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Topic: Satellite images

A satellite image of 3 hurricanes in the Pacific starting left to right with Dolphin, Fausto and Genevieve.

Pacific Hurricanes Fausto and Genevieve actually had origins near Africa

August 6, 2026

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A satellite image of 3 hurricanes in the Pacific starting left to right with Dolphin, Fausto and Genevieve.

A graphic of a full Earth image with light b lue "Earth Day 2026: Earth from Orbit" text to it's left.

From our satellites to you, on Earth Day 2026

April 22, 2026

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polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

A graphic of a full Earth image with light b lue "Earth Day 2026: Earth from Orbit" text to it's left.

An image from NOAA's GOES-18 satellite of the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire burning in Southern California on January 8, 2025. (Image credit: NOAA)

View the most compelling imagery NOAA satellites captured in 2025

December 22, 2025

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An image from NOAA's GOES-18 satellite of the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire burning in Southern California on January 8, 2025. (Image credit: NOAA)

MAXAR high resolution imagery from January 2025 California wildfires.

View high resolution imagery of areas impacted by the California wildfires

January 12, 2025

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MAXAR high resolution imagery from January 2025 California wildfires.

An artist's rendering of the GOES-U satellite in space, with the Earth to its left and the Sun to its right.

Cool imagery from the GOES satellite series, a retrospective

June 26, 2024

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geostationary satellite (GOES)

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An artist's rendering of the GOES-U satellite in space, with the Earth to its left and the Sun to its right.

Still image of the Earth from the video "2023 Satellite Imagery: A Year in Review."

Best of NOAA's 2023 satellite imagery: Hurricanes, wildfires, volcanoes and more

January 5, 2024

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satellite images

Still image of the Earth from the video "2023 Satellite Imagery: A Year in Review."

Lightning in North Dakota: July 5, 2014.

Lightning detection: From ground to sky

June 20, 2023

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Lightning in North Dakota: July 5, 2014.

Earth's Northern Hemisphere, seen from NOAA's GOES-17 satellite, on Feb. 9, 2019.

Earth from orbit: Every day is Earth Day for NOAA Satellites

April 22, 2021

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Earth observations

satellite images

Earth's Northern Hemisphere, seen from NOAA's GOES-17 satellite, on Feb. 9, 2019.

A NASA satellite view of Chesapeake Bay's Eastern Shore created with images acquired by Landsat 7 during the period of 1999-2002.

Studies show conserving land has economic, ecological benefits

April 9, 2021

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A NASA satellite view of Chesapeake Bay's Eastern Shore created with images acquired by Landsat 7 during the period of 1999-2002.

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.

Slideshow: 50 satellite views from 50 years of NOAA

December 29, 2020

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NOAA 50th Anniversary

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.

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