#GOESEast captured these two dramatic views of #HurricaneFlorence shortly after the storm made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, NC this morning. Latest updates: go.usa.gov/xPYSG
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Watch as the eye of #HurricaneDorian2019 begins to form in this 1-minute visible loop from NOAA's #GOESEast. "Dangerous Hurricane #Dorian poses a significant threat to #Florida and the northwestern #Bahamas," according to the . Latest: go.usa.gov/xVB3K
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Happy #WinterSolstice!
To celebrate, we collected an image per day over the last year from #GOESEast, taken at 1200 UTC, and looped them together. You can really see how the seasons change from #equinox to #solstice due to the #Earth's 23.5° tilt.
Watch the moon's shadow move across the US in this geocolor loop from #GOES16! See more #SolarEclipse imagery @ goo.gl/vgGLMF
Today's total #SolarEclipse was the only total solar #eclipse of the year. Although it was mainly visible from Earth in parts of South America, #GOESEast had a perfect view of the moon's shadow moving across the Earth.
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Get a good look at Hurricane #Irma's eye with this visible imagery from #GOES16! For the latest info on Irma, go to nhc.noaa.gov
EYE OF A MONSTER: 's #GOESEast 🛰️ gives an up-close look at the lightning swirling around the eye of #HurricaneIda, a dangerous Cat. 4 #hurricane, nearing the coast of southeastern #Louisiana.
Please stay safe!
More: noaa.gov/ida
#LAwx #MSwx #idahurricane #ida
For this #WednesdayMorning, take a look at #HurricaneLaura with 's #GOESEast satellite as the hurricane's convection bursts with lightning. As of 8 a.m. EDT, #Laura had winds of 115 mph and was rapidly intensifying in the Gulf of Mexico.
Latest: nhc.noaa.gov
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The #GOESEast satellite captured this close-up of the menacing eye of Category 4 #HurricaneFlorence this afternoon as the storm continues its trek toward the East Coast. Latest: go.usa.gov/xPrDD
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This #FullDiskFriday, the #GOESWest satellite is continuing to watch the sobering amount of smoke from wildfires spreading across the #WestCoast of the U.S. says there are 102 large wildfires and so far, more than 4 million acres have burned.
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#GOESEast captured this incredible view of the inside of #Hurricane #Ian's eye as the storm approached Florida.
Latest: noaa.gov/ian
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Like the famous "Earthrise" photo taken from the #moon, this image, captured by 's #GOESWest 🛰️on March 6, 2020, shows the moon rising over the Earth. Can you see it?
We hope you feel as lucky as we do to see this beautiful image on #FullDiskFriday and #FlashbackFriday!
Satellite night images of #PuertoRico. #HurricaneMaria knocked out power grid, millions without electricity. More @ goo.gl/CiuhJ1
Happy #FirstDayofFall! The autumnal #equinox is at 9:54 pm EDT today. Day and night are nearly equal everywhere on Earth, as seen from 's #GOESEast satellite.
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As #HurricaneDorian approached the #AbacoIslands, NOAA's #GOESEast zoomed in on the powerful storm's eye. The Cat. 5 storm's "maximum winds have increased to near 175 mph with gusts over 200 mph," according to . Follow the storm: go.usa.gov/xVKYh
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As you end your 13 year tour of the Saturn system #Cassini we are cheering you on. Thanks for images like this goo.gl/pc89SD
Congrats #GOES17! It's been a long road, but we are excited to announce that GOES-17 is now operational as ’s #GOESWest satellite! Here's why weather forecasts for the West Coast, Alaska, Hawaii and the Pacific are about to get even better: go.usa.gov/xEnSG
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HAPPY LAUNCH DAY!!! NOAA #GOESS (#GOES17) is a GO for launch, the countdown begins in just a few hours! The Atlas V rocket carrying the mission was rolled to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex-41. Photo Learn more: goo.gl/BHq4bu
These side-by-side infrared images from satellites show the two devastating landfalls of Hurricanes #Katrina and #Ida, which occurred #OnThisDay, exactly 16 years apart.
*Note: Images are not on the same spatial scale.
This morning's #GOESEast view of the powerful #BombCyclone as it batters the East Coast with heavy snow and strong winds. #noreaster #blizzard2018. More satellite imagery: goo.gl/eEwncX
#Florence is now a powerful Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. #GOESEast captured this close-up of the storm's eye as it continues tracking toward the southeastern U.S. Latest: go.usa.gov/xPCmm
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After conducting a post-storm analysis, determined that Hurricane #Michael's estimated intensity at landfall was 160 mph, making it only the fourth Cat. 5 hurricane on record to make landfall in the U.S. More: go.usa.gov/xmDzG
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#GOESEast recorded the #eruption of #Mexico's #Popocatépetl #volcano this morning (which spewed an #AshCloud ~20,000 feet into the air) via its #GeoColor band. It also detected #SulfurDioxide in the #plume, as shown in the second SO2 composite.
