NASA just released an amazing video showing Hurricane Irene from
August 21th through the 29th — essentially the entire lifespan
of the storm: Unfortunately the resolution isn’t great, but this
really gives a sense of the incredible size and momentum of this
incredible storm. The animation was created using images from
the NASA/NOAA satellite GOES-13, an Earth-observer in
geostationary orbit 36,000 km (22,000 miles) above the Atlantic
Ocean. It takes images of clouds, which were combined with MODIS
images of the land to get this realistic-looking view. Credit:
NASA/NOAA GOES Project Links to this Post - FLASH: Hurricane
Irene from start to finish | Bad Astronomy | Discover … «
Worldwide News | August 31, 2011 - Enlaces de Astronomía: Semana
29-08-2011 « Campos de Estrellas | September 4, 2011