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CIRA

@CIRA_CSU

CIRA research and PR at CSU. Media requests: satlib.cira.colostate.edu/media-requests/. CIRA homepage: col.st/0xPmb

Fort Collins, CO

Joined May 2015

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Oct 8, 2024
A Category 5 hurricane churns in the Gulf of Mexico as wildfires rage in the West. A stunning view of North America this evening.
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Sep 26, 2024
Extraordinary imagery of Hurricane Helene's eye wall, loaded with lightning. Hurricane Helene is now a dangerous, Category 4 storm.
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Oct 9, 2024
Hurricane Milton hits Florida - as seen from space. Abundant lightning can be seen in southern Florida, where numerous tornadoes occurred today.
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Oct 8, 2024
The clear, breathtaking eye of Hurricane Milton. Milton is once again a powerful Category 5 storm.
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Jun 30, 2024
An absolutely stunning view of Hurricane Beryl's clear eye. Beryl is now powerful, category 4 storm.
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May 25, 2023
Simply jaw-dropping satellite imagery of Super Typhoon Mawar.
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Oct 7, 2024
A jaw-dropping, high resolution view of Hurricane Milton's powerful, small eye. This 30-second imagery from GOES-19 is preliminary and non-operational.
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May 17, 2025
Simply incredible satellite imagery of a dust storm hitting Chicago this evening.
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Jan 16, 2023
The parade of West Coast storms over the last ten days.
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Oct 7, 2024
From tropical storm to Category 5 hurricane in 24 hours. Hurricane Milton underwent simply astonishing rapid intensification.
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Oct 30, 2025
The three Category 5 storms of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.
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Oct 27, 2025
Lightning flashes within the powerful eye wall of Hurricane Melissa. Incredible imagery this morning of Melissa, a Category 5 storm, south of Jamaica.
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Jun 19, 2020
Today's view of a large Saharan dust plume. Watch in near-realtime: col.st/Yo9R1.
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Sep 30, 2024
Rainfall ahead of Hurricane Helene primed the stage for devastating flooding across North Carolina. This view shows the evolution of both systems that ushered in tremendous amounts of rain.
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