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SPACE.com Cam: Earth
posted: 30 June 2005
08:11 am
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Untitled DocumentThis visible-light image is updated every 3 hours. More about this image. More SPACE.com Cams 
| GOES | | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites orbit at a constant speed in sync with Earth's rotation, allowing them to maintain the same view of Earth all the time. GOES satellites are operated by NOAA. | About this Earth image This visible-light view shows cloud cover, as well as areas of day and night. Coastlines have been added. The image produced by a Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-8, in this case). It is updated every 3 hours. The real-time weather data gathered by GOES satellites -- combined with data from Doppler radars, other surface observing systems, ships and buoys and even airplanes -- provides the backbone for all daily weather forecasts, including localized tornado watches and large-scale hurricane predictions. -- Robert Roy Britt More SPACE.com Cams Don't Miss ... Other Cool Images
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