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First Light from GOES-16

The future of weather monitoring and forecasting just got more colorful and a whole lot clearer.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story First Light from GOES-16.

NASA/NOAA GOES-R image courtesy of the NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). Caption by Mike Carlowicz, based on reporting and information from John Leslie, Lauren Gaches, and Connie Barclay of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Published January 26, 2017
Data acquired January 15, 2017

Source:: GOES