If you find that a site doesn't work properly or that a link has become outdated, please let us know that as well. We'll update it promptly. Great polar orbiting satellite views of the B15 Iceberg which broke off the Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000 and the C16 iceberg. Its 4,250 square-mile area was nearly as large as the state of Connecticut. The berg has since broken into two.
Weather satellites provide more than just pretty images.
The resulting high resolution depictions can be used to identify local regions of potential severe weather development. It takes a few minutes to load, but once loaded, it can be replayed over and over again. Nope, the Earth hasn't been flattened, the shape has to do with how the data is collected and displayed. UV Index Forecast maps for the world, the US, and Australia. This page was updated on June 3, 2001.