Satellite Image of the Day: July 19, 2007
(click here for previous images of the day from RUSMART)

NOAA's Hydrometeorologial Prediction Center (HPC) "Daily National Forecast" image shows a daily national weather prediction

NOAA's National Hurricane Center

Satellites: NOAA-15, NOAA 16, NOAA 17 and NOAA-18, part of NOAA's 850km-high (530 mile-high) Polar Orbiting satellites

Yucatan peninsula and the Chicxulub impact crater

The image below shows the Yucatan peninsula, location of a major asteroid impact 65 million years ago.
The impact boundaries can't be seen in this visible image, but other images (radar, etc.) reveal the tell-tale shape.
"Ground zero" for this impact was off the northwestern part of the peninsula.

Click on the image for a high-resolution version (~160k) of the area of impact.