Nasa Satellite Links

Early Tropical Storm Alberto Spied by NASA Satellite

A NASA satellite snapped a picture of the cyclone that brought an early start to the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Alberto, not long after the storm formed off the coast of South Carolina.

NASA sees Tropical Storm Sanvu continue to intensify

Two NASA satellites have provided infrared and rainfall data that has shown Tropical Storm Sanvu continues to intensify as it heads toward Iwo To, Japan. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has scanned rainfall rates, and NASA's Aqua satellite has provided a look at cloud temperatures which indicates where the strongest thunderstorms and heaviest rainfall is occurring.

NASA satellite sees Tropical Storm Sanvu pass Guam, strengthen

Tropical Depression 03W in the western North Pacific did exactly what forecasters expected over the last twenty-four hours: it became a tropical storm named Sanvu and passed west of Guam on a northwesterly track.

'Hot Tower' Rain Clouds Spied in Burgeoning Tropical Storm Bud

Before Tropical Depression 2E intensified into Tropical Storm Bud early this morning (May 22), a NASA satellite spotted the signature "hot tower" rain clouds that signal a storm is heating up.

Solar Eclipse Shadow Seen In NASA's Terra Satellite Photo

While thousands of skywatchers were looking up on Sunday (May 20) at the annular lunar eclipse that was visible from Asia to the western United States, NASA's Terra satellite was looking down and took a spectacular image of the moon's shadow over the Pacific Ocean.