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
A wildfire burning on the Island of Gran Canaria in Spain’s Canary Islands is the worst in six… -
Satellite Snapshots
August 13, 2019 Throughout most of its history, the Amazon rainforest was relatively fire-resistant… -
Satellite Snapshots
A triangle of tropical storm systems in the Western Pacific Ocean was seen by Japan’s Himawari-8… -
Satellite Snapshots
Hazy smoke from agricultural fires in central to southern Africa can be clearly seen in this VIIRS… -
Satellite Snapshots
Tropical Storms Erick and Flossie, seen together in this July 28, 2019 view from the NOAA-20… -
Satellite Snapshots
This true-color composite image of smoke from Arctic wildfires spreading across Alaska and Canada… -
Satellite Snapshots
NOAA’s GOES West satellite zoomed in on two wildfires near Flagstaff, Ariz. on July 23, 2019. The… -
Satellite Snapshots
Clear skies over Australia on July 16, 2019, gave the NOAA-20 polar-orbiting satellite an…