringing feed to their nestlings in a tree hole in the nature park of Amami Shizen Kansatsu no Mori (Amami natural observation park) on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 10. (Kyodo)

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An entrance to Mt. Suwa

The torii gates of Suwa Shinto Shrine are on the left. The restaurant Tokiwaro, frequented by men-of-letters and politicians, is on the hillside. The observation deck above the restaurant commands a panoramic view of the city and harbour as well as Kii Peninsula and Awaji Island in the distance. The photographs taken from this spot appear in photograph albums, postcards, and guidebooks. The present-day Venus Bridge connects the original observation deck with a new one built above it.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number56‐33‐0]

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Kanazawa Hakkei

A view from the Kanazawa observation platform. The objective was to take a beautiful picture a mile from the hotel in Kanazawa in the direction of Kamakura for nature lovers, but it was a failure. Below the hill is the Inlet of Goldsberg (name of one of Perry's crew members). In the distance is Webster Island, with the Yokosuka Navy arsenal on the opposite side. From the January 22, 1872 edition of The Far East, in the republished edition.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐35‐0]

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Amami jay bathes on southwestern Japan island

AMAMI, Japan - An Amami jay bathes in the Amami Nature Observation Forest park on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 11, 2010. Tourists were interested in the rarely seen move of the colorful bird. (Kyodo)

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Bikini Island

BIKINI ISLAND, Marshall Islands - Photo shows a ravaged room of an abandoned nuclear test observation post on Bikini Island in the Pacific on Aug. 27, 2011. The United States conducted nearly 70 nuclear bomb tests in the 1940s and 1950s in the vicinity of Bikini Atoll. (Kyodo)

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Winter cherry blossoms bloom on southern Japan island

AMAMI, Japan - Wintertime cherry blossoms begin to bloom at the Amami Nature Observation Forest in Tatsugo on Amami Oshima island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 8, 2015. (Kyodo)

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Telescope in Spain

Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2018 shows a newly inaugurated telescope at the Cherenkov Telescope Array, the next-generation observatory for high-energy gamma ray observation, on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Telescope in Spain

Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2018 shows a newly inaugurated telescope at the Cherenkov Telescope Array, the next-generation observatory for high-energy gamma ray observation, on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner waves after arriving at an observation deck of Cape Sata, the southern tip of the southernmost Japanese main island of Kyushu in Minamiosumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, on April 27, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner waves after arriving at an observation deck of Cape Sata, the southern tip of the southernmost Japanese main island of Kyushu in Minamiosumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, on April 27, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner poses for a photo after arriving at an observation deck of Cape Sata, the southern tip of the southernmost Japanese main island of Kyushu in Minamiosumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, on April 27, 2021.

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Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Photo taken Feb. 21, 2019, shows the Subaru Telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan atop the summit of Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaii. The period of the telescope's observation has exceeded 20 years since its launch in January 1999. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Earthquake in Hokkaido

Toshiyuki Matsumori, director of the Japan Meteorological Agency's earthquake and tsunami observation division, speaks in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2019, after an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.8 hit the northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Earthquake in Hokkaido

Toshiyuki Matsumori, director of the Japan Meteorological Agency's earthquake and tsunami observation division, speaks in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2019, after an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.8 hit the northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Earthquake in Hokkaido

Toshiyuki Matsumori, director of the Japan Meteorological Agency's earthquake and tsunami observation division, speaks in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2019, after an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.8 hit the northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Telescope in Spain

Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2018 shows a newly inaugurated telescope at the Cherenkov Telescope Array, the next-generation observatory for high-energy gamma ray observation, on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drift ice observation carried out

Drift ice is observed from a Japan Coast Guard airplane on the Sea of Okhotsk off the northernmost main island Hokkaido on Jan. 7, 2017. The annual observation was carried out to prevent vessels from colliding with the ice. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drift ice observation carried out

An observer observes drift ice on the Sea of Okhotsk off Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido from a Japan Coast Guard airplane on Jan. 7, 2017. The annual observation was carried out to prevent vessels from colliding with the ice. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Leap year glitch affects weather forecast system

TOKYO, Japan - Erroneous data were discovered Feb. 29 at 43 of some 1,300 regional meteorological observation sites in Japan, the result of a computer glitch stemming from an irregular leap year that occurs once every 400 years. The photo shows a computer screen indicating precipitation in Shikoku based on data provided by the Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System (AMeDAS) of the Meteorological Agency. It indicates high levels of rainfall in various parts of the island when there is actually no rainfall.

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2 U.S. missile-tracking ships at naval base in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - The U.S. military has sent two missile-tracking ships to Japan amid reports that North Korea is planning to test-fire a ballistic missile. The 17,015-ton Observation Island (below) entered the U.S. naval base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 2, joining the much smaller 2,262-ton Invincible (above R) which has been at the base since July.