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Alejandro Egido wins the 2019 NOAA David Johnson Award
The prestigious and highly competitive Dave Johnson award recognizes innovation and achievement of young professionals in the use of satellite data fo
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Australian Wildfires Continue to Burn Amid Heat Wave
As massive wildfires continue to rage in the southeastern states of Australia, a dangerous heat wave is also moving across the…
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Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes Sweep Across Northern and Central Louisiana
On Dec. 16, 2019, GOES East spotted severe thunderstorms that reportedly produced a tornado near the city of Alexandria, Louisiana…
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This Day in History: Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 1631
Although Mt. Vesuvius's famous eruption that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum occurred in 79 AD, the mountain has had a long history of eruptions.
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NOAA-20 Captures a Sparkly Night View
As the NOAA-20 satellite passed over the eastern United States on the night of the last full moon of the year, the sky was mostly…
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Trade Winds and Low Pressure System from Middle East and Northern Africa Causes Rain for Sunny Cyprus
On Dec. 11, 2019, NOAA-20 captured this image of an unusual westerly trade wind flow in Northern Africa — this pattern was caused…
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Severe Winter Storm Wreaks Havoc Across Iceland
Iceland’s worst winter storm of the year hit the country yesterday, Dec. 10, 2019, and is continuing to bring extremely windy…
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Happy Third Launch-iversary, GOES-R!
November 19, 2019 It seems like just yesterday you hurtled into space aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Once you entered…
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