NOAA’s Newly Launched Satellite Captures Beautiful Shot of Florida
By Fox News // December 31, 2022
(FOX NEWS) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released the first image from its NOAA-21 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument.
The recently launched satellite captured a stunning panoramic view of the Earth, created from swaths of data captured throughout the full globe over a period of 24 hours between Dec. 5 and Dec. 6.
Polar-orbiting satellites observe the entire planet twice each day, unlike geostationary satellites.
According to the agency, the mosaic image shows bright blue water containing phytoplankton in the Caribbean Sea, weather systems moving and smog from agricultural fires in Northern India.
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