Bob CollinsNOAA’s new GOES-16 satellite has given us the clearest high-resolution pictures yet from a geostationary satellite 22,000 miles above us.
The first images — it’s still undergoing testing — were released today. And they’re magnificent.
1,000 Words: Earth
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Bob Collins
bcollins@mpr.org • @newscutBob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.