The future of weather monitoring and forecasting just got more colorful and a whole lot clearer.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Remote Sensing
When the GOES-East weather satellite went dark in September 2012, a back-up satellite orbiting nearby sprang into action.
Image of the Day Atmosphere
A satellite in a geostationary orbit is in a “sweet spot” in which it orbits at the same speed that Earth rotates.
Image of the Day Remote Sensing
The first full-disk thermal image from the newest NASA/NOAA weather satellite shows the remnants of Tropical Storm Claudette and Tropical Depression Ana, as well as Hurricane Bill on August 17, 2009.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Severe Storms
This photo shows the GOES-P satellite launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 4, 2010.
Coastal fog snakes its way into the channel between Washington state and Vancouver Island.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land
Super rapid scan images of Hurricane Isaac taken from geostationary orbit reveal the movement of clouds at different altitudes.
Severe Storms
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Water
The Steinhatchee fire in northern Florida had burned more than 54,000 acres by the end of Thursday, May 24, 2001.