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
The ocean floor is largely unexplored - ship based measurements, such as sonar, have mapped a small… -
Satellite Snapshots
NOAA's satellites have detected a plume of dust moving off the coast of Africa. Though quite… -
Satellite Snapshots
This data visualization shows the maximum wind gusts of Hurricane Irma. -
Satellite Snapshots
The Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument captured this image of burn scars from the massive… -
Satellite Snapshots
The official start of astronomical winter, the winter solstice, occurred at 11:28 a.m. Eastern Time… -
Satellite Snapshots
El Nino is part of a global climate cycle that typically occurs every 2 to 5 years, and is… -
Satellite Snapshots
The NOAA-20 polar-orbiting satellite's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sent… -
Satellite Snapshots
Twenty-five days after JPSS-1 (NOAA-20) was launched into Earth orbit, the satellite sent back its…