Satellite Snapshots

Our dynamic planet changes constantly.

This compendium of recent featured views showcases the most significant weather and environmental events from around the world.

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Satellite Snapshots

GOES East Catches Glimpse of SpaceX Launch

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful operational rocket, launched the communications…
April 12, 2019
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Powerful Winter Storm Takes Aim at Plains and Upper Midwest

A powerful late-season winter storm is set to unleash heavy snow and high winds across parts of the…
April 10, 2019
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Tropical Cyclone Wallace Fights Losing Battle with Wind Shear

Imagery from NOAA-20 shows a weakening Tropical Cyclone Wallace off the coast of Western Australia.
April 9, 2019
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Thunderstorms Stretch Across Much of the Southern U.S.

Gulf Coast thunderstorms bubble up above a blanket of clouds in this GOES East view from April 5,…
April 5, 2019
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Nevada’s Massacre Rim Wilderness Study Area Named Dark Sky Sanctuary

This image from NOAA-20’s VIIRS day-night band shows Nevada’s Massacre Rim Wilderness Study Area on…
April 4, 2019
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Bering Sea Appears Largely Ice-Free from NOAA-20

Side-by-side images of the Bering Sea taken by Suomi NPP in 2014 and NOAA-20 in 2019 show a drastic…
April 1, 2019
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Widespread Flooding Remains Evident in Mozambique After Idai

Exactly two weeks after Tropical Cyclone Idai barrelled through Mozambique’s coastal city of Beira…
March 28, 2019
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Rare Tropical Storm Forms in the South Atlantic

GOES East is watching Tropical Storm Iba, a rare storm that formed in the South Atlantic off the…
March 25, 2019

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