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Hurricane Irma seen from the sky.
50 Years of Monitoring the Stormy Seas: Hurricane Tracking with NOAA’s GOES Satellites
For 50 years , NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) have kept a constant vigil over the Western Hemisphere.
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Trucks and buildings with brown flood waters around it.
Seeing Tomorrow’s Floods Today: The Role of NOAA Satellites in Inundation Mapping
River flooding poses a serious threat to communities across the United States, endangering roughly 41 million Americans and putting an estimated $5.5 trillion in assets at risk.
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The Saharan Air Layer: What Is It? Why Does NOAA Track It?
Understanding the dusty air mass that travels thousands of miles and influences storms.
Satellite Snapshots
Minnesota Fires
GOES East Tracks Wildfires in Minnesota
NOAA satellites have been monitoring several large wildfires in Minnesota.
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A VIIRS DNB grayscale image shows the aurora borealis stretching across the northern U.S. and Canada, with city lights visible across North America. NOAA and CIRA logos appear in the bottom right corner.
Auroras: Nature’s Light Show Captured From Low Earth Orbit
The JPSS VIIRS Day/Night Band, with its low-light sensitivity, captures auroras and shows how solar particles interact with Earth’s atmosphere.
Earth from Orbit
Earth seen from space.
Happy Earth Day from NOAA Satellites
NOAA satellites have been monitoring Earth’s weather and environment since 1970, which also happened to be the year the first official Earth Day took place!
Earth from Orbit
Earth seen from space.
Happy Earth Day from NOAA Satellites
NOAA satellites have been monitoring Earth’s weather and environment since 1970, which also happened to be the year the first official Earth Day took place!
Satellite Snapshots
Sediment runoff on the Mississippi River delta
NOAA Satellites Capture Heavy Sediment Runoff Due to Mississippi River Flooding
NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellites captured striking imagery of sediment runoff due to flooding in the Mississippi River delta from April 8–13, 2025.