WOW! Simply Amazing #aurora!!

Updated Launch date/time:  Saturday, November 19th at 542 PM EST from Cape Canaveral. 

First of advanced environment satellites arrives at Kennedy.

The United State’s latest and most technologically advanced weather satellite was transported from its assembly facility in Colorado to Kennedy Space Center today, August 22. A joint endeavour between NASA and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, the GOES-R satellite weighs in at more than 6,200 pounds. Orbiting more than 22,300 miles above the Earth in Geostationary Transfer Orbit, GOES-R will provide the western hemisphere advanced weather and environmental forecasting technology. GOES-R, which stands for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, is the first of four third-generation GOES satellites built by Lockheed Martin.

Lofting such a heavy and sensitive satellite across the country required the use of a U.S. Air Force C-5 cargoplane.A t 3:16pm EDT the plane touched down at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility. Later this evening, the satellite will be transported 17 miles to a clean room facility in nearby Titusville. There, it will undergo unpacking and inspection before prelaunch operations commence. Liftoff is scheduled for 5:40pm EDT on November 4. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will fly in the 541 configuration with a five meter diameter payload fairing, four strap on AJ-60A solid rocket motors, and a single-RL-10 engine on the Centaur upper stage. P/c: NASA, NOAA, Lockheed Martin, Gary Napier.

Yes, hugs are very good, especially when one is sad. This makes me feel better.  <hugs>

“Hugs are actually so underrated especially those hugs that are so tight you can literally feel the other person’s heartbeat and for a moment everything feels so calm and safe like nothing can hurt you.” (x)

Great shot! #lightning

Incredible lightning shot in Austin, Texas! credit: Christopher V. Sherman

Beautiful! :)

Iceland Photographed by Steve Lansdell

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You've got that right!! When thunder roars go indoors!

Talk about a wakeup call! I live near a camping area so I hope this never happens. Wow

So beautiful!

Looking straight up into an Icelandic aurora

Amazing #lightning photo!!!!

Thunderstorm On Stonehenge

Supermoon!

WOW!  It’s Supermoon night, and yep, it’s ‘big,’ well, relatively speaking. Have to watch out for big high tides along the southern New England coast from 11/14-17 with any onshore wind flow.  We’re watching it! 

Found this photo on my Twitter feed.  It’s, well, SUPER!  With proper credit, of course.

Credit:  @brandonsmith_wx , photo taken 11/13/16 in State College, PA USA

More #aurora shots! Gorgeous!!!😊

Kirkjufell, Iceland

Wow that's wild #lightning!!!

Russia - Amazing capture…. triple lightning hit Church During Storm in Moscow this noon !!! 😲😲😲 Source: Severe Weather RU