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![The Dirt on Atmospheric Dust](/s3/migrated/sal2.jpg)
Even though satellites can detect dust in the atmosphere, that does not mean it's easy for scientists to detect it in…
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![Best of GOES-14's SRSO-R Imagery](/s3/migrated/VIS_IR4_17Aug_1530.gif)
While collecting SRSO-R imagery in preparation for GOES-16's advanced capabilities, GOES-14 has seen some incredible…
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A spring storm system that produced severe thunderstorms across Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana on April 22, 2020.
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![Suomi NPP Detects Changes in Nighttime Lights in NYC Metro](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
Monday, May 11, 2020NOAA scientists and colleagues have created an image of the change in nighttime illumination over…
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![Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)](/s3/2023-07/VIIRS-resized.png)
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument collects visible and infrared images and global…
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![A Festive Satellite Shot of the Midwest](/s3/2021-12/red%20green%20still.jpg)
On Dec. 12, NOAA’s GOES East satellite had its eye on snow laying across northern Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
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![NOAA/NASA SUOMI NPP Satellite helps sea ice forecasters provide phenomenal weather products](/s3/2021-09/news-42_a.jpg)
Alaskans are no stranger to dangerous jobs. Commercial fishing is continually ranked as the most dangerous job in America…
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![GOES-R AND JPSS WORKING TOGETHER](/s3/migrated/jpss_mission.jpg)
The successful launch of the GOES-R (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-series), now GOES-16 satellite was…
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![GOES East Spies Smoke and Dust in the Wind](/s3/2022-05/new%20mexico%20fires%20and%20dust%205-1-2022.png)
GOES East captured this dynamic imagery of massive grayish-white smoke plumes emanating from the Cerro Pelado, Cooks Peak.
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![Slow Moving Storms Flood Texas](/s3/2024-05/GOES-16-Flooding-storms-for-eastern-Texas-April-28-2024.png)
NOAA’s GOES East (GOES-16) satellite watched severe thunderstorms that brought tornadoes, damaging winds and flooding rain…
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![GOES East Watches Ice Drifting Across Lake Michigan](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
On Feb. 19, 2021, GOES East zoomed in on the Great Lakes, capturing beautiful imagery of ice drifting across the southern…
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![6 Reasons Why NOAA’s GOES-R Satellite Matters](/s3/migrated/JOE-JOE-the-stom.jpg)
NOAA’s GOES-R weather satellite will soon be launched into space— becoming our nation’s most advanced geostationary…
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![Death Valley May Have Hit Its Hottest Temperature in a Century](/s3/migrated/Heat_LST_arrow3.gif)
On Sunday, August 16, 2020 at 3:41 p.m. local time, the National Weather Service recorded a blistering temperature of 130…