Watching Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Katia From Above Earth

Re:Watching Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Katia From Above Earth by TeMPOraL on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @11:11AM (#15227898)

Wow, just wow. I didn't realize there finally are more cameras that can provide this image quality in space, beyond the one that is (was?) on the ISS. Also kudos to NYT for the way they put it together. I'm mesmerized by the globe video.

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Re:Watching Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Katia From Above Earth by sp332 on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @11:23AM (#15228013)

GOES-16 was just launched in November last year. https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/witness-the-firepowe... There are 3 more of them scheduled for the next 20 years.

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Re:Watching Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Katia From Above Earth by gogoengie on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @01:34PM (#15229359)

Amazing comparison of Hurricane Irma from the new GOES-16 vs the old GOES-13:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QCJlBDAK80

The performance jump in capture time and resolution blew me away. Really exciting to see it coming on-line.

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Re:Watching Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Katia From Above Earth by kobeya on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @12:41PM (#15228828)

The "one on the ISS" is usually an astronaut looking out the window ;)

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Re:Watching Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Katia From Above Earth by amaterasu on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:11PM (#15233388)

Are there any equivalent satellites over Australia?

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Re:Watching Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Katia From Above Earth by himawari8 on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:37PM (#15233612)

Himawari-8 covers Australia. You can view today's imagery at https://himawari8.nict.go.jp/

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