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
One orbit, or about 90 minutes, after passing over Hurricane Isaac in the Gulf of Mexico on August… -
Satellite Snapshots
As cargo ships steam across the oceans, the tiny aerosol particles in their exhaust act as cloud… -
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Plumes of moisture stream across the entire Pacific basin and head toward the U.S. coastline. Over… -
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The World Health Organization estimates that a child dies every minute due to malaria. As the Horn… -
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Four days before Hurricane Irene struck eastern North Carolina and tracked northward, NOAA's… -
Satellite Snapshots
The city of Joplin, MO is reeling today after a powerful tornado spun through a densely populated… -
Satellite Snapshots
As of April 29, 2011, the National Weather Service lists 369 locations around in the country as… -
Satellite Snapshots
Early in the evening of April 27, 2011, The GOES East satellite took this picture, mid-way through…