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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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NOAA’s GOES-T Completes Critical Testing in Preparation for December 2021 Launch
NOAA’s GOES-T satellite recently completed rigorous testing to ensure it can withstand the harsh conditions of launch and orbiting in space.
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Nighttime Begins at the South Pole: No Sunrise for the Next Six Months
Tomorrow, March 20, researchers at the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica will watch the sun set for the…
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Earth from Orbit
Earth from Orbit: Late-Season Snowstorm Breaks Records
Satellite imagery shows a late-season snowstorm that dropped record-breaking amounts of snowfall in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Denver, Colorado.
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Recent Ohio River Flooding Detected by Satellites
On March 6, the River Flood product showed flooding along the Ohio River on the Kentucky/Illinois/Indiana border.
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Remembering 2011’s Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
Ten years ago today, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Honshu on the Japan Trench, a…
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Satellite Snapshots
Remembering 2011’s Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
Ten years ago today, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan. The activity generated a devastating tsunami, which…
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Earth from Orbit
Earth from Orbit: Tracking Fires from Space
NOAA satellites monitored numerous fires over the Southern Plains, the majority of which were likely prescribed burns.
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