Satellite Image of the Day: June 30, 2005
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NOAA's Hydrometeorologial Prediction Center (HPC) "Daily National Forecast" image shows a daily national weather prediction

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

 Jet contrails revealed
The first image below shows a false color (realistic-looking) image of New England and the eastern part of Canada.
The second image is an image that shows the main distribution of the water vapor in the atmosphere.
The streaks tilted to the northeast in the second image are the remnants of the jet contrails from the numerous international flights going over the North Atlantic to Europe.
Click on the image(s) below for a higher-resolution (>100k) picutre.

False color image

Water vapor enhanced