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Headline: Amazing Earth: NASA Chose Best Satellite Images from 2019

Caption: PICTURE SHOWS: Four Tropical Cyclones from Space. Juliette. Fernand. Dorian. Gabrielle. On Sept. 4, 2019, when this image was taken, the world watched as a chain of tropical cyclones lined up across the Western hemisphere. Dorian peaked as a Category 5 hurricane on Sept. 1 as it moved through the Bahamas, causing dozens of causalities and billions of dollars of damage. Juliette eventually weakened to a tropical storm as it moved away from the Mexican coast. At the time this image was taken, Hurricane Juliette in the East Pacific and Hurricane Dorian in the Atlantic were both Category 2 storms. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Fernand had just recently made landfall over northeastern Mexico, causing severe flooding in the region. Gabrielle strengthened into a tropical storm on Sept. 4 over the eastern Atlantic, and had sustained winds of 50 miles per hour (80 kilometers per hour) around the time of this image. Data for the simulated natural-color image were acquired with the Advanced Baseline Imager on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) 16. GOES-16 is operated by NOAA; NASA helps develop and launch the GOES series of satellites. Earth satellite imagery is crucial for scientists tracking tropical cyclones so that they can better predict what direction they’re headed in, in order to best prepare the public. ... STORY COPY: Amazing Earth: Satellite Images from 2019 This January, NASA have taken a look back at some notable satellite views of our planet from 2019. They explain: “Was 2019 an eventful year for you? It certainly was for our home planet. Earth experienced volcanic eruptions, tropical cyclones and melting glaciers. From space, NASA saw a surge in Amazon rainforest wildfires as well as a total solar eclipse in the South Pacific. “What better way to reflect on the events of 2019 than through the “eyes” of NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites and instruments on the International Space Station? These space assets constantly orbit our globe and provide invaluable information to scientists, government agencies and people like you.”

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