Wildfire on Vancouver Island Continues to Grow - Canada

Wildfire on Vancouver Island Continues to Grow - Canada

A road crew member watches a helicopter flyby to scoop up water to battle the Wesley Ridge wildfire at Cameron Lake off Highway 4 near Coombs, B.C., on Sunday, August 3, 2025. Photo by Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

UK: Red Arrows’ Flypast Colors London Skies for 80th Anniversary of VE Day

The Red Arrows' trademark red, blue and white smoke colored the London skies around Buckingham Palace on Monday, May 5, as part of a spectacular flypast organized by the Ministry of Defence to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.

NASA’s Juno Mission Captures Lightning On Jupiter

NASA’s Juno Mission Captures Lightning On Jupiter

Handout - An incredible picture shows lightning on Jupiter. In a vortex near the planet’s north pole, NASA’s Juno space probe mission observed the glow from a bolt of lightning. NASA explain: "On Earth, lightning bolts originate from water clouds, and happen most frequently near the equator, while on Jupiter lightning likely also occurs in clouds containing an ammonia-water solution, and can be seen most often near the poles. In the coming months, Juno’s orbits will repeatedly take it close to Jupiter as the spacecraft passes over the giant planet’s night side, which will provide even more opportunities for Juno’s suite of science instruments to catch lightning in the act." Juno captured the view as it completed its 31st close flyby of Jupiter on Dec. 30, 2020. In this newly released picture, Kevin M. Gill, a software engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has processed raw data from the JunoCam instrument aboard the spacecraft. At the time the raw image was taken, Juno was about 19,900 miles (32,000 k

NASA’s Juno Mission Captures Lightning On Jupiter

NASA’s Juno Mission Captures Lightning On Jupiter

Handout - An incredible picture shows lightning on Jupiter. In a vortex near the planet’s north pole, NASA’s Juno space probe mission observed the glow from a bolt of lightning. NASA explain: "On Earth, lightning bolts originate from water clouds, and happen most frequently near the equator, while on Jupiter lightning likely also occurs in clouds containing an ammonia-water solution, and can be seen most often near the poles. In the coming months, Juno’s orbits will repeatedly take it close to Jupiter as the spacecraft passes over the giant planet’s night side, which will provide even more opportunities for Juno’s suite of science instruments to catch lightning in the act." Juno captured the view as it completed its 31st close flyby of Jupiter on Dec. 30, 2020. In this newly released picture, Kevin M. Gill, a software engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has processed raw data from the JunoCam instrument aboard the spacecraft. At the time the raw image was taken, Juno was about 19,900 miles (32,000 k

NASA's Orion spacecraft completes closest flyby of Moon

STORY: NASA's Orion spacecraft completes closest flyby of Moon DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Earth-set captured as NASA's Orion spacecraft preparing for the outbound powered flyby maneuver 2. various of Earth-rise captured after NASA's Orion spacecraft executing the outbound powered flyby maneuver 3. various of the launch of NASA's Artemis I moon mission STORYLINE: NASA's Orion spacecraft completed its closest flyby of the Moon Monday morning. Before the flyby, the mission team conducted an outbound powered flyby burn at 7:44 a.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time, increasing speed of the spacecraft at a rate of more than 580 miles per hour (mph) (928 kilometers per hour), according to NASA. At the time of the flyby, Orion was 81 miles (130 kilometers) above the lunar surface, traveling at 5,102 mph (8,163 kph). It was more than 230,000 miles (368,000 kilometers) from Earth during the flyby. The outbound powered flyby bu

Israel holds event to boost public awareness of accessibility for disabled

STORY: Israel holds event to boost public awareness of accessibility for disabled DATELINE: May 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tel Aviv Port 2. various of teenagers playing wheelchair tennis 3. various of teenagers playing golfball 4. various of teenagers playing wheelchair basketball 5. various of Tel Aviv Port STORYLINE: Hundreds of students from 18 schools across Israel and over 2,000 citizens gathered Friday at Tel Aviv Port to take part in an annual event aiming at boosting people's awareness of accessibility for disabled people. The event is hosted by Access Israel, a non-profit organization, with support from the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sports. This year, the event includes a combination of Paralympic sports, such as wheelchair basketball and sitting volleyball, as well as fun activities. The carnival was climaxed with a flyby of planes piloted by the disabled along the shore, and a ceremony honoring Israeli Paralympians, highlighti

Israel celebrates 74th Independence Day

STORY: Israel celebrates 74th Independence Day DATELINE: May 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of decorations of Israeli flag 2. various of flyby 3. various of people watching the flyby 4. various of flyby 5. various of people watching the flyby STORYLINE: Israelis joined a slew of national celebrations to mark the country's 74th Independence Day. This year's Independent Day began on Wednesday evening and will last till Thursday evening. A ceremony was held at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, Israel's national cemetery, on Wednesday evening, during which, Mickey Levy, the country's parliament speaker, delivered a keynote speech and called for national unity. "I believe that we can succeed every day to choose to see the good in each other... to choose togetherness over divisions, to coexist," he said. On Thursday morning, official celebrations started at President Isaac Herzog's official residence in Jerusalem, with the delivery of citations for the

NASA joyous over signal sent from New Horizons to Earth

NASA joyous over signal sent from New Horizons to Earth

NASA's mission control center in Laurel, Maryland, celebrates on July 14, 2015, after receiving a signal confirming the New Horizons spacecraft's successful flyby of Pluto and scientific task performance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Historic flyby by NASA spacecraft

Historic flyby by NASA spacecraft

NASA officials celebrate at a Johns Hopkins University laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, on Jan. 1, 2019, after its New Horizons spacecraft made history by passing by what is known as Ultima Thule, a 30 kilometer-wide object located at the edge of the solar system -- 6.5 billion km from the earth -- marking the farthest ever exploration of a body in outer space. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo