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Puttippoq? Aatsuu

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Curtis Seaman

For once, I don’t have all the answers. That’s why I said “aatsuu“. That is an Inuit (Inuktitut) word for “I don’t know.” We’re learning Inuit language today because I wonder how they would describe a recent event in Antarctica. … Continue reading →

Remote Islands VI: Return to Gough

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Curtis Seaman

You youngins are not old enough to remember, but we took a look at Gough Island before. Well, not directly, but as part of the British territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha eight years ago. We also … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Atlantic, false color, Gough Island, I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4, I-5, M-3, M-4, M-5, remote island, resolution, RGB composite, true color | Comments Off

The east coast of Australia is on fire!

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Curtis Seaman

There’s an ongoing serious situation in Australia: the bush in New South Wales and Queensland is on fire. Here’s a look at what the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) on Himawari-8 saw on 8 November 2019: click here. What you see … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Australia, false color, fire, Fire Temperature RGB, Himawari, Natural Fire Color RGB, RGB composite, true color | 3 Comments

Polar Opposites

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Curtis Seaman

As we all know, the furthest south you can travel is to the South Pole – the Geographic South Pole, not the Magnetic South Pole or the Geomagnetic South Pole. When you get there, try to face east if you … Continue reading →

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Tropical Cyclone Idai: Before, During and After

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Curtis Seaman

As of the time of this writing, there is currently a humanitarian crisis in Mozambique caused by what was Tropical Cyclone Idai. Here’s the situation as of 25 March 2019. Wikipedia actually has a pretty detailed history of Idai. Long … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged false color, flood, I-1, I-2, I-3, M-3, M-4, M-5, Madagascar, Malawi, Meteosat, Mozambique, Natural Color, resolution, RGB composite, tropical storm, true color, Zimbabwe | Comments Off

Ice, Ice, Baby

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Curtis Seaman

A winter storm moved through the Northeast U.S. over the weekend of 19-20 January 2019. This Nor’easter was a tricky one to forecast. Temperatures near the coast were expected to be near (or above) freezing. Temperatures inland were expected to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Connecticut, Day Snow/Fog RGB, false color, I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4, I-5, ice and snow, M-11, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-8, M-9, Natural Color, New England, New Jersey, New York, resolution, RGB composite, Rhode Island, true color | 1 Comment

Protected: Clouds at the Edge of Space

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Curtis Seaman

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alaska, clouds, day/night band, M-12, M-15, M-16, mesosphere, split window difference | Comments Off

Rivers of Ice

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Curtis Seaman

Oh, Yakutsk! It has been a long time – 2012, to be exact – since we last spoke about you. It was a different time back then, with me still referring to the Natural Color RGB as “pseudo-true color”. (Now, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AHI, false color, ice and snow, NOAA-20, resolution, RGB composite, S-NPP, Siberia | Comments Off

Don’t Eat Orange Snow

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Curtis Seaman

Roughly one month ago, social media (and, later, more conventional media) outlets were inundated with numerous reports of orange snow in eastern Europe and western Asia – reports like this one, this one and this one. Of course, it wouldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Black Sea, colorado, DEBRA, dust, EUMETSAT Dust, Europe, I-1, ice and snow, M-3, M-4, M-5, resolution, RGB composite, true color | 1 Comment

The Arctic, Saharan-like Gulf Coast

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Curtis Seaman

Today, we’re going to take a look at another less-covered VIIRS channel on this blog: M-9, also known as the “cirrus band”. (Disambiguation: if you’re looking for the electronic musical group “Cirrus (band)“, you’re in the wrong place.) We don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Gulf of Mexico, ice and snow, Louisiana, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-9, RGB composite, true color | Comments Off