Posted on 01/24/2017 4:46:10 PM PST by MtnClimber
GOES-16
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A new weather-tracking satellite has beamed back its first images of Earth from orbit, and the view is absolutely beautiful!
The new satellite, called GOES-16, is the first of four cutting-edge weather satellites — collectively known as GOES-R — to be launched into space, and the 16th GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) mission in all.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been using these satellites to study weather patterns for decades. But the new and improved GOES-R group of satellites will provide the best, high-resolution views of Earth to date
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
A great video of images is at link.
I imagine the images are just what the Apollo astronauts saw.
Wow, it’s like I was there - except for the bursting lungs and bulging eyeballs.
My jaw literally dropped.
I am going to be disappointed if the wall on the Mexican border isn’t visible form low orbit.
Nice pics! Jaw dropping...NO.
Probably so. Must have been really amazing with them not really having good photos yet.
Overused by let me guess...Yahoo News.
Does it have a special algorithm in its computers so it can adjust temperature readings to confirm global warming?
I wanna see a big flash over Soros’ house...
yeah, those beautiful Hasselbad photos just never really made it.
All those snowflakes are protesting. The leftscum are making noise over fake news. Meanwhile, real scientists are doing real things the snowflakes and leftscum could not even begin to comprehend.
Kind of makes the point, doesn’t it?
PS Trump has made noise about supporting STEM. Think he will act on it. Again, kind of makes the point, doesn’t it?
There are environmental satellites that are in lower polar orbits that can measure surface temperatures over the entire surface of the planet. These satellites can also measure temperatures of the atmosphere at different altitudes. The climate scientists refuse to use this data. And it is interesting the environmental scientists apply corrections to the surface station measurements. It is interesting that the 1.5 degrees of temperature rise in the last 100 years is the same as the corrections they have applied. A coincidence?
Agree. And the AD in the middle of the video is a turn off. SPACE.COM is a crappy website.
AGREE!
MtnClimber,
No slight to you, but NASA is a propaganda agency. They have gotten good at producing CGI.
All of the images are fakes.
I like the space pics but I have to wonder whether they are real or fake?
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