Earth from Orbit
NOAA satellites monitored a large plume of dust from the Sahara Desert as it traveled off the west coast of North Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean.
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On Feb. 19, 2021, GOES East zoomed in on the Great Lakes, capturing beautiful imagery of ice drifting across the southern tip of Lake Michigan.
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Following a historic winter storm across the central/southern U.S. this week, the NOAA-20 satellite caught the resulting power outages in Texas.
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NOAA’s GOES East satellite captured dust from the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) as it wafted its way over the Atlantic Ocean and Canary…
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NOAA-20 catches orange skies and dusty ski slopes plagued Europe during the first weekend of February
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As a dip in the polar vortex continues to bring bitter temperatures to North America, the air over the northern reaches of the continent was so frigid on the morning of Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, that the GOES East satellite perceived the cold air along…
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False color satellite imagery shows wave clouds and red snow on the ground.
Satellite Snapshots
GOES East zoomed in on two low pressure systems swirling over the North Atlantic while cloud streets streamed off the North American coast.