Wow Is Right!! Great Composite! #lightning

Niiiiice! #aurora

The Aurora Australis over Scamander Beach. Image: Gumboots photography

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Love this one! #lightning

Bled, Slovenia

This will be COOL! Wish I lived closer to the totality area!

Solar System: Things to Know the August Eclipse

We’re counting down until the August 21 total solar eclipse that will be visible across most of North America. Here are some things you can do to prepare.

1. Find A Spot 

The eclipse should be visible to some extent across the continental U.S. Here’s map of its path.

Our eclipse page can help you find the best viewing locations by longitude and latitude: eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2017Aug21Tgoogle.html

2. Citizen Science

Want to know more about citizen science projects? Find a list of citizen science projects for the eclipse: https://eclipse.aas.org/resources/citizen-science

3. Never look directly at the sun! Even during the early phases of the eclipse!

Get your eclipse viewing safety glasses beforehand: eclipse2017.nasa.gov/safety

4. Get Our Interactive Eclipse Module App

In this interactive, 3D simulation of the total eclipse on August 21, 2017, you can see a view of the eclipse from anywhere on the planet: 

http://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/eyes-on-eclipse.html

5. Got questions? 

Join the conversation on social media. Tag your posts: #Eclipse2017.

Twitter: @NASASolarSystem, @NASA, @NASASunEarth Facebook: NASA Solar System

Discover the full list of 10 things to know about our solar system this week HERE.

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Wow! #lightning

So cool! WOW!

Wow that's wild #lightning!!!

Russia - Amazing capture…. triple lightning hit Church During Storm in Moscow this noon !!! 😲😲😲 Source: Severe Weather RU

Excellent! #nature #milkyway

Milky Way above Crater Lake National Park, Oregon | by Sean Pierce

Excellent!! Can’t wait to see more!! ;)

#GOES-R #GOES16 #weather #satellite

GOES-16 showcases improved capabilities.

 NOAA has created much hype over the instruments on the new GOES-16 satellite, which launched November 19 as GOES-R. The spacecraft is the most sophisticated weather monitoring satellite ever launched, with instruments over four times as powerful as the current generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites.

For comparison, both the next generation GOES-16 and current generation GOES-13 satellite, which launched in 2006, took a picture of the Western hemisphere at 1:07pm EDT January 15, which are shown above. Weather forecasters will use the higher resolution on GOES-16 and future satellites to make more precise forecasts and weather monitoring.

For a larger resolution, click here.

So adorable! #kittens

Oh Hi there! Hope everything is just going swell 👋🐱❤️✨