The tracker also allows users to go back in time and view and interact with the satellite imagery from the past hurricanes this year.
Satellite image after irma.
Hurricane irma aerial imagery response.
Here s some of the most impressive imagery.
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Explore the world in real time launch web map in new window noaa satellite maps latest 3d scene this high resolution imagery is provided by geostationary weather satellites permanently stationed more than 22 000 miles above the earth.
The small island of barbuda was directly hit by irma on sept.
A whole other world from above.
Use this web map to zoom in on real time weather patterns developing around the world.
Billion dollar disasters show crucial link between noaa satellites and emergency managers.
Dscovr noaa s first operational satellite in deep space orbits a million miles from earth in order to provide early warnings of potentially.
Satellite imagery shows contrasting tales for barbuda and antigua.
About this imagery was acquired by the noaa remote sensing division to support noaa homeland security and emergency response requirements.
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Launch web map in new window this tracker shows the current view from our goes east and goes west satellites.
Orbiting 1 million miles from earth.
In the days after hurricane irma swept across the caribbean and was headed over mainland us the landsat 8 satellite was snapping away to document the damage.
In the satellite images below the destruction caused by irma is made painfully clear.
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This after image of an area of key west florida looks eerily fake.
The before image at left shows it green with vegetation.
Combined satellite image of hurricanes andrew and irma showing the size comparison of the storms after slowing down late on september 9 the hurricane turned northwestward towards florida around the southwestern edge of the subtropical high to its northeast and a low pressure system that was located over the continental united states.
Given irma s extreme intensity satellite imagery is giving meteorologists jaw dropping views of this rare and dangerous hurricane.