Smoke from the wildfires that have devastated the Los Angeles area can even ... Environmental Satellite (GOES). The GeoColor imagery below is a six-hour time-lapse view of the Pacific Southwest ...

New satellite images show 140 new tents at the Guantanamo Bay Migrant Operations Centre on the island of Cuba.

As each orbit is made the satellite can view a 1,600 mile (2,700 km) wide area of the earth. Due to the rotation of the earth the satellite is able to view every spot on earth twice each day.