More: go.usa.gov/xpScB
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Watch #Irma dissipate in this 72-hour water vapor imagery from NOAA's GOES satellites! See more loops @ goo.gl/eEwncX
GOES-16 has sent its 1st full disk image of the W. Hemisphere! Learn more about this amazing image & satellite at goo.gl/7WvOON
NEW! 's #GOES17 satellite sent us its very first images of Alaska, Hawaii and the Pacific! Now that GOES-17 has reached its new orbital home at 137.2°W, we can see the Last Frontier and Aloha State like never before! See more GOES-17 images here: go.usa.gov/xPGNC
Here is the current view of #HurricaneIda churning over the Gulf of Mexico, courtesy of the #GOESEast 🛰️.
Get the latest on #Ida:
noaa.gov/ida
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Watch the shadow of the moon darken the West Coast in this 1st #GOES16 #Eclipse2017 loop! See the latest imagery @ goo.gl/vgGLMF
#HurricaneMichael intensified as the storm made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, at around 1:30 p.m. ET. 's #GOESEast satellite captured this view of the Cat. 4 hurricane moving ashore. Latest updates from : hurricanes.gov/#michael
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This #FullDiskFriday, #GOESEast is continuing to see dust from the #Sahara desert blowing westward over the Atlantic Ocean as well as large amounts of smoke from fires in the #Amazon rainforest.
More imagery: go.usa.gov/xVCPB
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Today the #VernalEquinox will occur at 5:24 p.m. EDT in the Northern Hemisphere, marking the start of #AstronomicalSpring!
This animation shows the angle of the sun changing from last year's vernal equinox through today due to the Earth's tilt.
On Sept. 8, 2020, the #GOESWest 🛰️ focused in on the #OregonFires and #CaliforniaFires. We can not only see all the smoke they produce, but by combining Fire Temperature RGB with this GeoColor imagery, we can see the reddish glow of the hot spots where they originate.
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.'s #GOESEast 🛰️ is tracking the extremely dangerous Cat. 4 #HurricaneIda, expected to bring a life-threatening storm surge and #hurricane-force winds to the coast of southeastern #Louisiana today.
Updates: noaa.gov/ida
#LAwx #MSwx #Ida #IdaHurricane
Today is the last day of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season! Here's a 1-minute recap of this season's storms as seen from 's #GOESEast satellite: go.usa.gov/xPMjQ
Follow the moon's shadow across the Northern Hemisphere in this loop from #GOES16! See more #SolarEclipse imagery @ goo.gl/vgGLMF
We’ve just received confirmation that #GOEST has executed its final engine burn, and has reached geostationary orbit 22,236 miles above Earth!
It has now been renamed GOES-18! 🎉🛰🌎
Learn more about this milestone in this week’s #EarthFromOrbit: go.usa.gov/xznDH
#GOES16 captured this infrared/lightning mapper imagery during #Harvey on 8/25-26. Learn more about the GLM @ goo.gl/MkesoS
Here's some #MondayMotivation for you this morning—another view of yesterday's annular #SolarEclipse courtesy of #Meteosat8, operated by our partners . This type of #eclipse occurs when the moon passes in front of the sun, but doesn't completely cover it.
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3rd time was a charm! A great day for #JPSS1. Keep watching live coverage; we've got a few milestones to go.
Hurricane #Florence looks enormous, even from space. Here are three dramatic views of the storm approaching the East Coast, seen from the #GOESEast satellite this morning. Latest updates: go.usa.gov/xPr6g #HurricaneFlorence
#GOES16 captured this visible imagery of Hurricane #Irma's eye earlier today. For the latest on Irma, go to nhc.noaa.gov.
Another major wave of Saharan dust crosses the Atlantic, captured here by #GOESEast yesterday. Winds are also pushing significant amounts of this dust to #Spain and #Portugal already experiencing an intense heat wave. Track it here: goo.gl/G74rVB
The mega eye of #typhoon #Soulik, seen up close from the #Himawari-8 satellite. The Cat. 3 storm is expected to hit southern #Japan and the Korean Peninsula by mid-week. See more: goo.gl/G74rVB
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The second Geostationary Lightning Mapper to ever reach orbit has shared its first images. This initial imagery from NOAA’s recently launched #GOES17 satellite captures a line of severe storms over the Plains. See the full video: go.usa.gov/xQEQb
#GOESR has successfully separated from the upper stage and is now flying free for the first time!
