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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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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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Pam Sullivan, Dan Lindsey, Harry Cikanek, Joseph Pica, and Vanessa Griffin used a coordinated approach with innovative techniques to restore the satel
Satellite Snapshots
September 14, 2020 On the morning of September 14, 2020, NOAA’s GOES-East satellite spied six active tropical systems spanning the Atlantic and…
Satellite Snapshots
This Image of the Day shows before-and-after imagery from the Great Galveston hurricane of 1900.
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The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the first instrument for NOAA’s next polar-orbiting weather satellite, arrived at Northrop Grum
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Himawari-8 viewed Typhoon Maysak spinnig near the southern islands of Japan.
Satellite Snapshots
August 14, 2020 During the early morning hours of August 13, 2020, NOAA’s GOES-West satellite viewed the rapid growth of the Lake Hughes Fire in…