NOAA’s satellites monitor the Earth’s environment in real-time every day, capturing storms, floods, fires, lightning, and other major events that affect us and the world around us. This gallery features our most iconic images from weather events that significantly impacted our lives.
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August 04, 2020 On Aug. 1, 2020, the Himawari-8 satellite, operated by our partners at the Japan…
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In both visible and infrared imagery, dust can often be confused with clouds such as cirrus, since…
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GOES-West captured this impressive view of the eye of Hurricane Douglas as it spun over the Pacific.
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On July 5, 2020, the NOAA-20 satellite captured this True Color imagery of hazy smoke from fires…
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GOES-East satellite focused its Advanced Baseline Imager on wildfires in the four corners region of…
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On May 18, 2020, the Himawari-8 satellite caught this imagery of Tropical Cyclone Amphan, heading…
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The first typhoon of 2020 has formed in the western Pacific Ocean and is expected to make landfall…
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Some hurricane damage can’t be captured by photographs; these storms can inflict profound harm to…