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True-color corrected reflectance image of smoke emanating from wildfires on the the island of Chios, Greece on 23 June 2025 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-21 satellite

Wildfires in Chios, Greece

Image captured June 23, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-21 platform.
Worldview Image of the Week
June 26, 2025
IMERG Precipitation Rate overlaid on base image captured by the ABI instrument aboard the GOES-East platform at 4:30pm ET on June 19, 2025.

Severe Storms Along the US Eastern Seaboard

IMERG Precipitation Rate overlaid on base image captured by the ABI instrument aboard the GOES-East platform at 4:30pm ET on June 19, 2025.
Worldview Image of the Week
June 23, 2025
This is an image of infrared brightness temperatures showing Hurricane Mitch on October 26, 1998, at 18:00 UTC. Cloud tops reached frigid temperatures of 196 K, indicating intense convective activity and likely overshooting tops at 16 km altitude. The hurricane’s track is overlaid, with the deepest red symbol marking a central pressure of 905 mb. Mitch remains one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes on record, with more than 9,000 lives lost, primarily from flooding in Honduras and Nicaragua.

Over 25 Years of Global Infrared Data Now Available

The  Climate Prediction Center (CPC) 4 km Infrared (IR) dataset archive now extends back to January 1998, offering over 25 years of high-resolution infrared observations and continuing into the present.
News
June 20, 2025
Wildland fire smoke is visible in this Suomi NPP VIIRS true color imagery, which was acquired on June 1, 2025

Viewing Smoke in FIRMS

FIRMS was used to track the spread of smoke plumes during the Canadian wildland fires in June 2025.
Blog
June 17, 2025
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