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Simply jaw-dropping satellite imagery of Super Typhoon Mawar.
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The parade of West Coast storms over the last ten days.
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Today's view of a large Saharan dust plume. Watch in near-realtime: .
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Incredible imagery of a derecho marching across the Midwest this afternoon.
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An extreme geomagnetic storm as a result of multiple coronal mass ejections from the Sun impacted Earth at the end of last week, creating stunning auroras that were visible in locations across the world where the northern lights are rarely seen.
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The complete, incredible view of the Great North American Eclipse of 2024. A spectacular view of a breathtaking event. #Eclipse2024
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Flooding rains continue for Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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The impressive and very clear eye of Hurricane Ian this afternoon.
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An explosive eruption of the Ruang volcano occurred just hours ago in Indonesia. Himawari-9 captured a view of the powerful eruption.
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A fascinating high resolution view of lake effect clouds streaming off of Lake Michigan yesterday.
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A vortex, embedded in stratocumulus clouds, swirling along the coast of Chile.
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An impressive, lightning-packed convective burst within Tropical Storm Idalia this evening as the sun sets.
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A fascinating ocean current loop can be seen as warm waters from the Caribbean Sea flow into the Gulf Stream. Over the last couple of months, the Gulf of Mexico has seen warming sea surface temperatures as summer draws near.
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Incredibly vast extent of smoke this morning along the U.S. West Coast. GeoColor imagery via GOES-West: .
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Truly incredible satellite imagery of a mid-latitude cyclone and its eye-like feature moving ashore in the Bay Area.
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Happy Solstice! Watch as the terminator shifts, from solstice to solstice.
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Incredible view of a powerful supercell erupting in North Texas. The storm produced a destructive tornado late Saturday evening.
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An incredible view of the powerful storm system approaching the U.S. West Coast.
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Concentric gravity waves created by the volcanic eruption on La Palma.
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Incredible view of severe storms marching across the Mid-Atlantic this evening.
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Three named tropical systems in the Atlantic, all close in proximity to each other. This morning's view of Idalia, Franklin, and Jose.
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The sun setting on the incredibly powerful eye of Hurricane Laura.
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Incredible satellite imagery of a tornadic supercell erupting in Texas this evening.
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Impressive imagery of severe storms marching across northern Illinois this morning.
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The Artemis launch as seen from space.
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High resolution satellite imagery of wildfires burning last night in Northern California.
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Happy Fall Equinox! Watch as the terminator shifts throughout the year via GOES-West (left) & GOES-East (right).
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Incredible imagery of the evolution of multiple tornadic storms over Iowa.
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A 24 hour time lapse showing Noru rapidly intensify from a tropical storm to a super typhoon. Super Typhoon Noru is headed towards the Philippines in the Western Pacific.
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The last 30 hours of Hurricane Sally bubbling and strengthening.
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The trailing ends of Lee and Margot appear to reach out towards each other as both hurricanes dance across the Atlantic.
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A high resolution view of Mauna Loa erupting this afternoon.
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Lightning within storms along a dry line in Texas. GOES-East's view from yesterday evening: .
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Stunning satellite visuals this evening of Hurricane Idalia and the lightning within.
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Simply stunning view of the latest bomb cyclone approaching the U.S. West Coast.
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High resolution imagery of tornadic and severe storms racing across the Midwest this evening. ⚡⚡⚡
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Impressive view tonight of a large low pressure system swirling off of the North American west coast.
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Over the last week, two powerful atmospheric rivers have battered the US West. This impressive time lapse shows the full evolution of these systems.
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An absolute powerhouse of a supercell marching across Oklahoma. The storm has produced multiple tornadoes this evening.
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The potent storm system bringing feet of snow and heavy rain to Southern California.
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Impressive satellite view of the severe storm that trekked through Chicago this evening.
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Over the course of a 12-hour time-span, Hurricane Lee rapidly-intensified from a category 1 to a category 4 storm. This sunrise-to-sunset imagery shows Lee's evolution today and the development of its impressive eye. It is expected to become a category 5 in the next day.
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Yesterday through earlier today, six tropical cyclones were spinning across different parts of the world in 3 separate oceans. All animations shown here occur during the same period of time.
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We are excited to share first looks at GOES-18 imagery! A wonderful full view of Earth. Though beautiful, GOES-18 data is preliminary and non-operational.
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A powerful storm system brought feet of snow in the West while triggering tornadoes across the Plains and Midwest. This remarkable satellite view shows the system racing across the country.
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Storms building over Jamaica.
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Super Typhoon Mawar has regained its impressive and powerful eye.
