Super-rare 1960's satellite images found! Donna, Flora, etc.
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Super-rare 1960's satellite images found! Donna, Flora, etc.
[edited in 2013. Apparently these images were showing up as REAL in Google Images, so yeah, best I delete this thread.]
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Idk whats wrong with you guys, it works fine for me.
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link doesn't work. nice try at april fool's though
the first Donna image is clearly an edited version of Floyd...
oh and did I mention that Donna occurred BEFORE the first satellite was launched? xD
EDIT: well, the first weather satellite was launched in April 1960, but my point remains, highly unlikely that satellite took pics of Donna.
the first Donna image is clearly an edited version of Floyd...
oh and did I mention that Donna occurred BEFORE the first satellite was launched? xD

EDIT: well, the first weather satellite was launched in April 1960, but my point remains, highly unlikely that satellite took pics of Donna.
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Opal storm wrote:

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And the Flora image.... the stratocumulus arrangement to the west of the cyclone looks unrealistic for an Atlantic hurricane. A strong midlatitude storm that could theoretically steer Flora would leave CU streaks parallel to each other and starting offshore. The stratocu does look like something associated with an EPAC storm though. 
Sorry, just had to critique these.

Sorry, just had to critique these.
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Cy I told you not to use Donna.
I know most of these
Cleo = Irene 2005
Ethel = Nate sideways
Donna = Edouard (edited a bit)
Donna 2 = Michelle
Flora = A severely edited Alberto from 2000.

I know most of these
Cleo = Irene 2005
Ethel = Nate sideways
Donna = Edouard (edited a bit)
Donna 2 = Michelle
Flora = A severely edited Alberto from 2000.
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You got me. Great job.
I'm pretty amazed by people being able to look at those and say, oh, that's Michelle.
I'm pretty amazed by people being able to look at those and say, oh, that's Michelle.
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The first "known" image that I know of is from October 5, 1954. It's from a depression/storm that hit on the 3rd near the US-Mexico border...
Probably deserves its own thread so as not to confuse it with the bogus pictures above..
Probably deserves its own thread so as not to confuse it with the bogus pictures above..
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Stratosphere747 wrote:The first "known" image that I know of is from October 5, 1954. It's from a depression/storm that hit on the 3rd near the US-Mexico border...
Probably deserves its own thread so as not to confuse it with the bogus pictures above..
Pretty impressive considering Sputnik wasn't launched until 1957 and the first weather satellite until 1960.
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I have radar shots of 2 hurricanes from the 40s in one of my albums some where, thats the oldest I've seen.
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I know there is a radar image of Flora of 1963. It dumped up to 120 inches of rain in some areas.
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