• 7 months ago
NOAA satellites have kept their eyes on Earth and delivered invaluable data on our changing world. Celebrate Earth Day with these views.

Credits:NOAA, NASA,CIRA -
Additional imagery courtesy of CIMSS.
Music: “A Serious Man” by Kavin Hoo [ASCAP]; ELIAS Music: Universal Production Music

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00:00We've come a long way in weather forecasting since the early balloon launching days, thanks
00:26mainly to weather satellites.
00:32Just 15 years ago this month, NASA launched the first TIROS weather satellite from Cape
00:37Canaveral.
00:38The views of Earth were pretty rudimentary compared to today's high-quality pictures,
00:43but they proved that routine global weather observation by satellite was possible.
00:49With each succeeding one, these weather sentinels have become more and more sophisticated.

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