Sector Images: Southern Rockies - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR

GeoColor

True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 13.88 MB)
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GLM FED3+GeoColor

Lightning flash extent over GeoColor
15 Jul 2026 - 20:21 UTC

Last update > 1 hour

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 13.96 MB)
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AirMass RGB

RGB based on data from IR & water vapor
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 10.84 MB)
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Sandwich RGB

Blend combines IR band 13 with visual band 3
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 12.38 MB)
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Day Night Cloud Micro Combo RGB

Day: show cloud-top phase; Night: distinguish clouds / fog
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 14.11 MB)
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Fire Temperature

RGB used to highlight fires
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 13.4 MB)
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Dust RGB

RGB for identifying tropospheric dust
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Band 1

0.47 µm
Blue - Visible
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Band 2

0.64 µm
Red - Visible
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 12.48 MB)
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Band 3

0.86 µm
Veggie - Near IR
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Band 4

1.37 µm
Cirrus - Near IR
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Band 5

1.6 µm
Snow/Ice - Near IR
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Band 6

2.2 µm
Cloud Particle - Near IR
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Band 7

3.9 µm
Shortwave Window - IR
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 9.29 MB)
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Band 8

6.2 µm
Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 8.35 MB)
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Band 9

6.9 µm
Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Band 10

7.3 µm
Lower-level Water Vapor - IR
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Band 11

8.4 µm
Cloud Top - IR
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Band 12

9.6 µm
Ozone - IR
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Band 13

10.3 µm
Clean Longwave Window - IR
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 9.68 MB)
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Band 14

11.2 µm
Longwave Window - IR
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Animated GIF, (GIF, 9.58 MB)
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Band 15

12.3 µm
Dirty Longwave Window - IR
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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Band 16

13.3 µm
CO₂ Longwave - IR
16 Jul 2026 - 20:46 UTC

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GOES-East - Sector view: Southern Rockies