Remote Sensing… Drought continues, fires in Georgia. 22 Mar 202622 Mar 2026 If it seems smoky outside, it is. I don't know if some stupid with a flare gun was involved, but there is a wildfire at Fort Stewart ... and several…
Foreign Policy… Watching the wars 13 Mar 202611 Apr 2026 I remember flying over the Persian Gulf one clear moonless winter night in the late 80s, the lights from oil platforms, gas flares, and scattered cities looked like stars when…
Remote Sensing… Snow or clouds? 1 Feb 20261 Feb 2026 You can see snow on the ground across the Southeastern coast from the nor'easter ... click to embiggen. But how can you tell clouds from snow? By combining visual and…
Remote Sensing Is that snow or a cloud? 14 Dec 202514 Dec 2025 If you'd rather not travel to Michigan to find out, satellites can help. The storm that passed over the Midwest and is bringing a cold snap to the sacred environs…
Remote Sensing… Nongfa makes landfall in Vietnam; Coastal GA/SC rain; ZOMG WHAT IS THAT? 30 Aug 202530 Aug 2025 Tropical Storm Nongfa is making landfall in Vietnam this morning. Ordinarily wouldn't be too big of a deal, but this is the same area hit a few days ago with…
Geophysics… Solar eruptions, our satellite constellation, and redistricting 26 Aug 2025 The sun is still very unsettled, and a new active area is rotating in to view. Although most people think of the GOES satellites as being weather satellites, they are…
Politics… DMSP, America, and Science 30 Jun 20251 Jul 2025 Update: Got a note from the NASA PPS (Global Precipitation Program) manager this morning (1 July): It was announced on Monday, June 30, that NASA requested and it was agreed…
Remote Sensing Smoke on the Water (and everywhere else) 31 May 202531 May 2025 There are a lot of fires in Canada ... click any image to embiggen ... and the smoke is being blown across the US ... Here is the view from…
Doomwatch!… Massive Dust Cloud Headed towards US! 27 May 2025 A massive Saharan dust cloud is sweeping across the Atlantic! It has already reached the Caribbean, and should be spreading across Florida and parts of the southeast next week ...…
Remote Sensing Hyundai Metaplant (22 May) 22 May 2025 Seen from GOES East in geosynchronous orbit, 22 thousand miles up ... ... and from the Enki Research SR22 about two miles up ... Both are, of course, embiggenable. The…
