How Satellites Capture 400 Megapixel Images Of Earth's Globe - Himawari 8 & GOES-16

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The Advanced Baseline Imager is the state of the art in meteorological imaging and it's been flying for a couple of years on the Himawari 8 and more recently on GOES-16. Today GOES-S is scheduled to launch to ultimately replace GOES-West so I thought it would be interesting to explain how the specialized camera works and to show off some pretty pictures it's taken.\n\nNOAA Youtube:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/noaa\n\nGOES-16 Imagery\nhttps://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/index.php\n\nGOES & Himawari browser\nhttp://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/