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Hurricane Sandy Super Rapid Scan
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Published October 26, 2012
Time-lapse animation of Hurricane Sandy from the vantage point of geostationary orbit.
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Spare Weather Satellite Proves Its Worth
Published October 12, 2012
When the GOES-East weather satellite went dark in September 2012, a back-up satellite orbiting nearby sprang into action.
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Animation of Hurricane Isaac
Published August 29, 2012
Super rapid scan images of Hurricane Isaac taken from geostationary orbit reveal the movement of clouds at different altitudes.
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Remembering Hurricane Andrew
Published August 24, 2012
Twenty years ago, one of the most intense hurricanes on record tore through southern Florida.
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The Anatomy of a Thunderstorm
Published May 26, 2012
Researchers fly to the heart of a thunderstorm to find out what happens when a storm lofts surface pollutants high into the atmosphere.
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Tornadoes Sweep across Midwest and Appalachians
Published March 6, 2012
The interaction of warm and wet air from the Gulf of Mexico with the cold and dry jet stream caused an outbreak of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in the eastern U.S.
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Tropical Storm Lee
Published September 10, 2011
One week after Hurricane Irene battered the eastern U.S., a less-touted, more plodding storm soaked the eastern half of the country with more rain than its predecessor.
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Hurricane Irene Nears Landfall
Published August 27, 2011
Irene, the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season, was poised on August 26 to be the first to make land-fall in tU.S. since 2008. More than 50 million people were estimated to lie within the path of the storm.
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Hurricane Irene
Published August 24, 2011
Category 3 Hurricane Irene has a distinct eye in this image taken just before 3 p.m. EDT on August 24, 2011.
Ash Plume from Puyehue-Cordón Caulle
Published June 6, 2011
Two days of continuous emissions at the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex have created an ash plume the extends more than 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 kilometers).
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Severe Tornado Outbreak in the Southern United States
Published April 29, 2011
This animation shows powerful thunderstorms moving over the southern United States on April 27, 2011.
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Two Low Pressure Systems, Northeastern Pacific
Published April 4, 2011
In these astronaut photographs from the ISS cupola, two distinct cyclonic vortices whirl within an area of low pressure that spanned the Pacific coast from southern California to Vancouver Island.
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Historic Winter Storm Moves Across the U.S.
Published February 3, 2011
This animation shows a huge winter storm tracking across the United States between January 31 and February 2, 2011.
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