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Strong Storm Approaches Alaskan Coast
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Published September 28, 2012
This image of a strong extra-tropical cyclone in the Gulf of Alaska, with a central pressure below that of some hurricanes, was captured by the new Suomi NPP satellite.
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Gas Flares in Bahía de Campeche
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Published September 14, 2012
Daytime and nighttime satellite imagery shows the burning of methane that goes together with the oil extraction process.
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Moonlit Tropical Depression Isaac
Published August 31, 2012
This nighttime satellite image shows Tropical Depression Isaac as it moved from the Gulf Coast towards the central United States.
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Night View of Hurricane Isaac
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Published August 30, 2012
Isaac, a slow-moving storm, hit the Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane on August 28, 2012.
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Tropical Storm Isaac
Published August 28, 2012
Special sensors observe the storm by moonlight.
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Night View of Western Wildfires
Published August 17, 2012
An instrument on Suomi NPP captured these unique views of fires burning in the United States.
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Strong Summer Cyclone Churns Over the Arctic
Published August 10, 2012
Is climate change affecting Arctic cyclones?
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Mount Tongariro Erupts
Published August 8, 2012
A new satellite captured the eruption of a volcano at night on New Zealand's North Island.
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Night View of Fires in Siberia
Published August 7, 2012
The Suomi NPP satellite carries an instrument so sensitive to low light levels that it can detect wildfires in the middle of the night.
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The Lights of London
Published July 26, 2012
Unique satellite instruments capture the view of the Olympic host city at night.
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Power Outages in Washington, DC Area
Published July 4, 2012
A powerful line of thunderstorms knocked out power to millions of households in the U.S. Midwest and Mid Atlantic on June 29, 2012.
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The View from the Top
Published June 22, 2012
A new composite image built from 15 satellite passes shows the Arctic and northern latitudes as you have never seen them before.
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North Africa and Europe from Suomi NPP
Published June 19, 2012
Over a period of six orbits on on February 3, 2012, the recently launched Suomi NPP satellite provided the VIIRS instrument enough time to gather the pixels for this synthesized view of Earth showing North Africa and southwestern Europe.
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Earth, Behind the Scenes
Published February 4, 2012
NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, Suomi NPP, collected the images that went into this new view of our home planet.
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First Fire Images from VIIRS
Published January 26, 2012
The new instrument should become a primary resource for monitoring of biomass burning and for fire management.
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First Global Image from VIIRS
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Published December 16, 2011
Looking down from 512 miles, the newly launched NPP satellite offers up its first gap-free view of Earth.
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VIIRS First Light
Published November 23, 2011
A new Earth-observing satellite opened its eyes for the first time and captured this natural-color view of eastern North America.
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