Satellite captures incredibly sharp image of Earth

This composite color fulldisk image of the Western Hemisphere was captured from NOAA’s newest weather satellite, GOES-16. It was made by using some of the 16 spectral channels available on the satellite’s sophisticated Advanced Baseline Imager.

The photograph shows North and South America and the surrounding oceans. GOES-16 is now observing the planet from an equatorial view and will boost the U.S. weather observation network.