Tracking the Chelyabinsk Meteor Plume - related image preview

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Tracking the Chelyabinsk Meteor Plume

Satellite instruments and computer models help NASA scientists dissect the atmospheric impact of the February 2013 bolide explosion over Russia.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using OMPS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption based on a story by Kathryn Hansen, NASA Earth Science News Team.

Published August 15, 2013
Data acquired February 15, 2013

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Suomi NPP > OMPS