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Storm Daniel making its devastating landfall in Libya. This time lapse shows Daniel's evolution over the last three days.
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Over the weekend, an impressive dust storm charged across West Texas.
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A von Karman vortex street forming on Guadalupe Island.
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Beautiful lake effect flow on Lake Superior today.
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In the Eastern Pacific, Hurricane Fernanda grew from a tropical storm to a category 4 hurricane in just 24 hours.
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A remarkable, high resolution view of a rapidly growing grass fire in Nebraska today.
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High resolution view of tornadic supercells erupting in Oklahoma this evening.
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The East Coast storm is strengthening off the coast tonight. This hi-res views shows the core of the system packed with lightning.
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A cluster of large wildfires ablaze tonight in Alberta, Canada.
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Beautiful von Karman vortices swirling in stratocumulus clouds over the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
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This 24 hour time lapse shows the evolution of yesterday's severe weather that brought destruction to parts of Mississippi.
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A large swirl of smoke has arrived in the Northern United States.
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Thundersnow this afternoon as lake effect snow pummels parts of New York and Pennsylvania.
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The next storm system set to hit the West Coast is packed with lightning over the Pacific. A spectacular view from GOES-18.
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An impressive view of a low pressure system in the North Atlantic.
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A spectacular view of tornadic storms swirling around a low pressure system this afternoon in Nebraska.
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This morning we have incredibly high resolution imagery of Hurricane Idalia. This 30-second imagery shows impressive convection within Idalia as the sunrises.
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Severe storms firing tonight in Texas.
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The sun setting on Hurricane Ian as it continues its Florida approach.
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Lightning within Hurricane Dora as it strengthens into a category four storm.
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Satellite view of the storm that produced the destructive tornado in Rolling Fork, Mississippi.
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Lake effect flowing off of Lake Superior.
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Today's view of the large smoke layer along the U.S. Pacific Coast.
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A jaw-dropping view of the storm system approaching the US West Coast.
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"Good, everyone has arrived. Lets get this meeting of Atlantic tropical systems started." Idalia, Franklin, Jose, and Gert are all hanging out nearby each other in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Earlier today Hinnamnor became a Super Typhoon. Watch this 20-hr time lapse showing the storm developing and maintaining its impressive structure.
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Sunrise on the eye of Hurricane Epsilon.
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A polar cyclone has been meandering around the 24/7 sun-lit Arctic for the last nine days.
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A fascinating satellite visual of an actinoform cloud swirling over the southeast Pacific Ocean.
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Wonderful display of a von Karman vortex street on Guadalupe Island.
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A line of severe and tornadic storms pushing across Oklahoma and Kansas tonight.
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Dangerous tornadoes touch down in Texas this afternoon as severe thunderstorms and supercells explode along the dryline in this astonishing imagery.
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A very cool time lapse showing a low pressure system approaching the Pacific Northwest.
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The long journey of Cyclone Freddy continues. This incredible three week animation shows that journey.
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Damaging severe storms slammed Houston this evening. This view shows the lightning-packed storms from above.
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Incredible view of sunlight fading on Hurricane Franklin and Tropical Storm Idalia.
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The spectacular evolution of the powerful bomb cyclone.
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The circulation of newly-formed Tropical Storm Epsilon.
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A remarkable view of a solar eclipse from space. This seen today over Oceania.
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A wildfire in southern British Columbia produced a brief pyrocumulonimbus cloud this evening. This high resolution satellite imagery from GOES-18 shows the explosiveness within the smoke plume.
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An impressive haboob in Argentina. Spotted last night by GOES-East: .
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A lightning-packed, tornadic supercell forming over Nebraska this afternoon.
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A high resolution view of Super Typhoon Bolaven's powerful, clear eye.
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An impressive dust storm sweeping across Texas and Oklahoma this afternoon.
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Storms building on the Indonesian Island of Java.
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An impressive low, east of New Zealand.
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Atmospheric river round two arrives in California. The system is set to bring high impact rain and snow to the region.
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This morning's eruption of La Soufrière.
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Severe storms bubbling this afternoon in Argentina.
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Tropical Cyclone Gati landfalling in Somalia.
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The Smokehouse Creek fire and others merged into the second largest fire in Texas's history over the course of the last two days. The fires are highlighted in white, while clouds are dark grey or blue.
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Impressive storms in Florida produced accumulating hail along the state's east coast this afternoon.
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As the fast-moving cold front encounters the wildfires scorching Texas and Oklahoma, the fires are oriented from east to south following the new wind direction.
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