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a pivot,

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change,

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cloudless,

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time,

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myth,

satellite séance,

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endless feelings,

about conquest,

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a sunset,

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free,

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golden,

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fish,

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ubiquitous,

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nice,

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less,

becoming,

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in China,

in bubbles,

water,

bodies,

social relations,

brink,

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on,

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worrisome,

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no Kings,

unseasonable,

slow violence,

unsettled,

monsoonal,

shared,

monsoon,

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orange monarch,

charred,

everywhere,

aggression,

opportunistic,

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Static,

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un/graspable,

sensitive,

suspense,

expectation,

endings,

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Saharan Dust,

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uncertain,

drizzle,

extraordinary,

fragile,

precious,

29.84Inhg,

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29.75Inhg,

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29.80 falling,

75F,

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geological ghosts,

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historic,

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fluid,

us,

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scrambled,

heavy,

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adapting,

resilient,

taken for granted,

infinite,

Woman,

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politcal,

Trans rights now,

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chaotic,

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clouds,

of,

Lot,

hopeful,

sunny,

unseasonably warm,

INCREDIBLE,

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temperate,

warming,

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debris,

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climate whiplash,

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misty,

early,

warmth,

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vultures soaring,

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air quality alert,

inversion layer,

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new beginnings,

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1.5°C,

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rising,

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fire,

climate reality,

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underground,

hum of seeds,

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mulch,

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2025-08-21 11:39:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-20 19:34:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-20 11:52:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-19 21:53:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-19 08:37:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-18 22:06:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-18 09:04:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-17 22:19:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-17 19:13:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-16 22:31:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-16 19:39:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-15 11:15:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-15 08:42:00

Seattle, United States

After weeks of excessive heat and smoke, today's image from NOAA 15 captures the arriving atmospheric river, bringing much needed rain amidst a record-setting drought in the Western US and Washington, and the first hints of fall on the horizon. At this point, each additional day of decoding a transmission from the one remaining program satellite is a gift.

2025-08-14 11:27:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-14 09:08:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-13 19:18:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-13 11:40:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-12 21:41:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-12 19:43:00

Seattle, United States

This may be one of the last images captured by our AGS in Seattle, which was decoded at dusk from NOAA 15, and it happens to be on one of our hottest days of the year, with a sun setting behind a large plume of wildfire smoke blowing into the Puget Sound from the Bear Gulch fire burning on the Olympic Peninsula. It is a stunningly striking and somber sunset, as we also witness the sunset on a program of instruments that have allowed use to capture and observe data in real time on the ground, all the way from LEO. It seems only appropriate that during these days of increasing heat and smoke are the times when we turn off these instruments to fly blindly into a future of anthropogenic climate change...

2025-08-12 11:53:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-11 21:54:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-11 08:47:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-10 22:07:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-10 09:13:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-09 22:19:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-09 19:22:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-08 22:32:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-08 19:48:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-07 08:52:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-06 22:58:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-04 11:54:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-03 08:57:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-02 22:08:00

Seattle, United States

2025-08-01 19:32:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-31 22:33:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-30 09:01:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-29 11:29:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-28 11:42:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-27 08:40:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-26 09:06:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-25 22:09:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-24 22:21:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-23 22:34:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-22 11:18:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-21 11:30:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-20 11:43:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-19 08:50:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-18 21:57:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-17 19:25:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-16 22:22:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-15 22:35:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-14 11:19:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-13 19:30:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-12 11:44:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-11 08:59:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-10 21:58:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-09 22:11:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-08 08:38:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-07 09:04:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-06 11:19:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-05 11:32:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-04 08:43:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-03 09:09:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-02 21:59:00

Seattle, United States

2025-07-01 22:11:00

Seattle, United States

2025-06-17 23:18:00

Zack Wettstein (US)

Seattle, United States

2025-06-16 19:37:00

Zack Wettstein (US)

Seattle, United States

2025-06-15 22:14:00

Zack Wettstein (US)

Seattle, United States

2025-06-15 12:15:00

Zack Wettstein (US)

Seattle, United States

2025-06-15 08:40:00

Zack Wettstein (US)

Seattle, United States

This morning pass of NOAA-15 captured by the Seattle AGS highlights the clear skies above the Puget Sound region, where we've experienced a few days of respite after a record-setting heat wave in early June. The high pressure system that is currently contributing to the comfortable temperature and cloudless skies is also helping keep the Canadian wildfire smoke at bay and out of the region for the most part, which cannot be said for the Midwest and Eastern US where the plumes and particulate have been blowing for weeks.

2025-06-14 23:58:00

Zack Wettstein (US)

Seattle, United States

2025-06-14 22:26:00

Zack Wettstein (US)

Seattle, United States

2025-06-14 18:50:00

Zack Wettstein (US)

Seattle, United States

2025-06-14 12:28:00

Zack Wettstein (US)

Seattle, United States

2025-06-13 12:40:00

Zack Wettstein (US)

Seattle, United States

2025-06-12 11:22:00

Zack Wettstein (US)

Seattle, United States

2025-06-11 08:45:00

Zack Wettstein (US)

Seattle, United States

2025-06-10 23:08:00

Seattle, United States

2025-06-09 23:21:00

Seattle, United States

2025-06-08 19:46:00

Seattle, United States

2025-06-07 22:14:00

Seattle, United States

2025-06-06 12:31:00

Seattle, United States

2025-06-05 19:25:00

Seattle, United States

It's only appropriate that just as the first heat wave strikes Seattle this summer, the life of 1 of only 3 remaining NOAA polar-orbiting satellites in operation has unexpectedly come to an end. Thanks to the unprecedented agency funding cuts in the current presidential administration, NOAA has ended support for this satellite program. While our skies are becoming smokier and hotter, we are losing more instruments to observe and document these changes. This image of static is the first pass decoded at the Seattle AGS after NOAA 18 was decommissioned. Rest in peaceful orbit...

2025-06-04 11:23:00

Seattle, United States

2025-06-03 08:54:00

Seattle, United States

2025-06-02 23:10:00

Seattle, United States

2025-06-01 19:29:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-31 22:02:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-30 22:15:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-29 12:33:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-28 19:34:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-27 11:23:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-26 11:36:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-25 23:13:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-24 19:39:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-22 22:15:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-21 12:35:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-20 22:41:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-19 11:24:00

Seattle, United States

2025-05-18 11:37:00

Seattle, United States

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