A North Pacific extratropical cyclone as seen from TIROS VIII, pass 764/762, camera I, frame 13. The easternmost cloud band suggests frontal clouds, the center band with transverse elements appears to be associated with the jet stream, while the westernmost thin band is highly unusual. Picture of the Month , "Monthly Weather Review," May 1964.

A broad frontal cloud band over the low latitudes of the western North Pacific Ocean. Image photographed by TIROS IX, pass 627/624, camera 2, frame 15. Picture of the Month, "Monthly Weather Review," July 1965.

The Greenland Ice Cap with remarkable low level convective cloudiness. TIROS VII, pass 4365/4364, camera 1, frame 13. Picture of the Month, "Monthly Weather Review," April 1966.

The first of the "Monthly Weather Review" Picture of the Month series, as published in January 1963. This first picture shows a series of actinoform clouds extending along the parallel 7 degrees South Latitude and between 87 and 97 West Longitude. This cloud type was not even suspected prior to TIROS photography.

Actinoform, radial or semi-radial , cloud patterns over the tropical eastern Pacific roughly centered at 15 S, 100 W. Individual patterns are approximately 100 to 150 miles in diameter. Picture of the Month, "Monthly Weather Review," April 1965. TIROS VIII, Pass 3049/3048, Camera 1, Frame 17.

Actinoform, radial or semi-radial , cloud pattern over the tropical central Pacific near 17.5N, 155W. Cloud pattern is roughly 200 miles in diameter. Picture of the Month, "Monthly Weather Review," April 1965. TIROS V, Pass 838/837, Camera 1, Frame 20.

TIROS X orbit 0104 image of Nile River, Delta, and upper Red Sea. In: "The Best of TIROS," NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, 1965.

Jet stream clouds south of Cape Blanc, north Atlantic coast of Africa photographed by TIROS VIII orbit 4671 R/O 4670. In: "The Best of TIROS," NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, 1965.

Eddy patterns southeast of the Canary Islands. TIROS V orbit 0188. In: "The Best of TIROS," NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, 1965.

Contrails south of San Diego. TIROS V orbit 3343. In: "The Best of TIROS," NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, 1965.

Hurricane Alma off the west coast of Florida. Highly reflective water off west coast indicated by arrow. Probably caused by coastal waters being agitated by hurricane. NIMBUS II, pass 338, APT. From Picture of the Month, "Monthly Weather Review," August 1966.

Intense low-level convection over the Gulf of Mexico as extremely cold air flows over warmer Gulf of Mexico waters. Very narrow parallel cloud bands begin near the northern shore and become much larger convective elements to the south. TIROS X photograph, pass 3039/3038, camera 1, frame 7. Picture of the Month, "Monthly Weather Review," July 1966.

Bering Sea with Aleutians in bottom third of photo. The remarkable chain of downstream eddies appears to be emanating from the vicinity of mountainous Unimak Island. TIROS VII, pass 4236/4236, camera 2, frame 2. Picture of the Month, "Monthly Weather Review,"February 1966.

Graphic of TIROS-M or ITOS satellite in orbit.

Graphic of NIMBUS satellite in orbit.

Graphic of TIROS-N satellite in orbit.

Graphic of TIROS-N satellite in orbit.

Graphic of early GOES satellite in orbit.

Graphic of 2nd generation GOES satellite in orbit.

Graphic of GOES satellite operation. Satellite shown is similar to ATS series of satellites.

Graphic of GOES satellite data collection and distribution. Satellite shown is an Applications Technology Satellite.

Graphic of GOES satellite data collection and distribution. Satellite shown is an Applications Technology Satellite.

Graphic showing GOES satellite data reception and image generation. Satellite shown is an Applications Technology Satellite.

Graphic showing Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Total System. Satellite shown is similar to early GOES.

Graphic of GOES Central Data Distribution System.

Graphic of GOES data collection system.

26-meter polar-orbiting satellite antenna to right. 13-meter GOES-C antenna in left-center. 18-meter GOES A antenna to left. Operations building is in the left foreground.

26-meter polar-orbiting satellite antenna.

26-meter polar-orbiting satellite antenna.

26-meter polar-orbiting satellite antenna.

26-meter polar-orbiting satellite antenna.

26-meter polar-orbiting satellite antenna.

26-meter polar-orbiting satellite antenna.

26-meter polar-orbiting satellite antenna.

26-meter polar-orbiting satellite antenna.

13-meter GOES C antenna in foreground, 11-meter special purpose antenna, and 18-meter GOES B antenna in background.

13-meter GOES C antenna.

13-meter GOES C antenna in foreground, 11-meter special purpose antenna, and 18-meter GOES B antenna in background.

Pre-GOES satellite antenna configuration at Wallops Island. The major antenna was the 26-meter (85-foot diameter) antenna to the right of the operations building.

Satellite receiving antennas for use by investigators at the NOAA's Boulder Environmental Research Laboratories.

The pilot tone antennas for the GOES satellites.

The command antenna for the polar orbiting satellites.

Monitoring antenna tracking at Wallops Island.

Electronic gear at Wallops Island for handling satellite data and communications communications.

GOES satellite antenna at the National Environmental SatelliteService building.

The Gillmore Creek Command and Data Acquisition facility. This site is 13 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska.

The large Command and Data Acquisition Station antenna at Gillmore Creek. This is 13 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska.

Wallops Island Command and Data Acquisition (CDA) facility.

Part of the supporting structure of a large satellite antenna. Which way is up?

A parabolic antenna at Wallops Island.