MilSpace… Ship Watching (7 March 25) 7 Mar 20257 Mar 2025 A lot of you may not know this blog started as "satblog" about 25 years ago, and was almost entirely devoted to satellite remote sensing. During the invasion of Iraq…
Remote Sensing… Snow swath across the south 22 Jan 202522 Jan 2025 Click to embiggen - very impressive GOES-East image from this morning showing the swath of snow across the Deep South: You definitely want to embiggen this one! The Moose outside…
Administrative… Our Dusty Earth … 18 Aug 202418 Aug 2024 Ernesto is now a tropical storm, just below hurricane strength. Intensity will likely fluctuate and it may technically become a hurricane again briefly before finally becoming extratropical in the next…
Remote Sensing… Dust plume over the Atlantic 19 Jul 202419 Jul 2024 Sorry about two posts in one day, but this dramatic shot seems worth posting: click to embiggen ... It's of a massive dust plume coming off the coast of Africa,…
Administrative… Tropics boring, so here’s some filler 8 Jun 20248 Jun 2024 There are no tropical cyclones anywhere in the world, not even any suspicious areas. Which is good because the geopolitical situation is on the verge of catastrophe again, but sadly…
Doomwatch!… Another X Class flare today 27 May 2024 Another major X class flare on the sun this morning, from the same site that caused the auroras a few weeks ago. The sun rotates in about 28 days, and…
Doomwatch!… Like a clear day in London 4 Mar 20244 Mar 2024 It's foggy outside on the Georgia coast. But how do we know it's foggy? Fortunately we have satellites to help out. Here is a product from the GOES satellite that…
Doomwatch!… Massive solar flare this morning! 9 Feb 20249 Feb 2024 There was a massive solar flare just after 8am this morning ... here is what it looked like from the GOES SUVI (Solar Ultra Violet Observatory) 303 Angstrom (He) wavelength…
Remote Sensing… Hurricane Dora and Fires in Hawaii 10 Aug 202310 Aug 2023 Hurricane Dora has passed south of the Hawaiian Islands. Normally that would be a footnote and mostly of interest to surfers, however, parts of the islands are suffering from drought,…
