Science and Exploration

First Day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere

By Keith Cowing

March 20, 2014

Filed under Earth, GOES, NASA, NOAA, OnOrbit

First Day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere

NASA/NOAA

This full-disk image from NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite was captured at 11:45 UTC (7:45 a.m. EDT) and shows the Americas on March 20, 2014. This date marks the start of astronomical spring in the northern hemisphere.
Credit: NOAA/NASA GOES Project Larger image

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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