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
Early in the morning on October 25, 2012, the Suomi NPP satellite passed over Hurricane Sandy after… -
Satellite Snapshots
Hurricane Sandy has cleared western Cuba and is headed towards the Bahamas. Forecast models show… -
Satellite Snapshots
Hurricane Isabel just after it made landfall near Drum Inlet, North Carolina as shown in this image… -
Satellite Snapshots
Hurricane Wilma had the lowest central pressure of any tropical cyclone ever recorded in the… -
Satellite Snapshots
Hurricane Rita was the 4th most intense Atlantic hurricane and most intense in the Gulf of Mexico -
Satellite Snapshots
Hurricane Katrina image taken by GOES East at 2115Z on August 28, 2005, with a view extending from… -
Satellite Snapshots
Hurricane Floyd was the first major storm visualized by NOAA's Environmental Visualization… -
Satellite Snapshots
Hurricane Andrew's Category 5 impact to the U.S. joins ranks with the 1935 Labor Day storm and…