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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Satellite Snapshots
Fast-moving fires ignited this week in parts of Ventura, Oxnard, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles,… -
Satellite Snapshots
Suomi NPP satellite captured the fast moving active fires in Ventura County, California. -
Satellite Snapshots
VIIRS instrument aboard NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP Satellite captured this image of Super Typhoon Lan. -
Satellite Snapshots
Imagery from before and after severe fires in California show the locations of burn scars. -
Satellite Snapshots
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite instrument aboard the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite… -
Satellite Snapshots
This false-color image (captured on Oct. 9th) was created by combining three of the Suomi NPP… -
Satellite Snapshots
Data from the VIIRS instrument aboard NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite from October 9, 2017 shows the… -
Satellite Snapshots
This GOES-16 geocolor image shows Hurricane Lee in the open Atlantic Ocean.