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Haboob Tube: GOES-West Watched Intense Dust Storm Sweep across Nevada
On June 28–29, 2020, NOAA’s GOES-West satellite watched a particularly intense dust cloud race across Nevada’s Mojave desert.
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NOAA Satellite Tracking Dust and Sand Being Blown from Sahara Desert
GOES-East satellite captured this GeoColor imagery of an expansive plume of dust from the Sahara Desert traveling westward.
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GOES-East Zooms in on Wildfires in the West
GOES-East satellite focused its Advanced Baseline Imager on wildfires in the four corners region of the western United States.
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Storm System Kicks Up Dust and Sand from Gobi Desert
Himawari-8 watched a swirling low pressure storm system kick up dust and sand from the Gobi Desert into China.
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NOAA’s Newest Polar-Orbiting Satellite Celebrates a Milestone
Two years ago today, NOAA announced that its JPSS satellite, NOAA-20, was fully operational.
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Fires Ignite Near Oil Tank Facility On Lake Maracaibo
On the morning of Saturday, April 25, 2020, the GOES-East satellite spied dark, dense smoke billowing from the city of Bachaquero,…
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Suomi-NPP Spies Grass Fires in Kansas
The Suomi-NPP satellite captured imagery of fires dotting Kansas as it passed overhead.
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GOES-East Sees Smoke Plumes from Fires in Argentina and Paraguay
On March 24, 2020, NOAA’s GOES-East satellite zoomed in on wispy smoke plumes from fires burning in Argentina and Paraguay. These vast…
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