So Adorable! #kittens

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.

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Lovely #lightning shot!!! #weather #sky

tropical sky by Alexandr Popovsky

WOW! Yep, an amazing #lightning strike! :)

Southern Maryland Lightning Storm by Keith Burke

Beautiful!!!

The Pleiades in Infrared 

So cool! WOW!

Beautiful! #milkyway

Shooting star over Mt. Rainer, Washington | by Tanner Stewart

Beautiful #lightning shot!

So beautiful!

Looking straight up into an Icelandic aurora

WOW! Simply amazing #aurora!!

Northern light reflection, Tromsø, Norway by Kiredjian Joris

Great shot! #lightning

Incredible lightning shot in Austin, Texas! credit: Christopher V. Sherman