One of the most popular GOES products is the True Color RGB. There’s a lot to like about it: a constantly updating full color view of the planet, watching clouds swirl above sapphire seas and emerald forests. It can be positively mesmerizing to watch loops of this product, at least... Read More
A series of recent coronal mass ejections from the sun cased a severe geomagnetic storm on earth. On the evening of 11 November 2025 into the early morning of the 12th, this resulted in a very strong aurora borealis event visible across much of the continental United States. Reports came... Read More
November 10, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most-remembered weather-related disasters of all time: the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. This ship was an ore freighter that sailed the Great Lakes, ferrying taconite pellets from the ports along the western edge of Lake Superior to the many... Read More
A UPS freight plane crashed on takeoff from UPS’s home base in Louisville, Kentucky on 4 November 2025. The plane was bound for Honolulu, Hawaii, and thus had a significant quantity of fuel on board. Eyewitness videos showed a large fireball as the aircraft hit the ground in an industrial... Read More
