Editing NASA Earth Observatory (section)

{{short description|Online publication of NASA}}
[[File:Earth Observatory Logo mark.svg|thumb|200px|Logo of the NASA Earth Observatory]]
'''NASA Earth Observatory''' is an online publishing outlet for [[NASA]] which was created in 1999. It is the principal source of [[satellite imagery]] and other scientific information about the [[climate]] and the [[Environment (biophysical)|environment]] which are being provided by NASA for consumption by the general public. It is funded with public money, as authorized by the [[United States Congress]], and is part of the EOS Project Science Office located at [[Goddard Space Flight Center]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/about |publisher=The Earth Observatory |access-date=6 July 2021 |archive-date=7 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707220555/https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/about |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{As of|2006}}, NASA Earth Observatory has won the [[Webby Awards|Webby People's Voice Award in Education]] three times.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/539409/nasas_earth_observatory_wins_third_webby_award/index.html |title=NASA's Earth Observatory Wins Third Webby Award |access-date=2010-01-28 |archive-date=2011-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118134234/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/539409/nasas_earth_observatory_wins_third_webby_award/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> There were a series of publicized images issued by the website in 2008, including imagery of clouds streaming over the [[Caspian Sea]], dust storms curling off the coast of [[Morocco]], the crumbling of the [[Wilkins Ice Shelf]], [[Hurricane Bertha (2008)|Hurricane Bertha]], and others.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/23/nasa.space.images/index.html#cnnSTCText |title=NASA captures stunning pictures of Earth |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=2010-01-28 |archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221024744/http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/23/nasa.space.images/index.html#cnnSTCText |url-status=live }}</ref>