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Weird Gravity Waves Pulse From a Tropical Cyclone

May 20, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Last Monday, May 13, the Suomi NPP satellite captured a fascinating image of Tropical Cyclone Mahasen as it moved northeast over the Bay of Bengal. The clouds of the storm itself weren’t optically visible in the darkness of a nearly new [...]

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An Enormous Arctic Spiral

February 14, 2013

Looking south across the southern tip of Greenland, this satellite image shows an enormous cloud vortex spiraling over the northern Atlantic ocean on January 26, 2013. An example of the powerful convection currents in the upper latitudes, these polar low cyclones are created when the motion of cold air is energized by the warmer ocean water [...]

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NASA Satellite Snaps Winter Storm “Nemo”

February 8, 2013

Captured by NASA’s GOES-13 weather satellite on Friday, Feb. 8, this image shows the convergence of two massive low-pressure systems that are expected to bring high winds and up to 2–3 feet of snowfall across much of New England over the next 24 hours. This is the second and most powerful “nor’easter” of the season, and [...]

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The Most Remote Workplace on Earth

December 20, 2012

ESA’s Proba-1 satellite imaged the French-Italian Concordia base on November 21, 2012 (ESA) Located in one of the loneliest locations on Earth, the French-Italian Concordia station was captured on high-resolution camera by ESA’s Proba-1 microsatellite last month, showing the snow-covered base and 25 square kilometers of the virtually featureless expanse of Antarctic ice surrounding it. A [...]

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Incredible Video of Sandy’s Swirling Progression

October 29, 2012

Just released, this mesmerizing animation was created by Kevin Ward from images acquired by NOAA’s GOES-O/14 satellite. It shows the progression of Hurricane Sandy, currently a Category 1 hurricane off the coast of the eastern U.S. that’s poised to make a devastating impact when its heavy rains, winds and storm surges strike the shores of [...]

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