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Slideshow: 50 satellite views from 50 years of NOAA

December 29, 2020

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NOAA 50th Anniversary

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These three images from NOAA's GOES East (GOES-16) satellite show us what Earth looks like from space near the solstice. The images were captured about 24 hours before the 2018 solstice, at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 20, 2018.

See: Satellite detects changes in nighttime lights in NYC Metro area

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Earth observations

Tapping into data from the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite’s Day/Night Band, NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) colleagues at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, and the Colorado School of Mines examined the difference in illumination of urban and suburban lights between February and March, 2020. By doing so, the scientists were able to detect areas of dimming (blue), and in some cases brightening (red), of nighttime lights from the Mid-Atlantic to New England.

Still inspiring after 50 years: Images of our planet on Earth Day, then and now

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In celebration of Earth Day 2020, let’s take a look at just how far geostationary satellite technology has come by looking at full-disk imagery taken every 10 years since the first Earth Day in 1970. Many of these images may look very similar in these large-scale views, but the advancements that came with each new satellite generation greatly improved how we monitor and predict weather and other environmental phenomena.

A whole other world from above: Our best satellite images from 2019

December 23, 2019

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NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite used its Red-Green-Blue Air Mass Band to watch several areas of low pressure rotate around each other off the coast of Chile, June 2-3, 2019.

Winter’s on its way. Here's how NOAA satellites have you covered.

October 24, 2019

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Lake effect snow bands moving across the Great Lakes, seen from the Suomi NPP polar-orbiting satellite on December 25, 2017.

NOAA sees fifth Hurricane Humberto through a high-powered lens

September 17, 2019

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Hurricane Humberto, as captured by a NOAA satellite September 15, 2019.