Gallery of Awesome World Views Brought to You by Orbiting Satellites

DoD's Defence Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)

The Breathtaking View from 830 Kilometers Altitude Polar Orbit


Hurricane Iris in the visible

Western U. S. snow & ice cover

Eastern U. S. snow & ice cover

Lightning Images (Lightning strokes are the horizontal white lines in the gulf)

City Lights at Night (visible)

Auroral Lights

City Lights at Night (visible)

Imagery produced with DMSP data at NGDC with funding by NOAA/DOC
Last modified prior to September, 2000 by the Windows Team

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