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Date	Description
12/31/04	Continental U.S. Landfalling Hurricanes 1950 - 2004 Poster
12/29/04	The Great Indonesia Tsunami - devastation effects shown on this before and after MODIS images - Dec 29
09/26/04	Hurricane Jeanne close to landfall on Florida - GOES-12 colorized ir - Sep 26
09/26/04	2004 Significant U.S. Landfalling Hurricanes Poster - 34" x 27" glossy
09/25/04	Hurricane Jeanne as a cat 3 hurricane approaching east coast of Florida - Sep 25
09/25/04	Hurricane Jeanne Poster - 36" x 30" glossy
09/16/04	Hurricane Ivan near landfall over Gulf Shores, Alabama - colorized IR - Sep 16
09/15/04	Hurricane Ivan 12 hours from landfall near Gulf Shores, AL - Sep 15
09/15/04	Hurricane Ivan Poster - 36" x 30" glossy
09/13/04	Hurricane Ivan - Cat 5 storm nearing tip of western Cuba - NOAA-16 - Sep 13
09/05/04	Hurricane Frances crossing central Florida - false color from NOAA-17 - Sep 5
09/05/04	Hurricane Frances making landfall on east coast of Florida - GOES-12 colorized ir - Sep 5
09/05/04	Hurricane Frances Poster - 36" x 30" glossy
08/31/04	Hurricane Frances - broad view - colorized visible from GOES - Aug 31
08/31/04	Hurricane Frances as a category 4 storm - colorized IR from GOES - Aug 31
08/13/04	Hurricane Charley near landfall on west coast of Florida - GOES-12 - Aug 13
08/13/04	Hurricane Charley near landfall over Florida - colorized 11x17 image - Aug 13
08/13/04	Hurricane Charley Poster - 36" x 30" glossy
08/09/04	Hurricane Charley montage of satellite images showing path of Charley from Aug 9 - 14
08/04/04	Hurricane Alex - sunset view over North Atlantic - NOAA-15 False color - Aug 4
06/30/04	Alaska Forest Fires - dramatic image of smoke over much of central Alaska - Jun 30
05/25/04	Smoke plume well over 100 miles long from chemical fire in Georgia - May 25
03/26/04	Animated GIF of rare South Atlantic hurricane near Brazil - GOES-12 visible - Mar 26
03/26/04	Animated GIF of rare South Atlantic hurricane making landfall on southern Brazillian coastline (1.5mb) - Mar 26-28
12/31/03	2003 Tropical Cyclones of the World Poster
10/28/03	Southern California Wildfires - NOAA-16 Multi-spectral image - Oct 28
10/27/03	Southern California Wildfires - NOAA-17 Multi-spectral Image - Oct 27
09/18/03	Hurricane Isabel on the NC Outer Banks - GOES 12 colorized ir close-up - Sep 18
09/18/03	Hurricane Isabel on the NC Outer Banks - GOES-12 visible close-up - Sep 18
09/18/03	Hurricane Isabel close to landfall at NC Outer Banks - NOAA-17 false color image - Sep 18
09/14/03	Powerful Isabel as a cat 5 north of Puerto Rico - GOES-12 colorized IR - Sep 14
09/12/03	Powerful Hurricane Isabel as a cat 5 for second day - GOES-12 - visible - Sep 12
09/11/03	Powerful Hurricane Isabel as a Cat 5 (160mph) - GOES-12 visible - Sep 11
10/03/02	Hurricane Lili - color image of Lili at landfall on Louisiana coast - Oct 3
10/03/02	Hurricane Lili - near landfall as a cat 2 hurricane - visible - Oct 3
10/03/02	Hurricane Lili - near landfall as cat 2 - colorized ir - Oct 3
10/03/02	Hurricane Lili - approaching Louisiana coastline - GOES-8 visible - Oct 3
10/03/02	Hurricane Lili - nearing Louisiana coastline - close-up visible - Oct 3
10/02/02	Hurricane Lili - color image of Lili as cat 4 hurricane - Oct 2
08/20/02	Flooding of Elbe River, Germany - before and after views - Aug 20
07/06/02	Central Quebec Forest Fires - Special enhanced color image showing over 80 fires and resulting thick smoke over eastern Canada and NE U.S. - Jul 6
06/24/02	Rodeo & Chediski Wildfires - color image showing large burned areas (300,000 acres). Both wildfires have merged. - Jun 24
06/21/02	Rodeo Wildfire - this special enhanced color image from NOAA-15 shows large plume and two large hot spots where fires are occuring - Jun 21
06/09/02	Western U.S. Wildfires - over eight large fires in four states can be seen in this NOAA-15 color image - Jun 9
05/01/02	Year 2001 Tropical Cyclones of the World
04/06/01	Close-up view of massive sandstorm sweeping across Mongolia and into China. Leading edge of sandstorm visible. Colorized image - Apr 6
