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pl23_spac0592.jpg

Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica illuminated by sunlight as seen at the far eastern extent of GOES-West's visible coverage

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Description

Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica illuminated by sunlight as seen at the far eastern extent of GOES-West's visible coverage. Storms seem three-dimensional and thethin shell of our atmosphere gives way to space. This is a non-enhanced GOES-11channel 1 image.

Credit

NOAA NESDIS Environmental Visualization Laboratory

Display Date

2010 May 14

Collection

NOAA in Space