A supercool animation of satellite images shows a half year of Earth's evolving seasons.
This is what Earth looked like to the GOES-16 weather satellite on Dec. 21, 2021, the December solstice. That was the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and the shortest in the south. See below for an animation of GOES images covering every day from the June solstice to this one. As a potent New Year's winter storm bears down on a broad swath of the United States, spring may seem a very long ways off.
The animation consists of one image of the full disk of Earth acquired every day at about 11:00 UTC by the GOES-16 weather satellite. Also, as the spacecraft orbits, a sensor called the Advanced Baseline Imager generates one image of Earth's full disk every 10 minutes. That allows it to offer excellent views of the weather in the Western Hemisphere as each day progresses.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
The Early Sun's Rings Stopped Our Planet from Becoming a 'Super-Earth'The early sun's Saturn-like, enormous rings of gas and dust helped shape the world we know today by preventing our planet from becoming a super-Earth
Read more »
The Story of Earth: From Clumping Dust to an Eventual Fiery DestructionOur planet is the only one known in the universe to host any form of life, making it unique among the cosmos. But how did it come to be that way?
Read more »
The heat stays on: Earth hits 6th warmest year on recordEarth simmered to the sixth hottest year on record in 2021, according to several newly released temperature measurements.
Read more »
Astronauts experience 'space anemia' when they leave EarthSpace travel is known to be notoriously rough on the human body, but new research has revealed just how hard it hits red blood cells. A new study of astronauts showed that they lost 54% more red blood cells than people on Earth experience.
Read more »
A kilometer-wide asteroid will make its closest pass by Earth next weekAn asteroid estimated to be a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on January 18, 2022.
Read more »
A kilometer-wide asteroid will make its closest pass by Earth next weekAn asteroid estimated to be a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on January 18, 2022.
Read more »