04/06/01	Massive sandstorm covering much of Mongolia and northern China - Apr 6
11/02/00	Central and Southern Appalachian Forest Fires - thick smoke plumes from several forest fires as a result of record or near record drought conditions - Nov 2
08/09/00	Close-up scene of fires along Bitterroot Range in Montana and Idaho - Aug 9
07/31/00	Pacific Tropical Storm Daniel - heading toward Hawaiian islands - July 31
06/01/00	Year 2000 Tropical Cyclones of the World
05/18/00	Massive Iceberg (B-15) splits into two along Ross Ice Shelf - May 18
05/11/00	Thick smoke plume affecting 5 states from fires near Los Alamos, NM - May 11
04/15/00	Massive Iceberg (B-15) the size of Long Island near the Ross Ice Shelf - April 15
03/25/00	First TIROS-1 image compared to NOAA-15 image 40 years later
09/16/99	Hurricane Floyd - shortly after landfall along North Carolina coast - Sept 16
09/15/99	Hurricane Floyd - threatening U.S. southeast coast - Sept 15
09/14/99	Hurricane Floyd - over Bahamas on morning of Sept 14
09/14/99	Size of Hurricane Floyd compared against Hurricane Andrew in 1992
09/13/99	Hurricane Floyd - view of powerful Floyd (cat 4) in Bahamas - Sept 13
08/30/99	Hurricane Dennis near North Carolina Outer Banks - multispectral color - August 30
08/22/99	Hurricane Bret - color image of Brett near Texas coastline
08/22/99	Hurricane Bret - close-up color image of Brett near Texas coastline
07/31/99	Eastern North Carolina Before and After Flood Image
10/26/98	Impressive view of Hurricane Mitch as Cat-5 hurricane in the Caribbean Sea - NOAA-14 colorized image - Oct 26
10/26/98	Hurricane Mitch - Early afternoon colorized IR as cat-5 hurricane (Oct 26)
10/26/98	Hurricane Mitch - Full earth view - colorized IR (Oct 26)
09/28/98	Hurricane Georges - Colorized IR - moving inland over Mississippi - Sep 28
09/26/98	Four Atlantic Hurricanes - Georges, Ivan, Jeanne and Karl - Sep 26
09/25/98	Hurricane Georges - Colorized IR - Over the Florida Keys (September 25)
08/26/98	Hurricane Bonnie - multi-channel color image (August 26)
07/02/98	Florida Fires - Color Enhancement showing smoke and hot spots -July 2
09/05/96	Hurricane Fran IR at Landfall
09/04/96	Hurricane Fran NASA Enhanced Image 1
08/31/93	Hurricane Emily approaching the North Carolina Outer Banks - Multi-spectral False Color Image - Aug 31
07/12/93	The Great Midwest Flood of 1993 - before and after views of the flooding along the Mississipppi River and many of its tributaries
11/01/91	"The Perfect Storm" - Visible - Nov 1 - 1601 UTC
10/31/91	"The Perfect Storm" - Visible - Oct 31 - 1601 UTC
10/30/91	"The Perfect Storm" - Visible - Oct 30 - 1601 UTC
10/29/91	"The Perfect Storm" - Visible - Oct 29 - 1601 UTC
10/28/91	"The Perfect Storm" - Visible - Oct 28 - 1601 UTC
10/27/91	"The Perfect Storm" - Visible - Oct 27 - 1601 UTC
10/26/91	"The Perfect Storm" - Visible - Oct 26 - 1601 UTC
03/11/91	Persian Gulf Oil Fires - one of the more dramatic images showing a large area of thick, black smoke - March 11
03/07/91	Persian Gulf Oil Fires - March 7
03/07/91	Persian Gulf Oil Fires - close-up view of the oil fires in Kuwait - March 7
02/12/91	Persian Gulf Oil Fires - striking color enhanced image showing numerous fire plumes and hot spots in Kuwait and Iraq - Feb 12
02/10/91	Persian Gulf Oil Fires - enhanced color image showing numerous smoke plumes and heat signatures in Kuwait and Iraq - Feb 10
02/08/91	Persian Gulf Oil Fires - enhanced image from NOAA-11 - Feb 8
09/21/89	Hurricane Hugo - Broad view of North America - false color image - Sep 21
09/21/89	Hurricane Hugo targeting South Carolina just before landfall - black & white visible - Sept 21
09/21/89	Hurricane Hugo Poster - 36" x 36" glossy
09/07/88	The Great Yellowstone Fires - colorized NOAA-9 image showing numerous fire plumes and heat signatures across Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming - Sep 7
02/19/79	Presidents Day Blizzard - Visible #3 - showing extensive snow cover and eye of storm! - Feb 19
04/01/60	First Satellite Image (TIROS)