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The east coast of Australia is on fire!
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
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Tagged Australia, false color, fire, Fire Temperature RGB, Himawari, Natural Fire Color RGB, RGB composite, true color
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UHF/VHF
Take a second to think about what would happen if Florida was hit by four hurricanes in one month. Would the news media get talking heads from both sides to argue whether or not global warming is real by yelling … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Aleutian Islands, cyclogenesis, day/night band, Himawari, I-5, resolution
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Indian Super-Smog
We’ve poked a lot of fun at China and their serious smog problem. (Just this week, Beijing schools had their very first “smog day.” It’s just like a “snow day”, except you can’t go outside and write your name in … Continue reading
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Tagged Himawari, India, M-3, M-4, M-5, RGB composite, smog, true color
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(What’s the Story) Middle-of-the-Night Glory?
A Morning Glory is a lot of things: a flower, a town in Kentucky, a popular choice for song and album titles, and – what is most relevant for us – it’s a rare atmospheric phenomenon that is both beautiful … Continue reading
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Tagged AHI, Australia, clouds, day/night band, gravity waves, Himawari, Morning Glory, roll cloud
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