Tonight's #supermoon will be the biggest #FullMoon of 2020.
Though not quite the same perspective, this image from the / #DSCOVR satellite shows the full far side of the #moon as it passed in front of the #Earth on July 5, 2016.
Learn more: go.usa.gov/xvb9Y
The sun set on #HurricaneDorian as it battered the #Abaco and #GrandBahama islands with wind gusts of more than 220 mph today. NOAA's #GOESEast continues to keep watch over the slowing catastrophic Cat. 5 storm. Latest updates: hurricanes.gov
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Happy Spring #Equinox and happy #firstdayofspring! Today the length of night and day are nearly equal. The days will now become longer at the higher latitudes because it takes the sun longer to rise and set. More satellite imagery: goo.gl/eEwncX
.’s #GOESEast satellite captured this extraordinary imagery of #Hurricane #Ian making landfall near Cayo Costa, Florida this afternoon.
Latest: NOAA.gov/Ian
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305 PM EDT 28 Sep -- Hurricane #Ian has made landfall as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane near Cayo Costa, Florida with maximum sustained winds at 150 mph. The minimum pressure from Air Force Reconnaissance Hurricane Hunters was 940 mb.
Latest: hurricanes.gov/#Ian
See the lightning in Hurricane #Irma in this 3-day #GOES16 lightning mapper imagery. See more Irma loops @ goo.gl/vgGLMF
There was #lightning before the #thunder
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#GOESEast captured the amazing amount of lightning and #thundersnow in this week's severe storm. More imagery: goo.gl/t1PUdm
This incredible loop from #GOESEast shows Hurricane #Florence churning in the Atlantic. The storm is strengthening rapidly and is expected to become a major hurricane very soon. Latest: go.usa.gov/xPx5F
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#GOESR is now GOES-16! The satellite reached geostationary orbit yesterday, November 29, 2016. Read more about it at go.usa.gov/x8nyE
Wondering about the shape of the #blizzard? The powerful midlatitude #BombCyclone has several meso-vortices spinning within its center, #GOESEast ABI captured these images of the storm every minute today. #snowday See more #cool GOES imagery here: goo.gl/eEwncX
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Watch tonight's sunset over #HurricaneFlorence, captured by the #GOESEast satellite, as the storm draws closer to the East Coast. Latest real-time imagery: go.usa.gov/xPrXW
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Wow! #GOES16 captured this imagery of the weekend's powerful storms in the southern Plains & MS Valley. More loops @ goo.gl/faexRt
Happy #SeaTurtleWeek!
#DidYouKnow that by mapping the migration routes of tagged #loggerhead #SeaTurtles, we can see that they base their course on a specific chlorophyll and temperature gradient? In other words, they prefer more temperate oceans—not to hot and not too cold.
How do scientists "see" the #PolarVortex? It's done using data from several different polar-orbiting 🛰️, including #NOAA19.
Learn more about the wobbly blob that is the #ImageoftheDay, which shows the vortex from early December to mid-January: go.usa.gov/xAfP3
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#DSCOVR: We had an on time liftoff and all mission events have occurred on time. Now in 22 min coast phase
#GOESEast captured a Fujiwhara Effect off the coast of Chile. This phenomenon occurs when cyclonic vortices revolve around each other to close the distance between circulations of their low-pressure areas. More: go.usa.gov/xmFks
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The view of Earth on the day the world lost #StephenHawking, a man who inspired us to reach for the stars. NOAA #GOESEast Full Disk GeoColor satellite imagery, March 14, 2018.
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We are back up and running this morning! Thank you for your patience. Please visit us at nesdis.noaa.gov
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#GOESEast captured the full path of the #BombCyclone exhibiting a rare and extremely rapid rate of intensification on the East Coast with some of the coldest wind chills of the season and near zero visibility in the snow bands . #Blizzard2018 More: goo.gl/eEwncX
Get a close look at #Maria's eye with this visible imagery from NOAA's #GOES16! See more images of Maria at goo.gl/vgGLMF.
#GOESEast got a closer look at the #bombogenesis developing over the Central U.S. during this morning's sunrise. A bombogenesis occurs when a mid-latitude cyclone rapidly (or explosively) intensifies over a 24-hour period. Find out more: go.usa.gov/xEswp
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A rolling dry line in Texas produced severe thunderstorms on May 3, 2021. Common in the spring and summer, dry lines serve as a boundary between moist and dry air.
Find out more about how they form and why in #EarthFromOrbit: go.usa.gov/xHvtt
#DSCOVR: Here's a beautiful picture of DSCOVR taking its ride into space after the 6:03pm EST on-time launch.
