Satellites: NOAA-15 and NOAA-17, part of NOAA's 850km-high (530 mile-high) Polar Orbiting satellites

"The Day After"
The early-morning sun delineates the remnants of the surprising snow storm that left up to a foot of snow at various places in North Dakota.
This storm exhibits the classic counterclockwise rotation of such mid-latitude storms.
Note the jet stream being pushed up (north) by the circulation of this system.
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