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
GOES East imagery shows five active named storms across the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins. -
Satellite Snapshots
A large low-pressure system over the northern Pacific is making its way to the West Coast in this… -
Satellite Snapshots
Hundreds of firefighters across New South Wales and Queensland, Australia are battling more than… -
Satellite Snapshots
A powerful typhoon made landfall east of Tokyo, Japan, in the Chiba prefecture around 5 a.m. local… -
Satellite Snapshots
Hurricane Dorian made landfall over Cape Hatteras, N.C., at 8:35 a.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 6, 2019,… -
Satellite Snapshots
While Hurricane Dorian lashed the Bahamas throughout Labor Day weekend, two other storms were… -
Satellite Snapshots
Catastrophic Hurricane Dorian slowed to a crawl over Grand Bahama Island overnight and into Labor… -
Satellite Snapshots
Although we’re inching closer to the peak of hurricane season — which typically occurs in early…