First Day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere
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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