Tag Archives: RGB composite

December Fluff

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Curtis Seaman

By now, you probably know the drill: a little bit of discussion about a particular subject, throw in a few pop culture references, maybe a video or two, then get to the good stuff – high quality VIIRS imagery. Then, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ash detection, Canada, clouds, day/night band, dust, eclipse, Europe, false color, fire, Fire Temperature RGB, Germany, gravity waves, great lakes, Hawaii, I-1, I-2, I-3, I-5, ice and snow, Indonesia, Japan, M-10, M-11, M-12, M-15, M-16, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, Natural Color, New Zealand, RGB composite, Russia, Scandinavia, sea surface temperature, smoke, Spain, split window difference, true color | Comments Off

Single-Purpose Flour

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Curtis Seaman

Think of a snowflake. What happens when that snowflake hits the ground? Now, picture other snowflakes – millions of them – all hitting the ground and piling up on top of each other, crushing our first poor snowflake. Skiers love … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alaska, dust, false color, glacier, I-1, I-2, I-3, M-3, M-4, M-5, Natural Color, RGB composite, true color | 2 Comments

Watch for Falling Rock

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Curtis Seaman

Q: When a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound? A: Yes. That’s an easy question to answer. It’s not a 3000-year-old philosophical conundrum with no answer. Sound is simply … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alaska, false color, glacier, I-1, I-2, I-3, landslide, M-3, M-4, M-5, resolution, RGB composite, true color | Comments Off

Remote Islands V: St. Helena and Ascension

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Curtis Seaman

You may have missed it in the news, but history was made last week: A plane landed! Wow! But, that’s not any old plane – that’s the first commercial airliner to land on St. Helena Island, which just completed the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ascension Island, Atlantic, Natural Color, remote island, resolution, RGB composite, St. Helena Island, Tristan da Cunha, true color | Comments Off

The Sirocco and the Giant Bowl of Dust

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Curtis Seaman

As mentioned before on this blog, there are typhoons, hurricanes, and cyclones, and they’re all basically the same thing. They’re just given a different name depending on where they occur in the world. Similarly, there are many different names for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Asia, Blue Light, China, DEBRA, dust, EUMETSAT Dust, Europe, M-14, M-15, M-16, M-3, M-4, M-5, RGB composite, true color | 1 Comment

The Great Flood of 2015

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Curtis Seaman

As we begin 2016, struggling to get back into the swing of things at work and vowing not to overeat or over-drink ever again, it’s appropriate to bid farewell to 2015 – not just for all the weird weather events … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arkansas, false color, flood, I-1, I-2, I-3, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Natural Color, resolution, RGB composite, Tennessee | Comments Off

Indian Super-Smog

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Curtis Seaman

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Himawari, India, M-3, M-4, M-5, RGB composite, smog, true color | 1 Comment

Horrendous Haboob in the Heart and Heat of History’s Homeland

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Curtis Seaman

We mentioned India earlier this year due to a hellish heatwave. It’s only fair that we talk about one of the other cradles of civilization (human history) and another horrible weather-related h-word. People have been living along the Nile River … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cyprus, day/night band, DEBRA, dust, Egypt, EUMETSAT Dust, false color, Jordan, Lebanon, M-14, M-15, M-16, M-3, M-4, M-5, Middle East, RGB composite, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, true color | Comments Off

Goose Lake is Gone (Again)

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Curtis Seaman

We’ve covered mysteries before on this website. Well, here’s one from 150 years ago: The emigrants, coming west on the Applegate Trail to Oregon in the 1870s, were puzzled. The trail was, of course, a seemingly unending set of wagon-wheel … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged California, drought, false color, I-1, I-2, I-3, Natural Color, Nevada, Oregon, resolution, RGB composite | Comments Off

The Great Indian Heat Wave of 2015

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Curtis Seaman

Have you ever slept in a really hot room? Of course, if you clicked on that link, keep in mind two things: perjury is a crime, and extreme heat is no joke. It is number one on the list of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dust, India, IR window, RGB composite, saturation, smog, true color | Comments Off