NOAA’s satellites monitor the Earth’s environment in real-time every day, capturing storms, floods, fires, lightning, and other major events that affect us and the world around us. This gallery features our most iconic images from weather events that significantly impacted our lives.
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Announcement
NOAA Announces Technology Studies to Inform Development of New Weather Instruments, Next-Gen Ground… -
Feature Story
The Storm of the Century: A Look Back from NOAA Satellites -
Feature Story
On the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, NOAA reviews satellite imagery of the storm. -
Feature Story
In 2021, Hurricane Ida became the most destructive storm of the busy Atlantic hurricane season—its… -
Satellite Snapshots
On Feb. 24, 2021, the GOES East satellite captured GeoColor imagery of grayish smoke plumes rising… -
Satellite Snapshots
The pastel imagery above is an Ash RGB product captured by Europe’s Meteosat-11 satellite on Feb.… -
Satellite Snapshots
GOES-East satellite captured this GeoColor and GLM lightning composite image loop of powerful… -
Satellite Snapshots
On Nov. 5, 2020, NOAA’s GOES-East satellite focused on a thick blanket of smoke billowing over…