Blast on the east coast of Snowzilla, described by Scott Kelly as “rare thunderstorms” at the station and on the moon from the Finland satellite
NEW JERSEY – NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured a rare and spectacular “thunderstorm” from space as the Snowzilla blast hit much of the U.S. East Coast this weekend and paralyzed snow at least two feet from the nation’s capital to New York and beyond. .
Meanwhile, NASA-NOAA’s satellite orbiting the Finnish nuclear power plant captured a ghostly image of the east coast bathing in the moonlight almost simultaneously, with the 2016 snowstorm affecting more than 85 million people in 20 states on the east coast.
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) took a satellite image of the Finnish nuclear power plant’s massive winter storm system crashing in the eastern United States on January 23 at 2:15 PM EST.
Kelly took a spectacular “thunderstorm” picture on Saturday, Jan. 23, from an international space station (ISS) ride that approached or set snowfall accumulation records in many major metropolitan areas from the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast Corridor.
Rare # thunderstorms appear on @Space_Station in # blizzard2016! #Snowzilla # snowmaggedon2016 “, Kelly tweeted with a possible shot on 23/01/2016.
Because from time to time the “rare thunderstorm” disappeared – see the comparisons above and below.
“The massive #storm cover #EastCoast is clearly visible from @Space_Station! Stay safe! # Blizzard2016,” Kelly tweeted with the picture earlier Saturday from a similar perspective.
Kelly has just passed the 300th day in her historic “1 Year ISS Mission” outpost and is conducting hundreds of experiments designed to pave the way for multi-year expeditions to the Red Planet.
The satellite image of the Finnish nuclear power plant was adapted using VIIRS ‘”day-night band”, which detects weak light signals such as city lights, moonlight, aerial light and northern lights. “
Record tides caused extensive flooding, shoreline erosion and the destruction of property on much of Jersey’s shores. Some areas are suffering even more severe catastrophic destruction than Hurricane Sandy.
Many airports were closing and opening only slowly, causing havoc in the air transport system. More than 13,000 flights have been canceled so far since Friday, January 22nd.
The storm lasted until Sunday, January 24, and killed at least 45 people.
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