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Power Outages in Washington, DC Area
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Published July 4, 2012
A powerful line of thunderstorms knocked out power to millions of households in the U.S. Midwest and Mid Atlantic on June 29, 2012.
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The View from the Top
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Published June 22, 2012
A new composite image built from 15 satellite passes shows the Arctic and northern latitudes as you have never seen them before.
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North Africa and Europe from Suomi NPP
Published June 19, 2012
Over a period of six orbits on on February 3, 2012, the recently launched Suomi NPP satellite provided the VIIRS instrument enough time to gather the pixels for this synthesized view of Earth showing North Africa and southwestern Europe.
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Earth, Behind the Scenes
Published February 4, 2012
NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, Suomi NPP, collected the images that went into this new view of our home planet.
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First Fire Images from VIIRS
Published January 26, 2012
The new instrument should become a primary resource for monitoring of biomass burning and for fire management.
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First Global Image from VIIRS
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Published December 16, 2011
Looking down from 512 miles, the newly launched NPP satellite offers up its first gap-free view of Earth.
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VIIRS First Light
Published November 23, 2011
A new Earth-observing satellite opened its eyes for the first time and captured this natural-color view of eastern North America.
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