| Our Feature Map First Image from GOES-15 The false color image shows clouds and weather patterns taken from the maiden voyage of NOAA's latest GOES-15 satellite. Launched March 4, 2010, the high-resolution geostationary satellite is the last of the GOES series and joins three other GOES satellites in tracking life threatening weather (such as tornadoes, floods, and hurricanes) and solar activity. This particular image was produced by georeferencing and draping the satellite's black and white full-disk image to a suitable map projection, and applying color (as well as the latitude/longitude graticule) to the ocean and land areas. |