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Earth from Orbit
Earth from Orbit: Gravity Waves
NOAA satellites often see patterns of clouds called gravity waves, which appear as ripples.
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GOES West Views an Eruption on Sun’s Surface
NOAA’s GOES West saw a solar prominence , a type of eruption, take place on the Sun’s surface on March 30-31, 2021. This event was…
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Tracking Fires Over the Great Plains
NOAA’s GOES East satellite detected the heat from prescribed burns across Kansas and Oklahoma in this Fire…
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Earth from Orbit: Cargo Ship Backup Seen from Space
Imagery from the NOAA-20 satellite showed more than 400 cargo ships backed up in the Red Sea and Bitter Lake due to a ship blocking the Suez Canal.
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Barge Backup at the Suez Canal Seen from Space
The NOAA-20 satellite captured this view of a cargo ship traffic jam in the Red Sea near the entrance of the Suez Canal…
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Supercell Storms Produce Spate of Tornadoes
The timelapse seen above in our Image of the Day captures the supercell thunderstorms that swept over parts of the landscape of the…
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Earth from Orbit: Severe Storms Strike Southern U.S.
A severe weather outbreak swept across the Southern U.S. and produced damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes including EF2s in Mississippi and Alabama.
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NOAA Satellite GOES with the Floe
On March 9, 2021, GOES East used its Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) to focus in on sea ice (bluish-white swirls) flowing in the…
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