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At Least Four Billion-Dollar Disasters Struck the U.S. in August
In August 2020, the contiguous U.S. saw at least four different billion-dollar disasters.
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NOAA-20 Shows Nighttime Lights and Hurricane Sally
Day/Night band imagery shows us nighttime views of clouds and lights. This image was captured by NOAA-20 on Sept. 15, 2020.
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Top 5 Times Solar Activity Affected Earth
Over the course of the Sun’s 11-year solar cycle, the star goes through a period of increased and decreased activity…
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What’s the Big Deal about Solar Cycles?
The Sun is Earth’s nearest star—a giant orb of hydrogen and helium about 93 million miles away. To many people, it looks…
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The Great Galveston Hurricane
This Image of the Day shows before-and-after imagery from the Great Galveston hurricane of 1900.
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Satellite Snapshots
The Great Galveston Hurricane
This Image of the Day shows before-and-after imagery from the Great Galveston hurricane of 1900.
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GOES Satellites “See” The World in a Kaleidoscope of Colors
GOES-East satellite watched Hurricane Laura this week, this is how the storm looked via the different spectral bands...
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JPSS Satellites Provide Unique Perspective of Hurricane Laura
Hurricane Laura made landfall Thursday morning, hammering the Louisiana and Texas coasts with 150 mile-per-hour winds
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