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Category: VIIRS

Aurora to start the New Year

Day Night Band imagery from JPSS satellites, above, processed using CSPP software on data from CIMSS and Monterey Direct Broadcast antennas, show a ribbon of Aurora over southern Canada early on the 1st of January. Activity was much brighter over the western part of North America. The Aurora is visible... Read More

Widespread power outages across Cuba

Cuba’s largest power plant went offline around 0700 UTC on 4th December 2024 (media report), which led to a collapse of the power grid across much of the island. A toggle between VIIRS Day/Night Band images from Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 (above) provided a before/after view of nighttime city light emissions across... Read More