The view from #GOESEast shows #Florence still hasn't moved much as the storm slowly slogs inland. Parts of North Carolina have already picked up 20-30 inches of rain, with more on the way. More info: go.usa.gov/xPgyb #TropicalStormFlorence
NOAA's #GOESEast spotted lightning in the eye of #HurricaneDorian this morning. The now catastrophic Cat. 5 storm is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge and very heavy rainfall to the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama through Monday. More: go.usa.gov/xVKrj
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#GOESEast's Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) captured this view of severe weather associated with the #bombogenesis moving into the Lower Mississippi Valley and the Tennessee and Ohio valleys on Thursday. More imagery: go.usa.gov/xEHzE
Here we have a lot of data. We don’t like to brag...but we have BIG data, ocean data, petabytes of satellite data, we could go on. And we will, HAPPY #DATAPALOOZA DAY!!!!
Do you have cool data too? Celebrate all the data available to science today with the #DATAPALOOZA!
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In 5 days…Coming to an orbit 22,240 miles from you… #GOESR: ’s next gen. weather satellite! go.usa.gov/xKeQe #Countdowntolaunch
A rare clear image of #Florida today almost completely cloud free from a cooler dryer air mass #WeatherIsCool #StrangerThursdays
#OnThisDay in 2015, ’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) onboard 's Deep Space Climate Observatory (#DSCOVR) captured this view of the "dark side" of the #moon as it moved in front of Earth. DSCOVR also provides scientists with critical #SpaceWeather data.
It's a good GOES morning! #GOES16 has a new view of #Earth, here is our first sunrise imagery from the satellite's operational GOES East position.
See more amazing satellite imagery: goo.gl/eEwncX
This #GOES16 visible/infrared loop shows #Harvey's outer rainbands reaching the #Texas coast. Latest information @ nhc.noaa.gov
#GOES16 time lapse of the 2017 Atlantic #hurricane season so far, one of the most active on record. More imagery @ goo.gl/5Fmufd
Take a look at all that lightning! The Geostationary Lightning Mapper aboard NOAA's #GOESEast captured this view of all the lightning associated with #HurricaneDorian2019 in the morning hours of Aug. 30, 2019. Follow the storm's path here: go.usa.gov/xVZu9
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Watch this supercell bubble up over the #Texas Panhandle last night - seen from #GOESEast. Latest real-time satellite imagery: goo.gl/G74rVB #thunderstorms
#Jason3 launching Sunday!!! joins Jason2 in a continuing 20-year legacy of measuring sea level rise.
Report finds that 2016’s record-setting global average temperature and multiple #ExtremeEvents occurred due to continued long-term #climatechange. See more: bit.ly/EEE2016
The Suomi NPP satellite caught this view of South Korea one day before the #OpeningCeremony of #WinterOlympics2018. You won't see much natural snow in #PyeongChang but at least it's been cold. See more imagery: goo.gl/UxYvuR
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Imagery from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper aboard #GOES16 is here & its spectacular! Learn more about the GLM @ goo.gl/8XTz00
The 2nd stage engine has cut off #Jason3 is now coasting in an intermediate orbit until 2nd stage re-start in ~46min
The sun is rising over the eye of #HurricaneMichael, as seen by #GOESEast. The warns that some additional strengthening is possible before the Cat. 4 storm makes landfall. Follow Michael on our Atlantic hurricane tracker: go.usa.gov/xP9R6
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The #Himawari satellite captured powerful Category 4 #Hurricane #Lane early this morning tracking toward the #Hawaiian Islands. The slow movement of the storm increases the threat for prolonged heavy rainfall. More imagery: go.usa.gov/xUuT7
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Weather is WEIRD. High speed cameras caught this UPWARD striking #lightning in Johannesburg. See what other weird weather phenomena NOAA satellites have witnessed here: goo.gl/WdC4eh
#GOESEast's Geostationary Lightning Mapper has captured the first images from space of 'GIGANTIC JET' #lightning - electrical discharges from a thunderstorm that come out the TOP of the storm and reach as high as the ionosphere (50 miles up)! Learn more: goo.gl/b1ChMA
Yesterday's successful launch of #GOESS was picture-perfect. Check out these magnificent photos of #liftoff from our partners . GOES-S will become #GOES17 when the satellite reaches its final geostationary orbit in about 2 weeks. Learn more: goo.gl/Kf3GCg
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Hurricane #Harvey moves toward #Texas in this #GOES16 geocolor animation captured this afternoon. Forecast info @ goo.gl/wMqUBk
Today, #autumn officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere at 3:21 pm ET! 🥳🎉
To celebrate, here is a a time-lapsed loop from the #GOESEast 🛰️ showing the change in the angle of the sun from the 2021 spring equinox to the #AutumnEquinox.
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