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

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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GOES West Watches Aleutian Low

GOES West is watching an impressive low-pressure system of the coast of the Aleutian Islands that…
March 22, 2019
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GOES East Captures View of Vernal Equinox

There are two times each year, in March and September, when the amount of daylight and darkness is…
March 20, 2019
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Tropical Cyclone Intensifies in the Coral Sea

The Suomi NPP satellite watched Tropical Cyclone Trevor as it intensified over the Coral Sea on…
March 18, 2019