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(Image credit: Ian Crocker/NOAA)" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_650/public/2025-04/20250325SastrugiSunset.jpeg?h=4233ef75&itok=aEZsEM2D" width="650" height="365" alt="MARCH 20, 2025: The setting sun at NOAA's South Pole Atmospheric Baseline Observatory. Dark Sector telescopes and a final glimpse of sunlight are framed by a wave of snow, setting off six months of darkness at the South Pole." loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="title"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-title c-field--type-string c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/news/photo-feature-last-light-at-south-pole-brings-6-months-of-darkness" hreflang="en">Photo feature: Last light at South Pole brings 6 months of darkness</a></div></div></div> </div> <div class="date"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-publication-date c-field--type-datetime c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><time datetime="2025-04-02T12:00:00Z">April 2, 2025</time> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="tags-wrapper"> <div class="tags focus-areas"> <span class="tag-label">Focus areas:</span> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-node-focus-area c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/research">Research</a> </div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="tags topic-tags"> <span class="tag-label">Topics:</span> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-tags c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/ozone" hreflang="en">ozone</a></div><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/south-pole" hreflang="en">South Pole</a></div><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/research" hreflang="en">research</a></div><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/greenhouse-gases" hreflang="en">greenhouse gases</a></div><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/solar-radiation" hreflang="en">solar radiation</a></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper-right"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <a href="/news/photo-feature-last-light-at-south-pole-brings-6-months-of-darkness" hreflang="en"><img title="MARCH 20, 2025: The setting sun at NOAA's South Pole Atmospheric Baseline Observatory. Dark Sector telescopes and a final glimpse of sunlight are framed by a wave of snow, setting off six months of darkness at the South Pole. (Image credit: Ian Crocker/NOAA)" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_650/public/2025-04/20250325SastrugiSunset.jpeg?h=4233ef75&itok=aEZsEM2D" width="650" height="365" alt="MARCH 20, 2025: The setting sun at NOAA's South Pole Atmospheric Baseline Observatory. Dark Sector telescopes and a final glimpse of sunlight are framed by a wave of snow, setting off six months of darkness at the South Pole." loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="c-view__row"> <article class="is-promoted c-teaser node-teaser" role="article" data-observe-resizes> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper-left"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <a href="/office-education/citizen-science/stories/meet-citizen-scientists-supporting-noaas-mission" hreflang="en"><img title="Three photos of citizen science volunteers. From left to right, the first photo is of Shelby wearing a raincoat and hat, standing on a cliff near a foggy coastline. Second, Esther and Jerry stand together on a sandy beach holding turtle monitoring equipment. Third, Craig Wollam holds a large fish while standing on a boat with the coastline in the background. (Image credit: NOAA Education)" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_650/public/2025-04/volunteer-spotlight-hero.png?h=581829a1&itok=I9RBiH9Q" width="650" height="365" alt="Three photos of citizen science volunteers. From left to right, the first photo is of Shelby wearing a raincoat and hat, standing on a cliff near a foggy coastline. Second, Esther and Jerry stand together on a sandy beach holding turtle monitoring equipment. Third, Craig Wollam holds a large fish while standing on a boat with the coastline in the background." loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="title"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-title c-field--type-string c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/office-education/citizen-science/stories/meet-citizen-scientists-supporting-noaas-mission" hreflang="en">Meet the citizen scientists supporting NOAA’s mission</a></div></div></div> </div> <div class="date"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-publication-date c-field--type-datetime c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><time datetime="2025-04-02T12:00:00Z">April 2, 2025</time> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="tags-wrapper"> <div class="tags focus-areas"> <span class="tag-label">Focus areas:</span> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-node-focus-area c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/education">Education</a> </div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="tags offices"> <span class="tag-label">Offices:</span> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-office c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/office-education">Office of Education</a> </div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="tags programs"> <span class="tag-label">Programs:</span> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-program c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/office-education/citizen-science">Citizen Science</a> </div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="tags topic-tags"> <span class="tag-label">Topics:</span> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-tags c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/citizen-science" hreflang="en">citizen science</a></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper-right"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <a href="/office-education/citizen-science/stories/meet-citizen-scientists-supporting-noaas-mission" hreflang="en"><img title="Three photos of citizen science volunteers. From left to right, the first photo is of Shelby wearing a raincoat and hat, standing on a cliff near a foggy coastline. Second, Esther and Jerry stand together on a sandy beach holding turtle monitoring equipment. Third, Craig Wollam holds a large fish while standing on a boat with the coastline in the background. (Image credit: NOAA Education)" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_650/public/2025-04/volunteer-spotlight-hero.png?h=581829a1&itok=I9RBiH9Q" width="650" height="365" alt="Three photos of citizen science volunteers. From left to right, the first photo is of Shelby wearing a raincoat and hat, standing on a cliff near a foggy coastline. Second, Esther and Jerry stand together on a sandy beach holding turtle monitoring equipment. Third, Craig Wollam holds a large fish while standing on a boat with the coastline in the background." loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="c-view__row"> <article class="is-promoted c-teaser node-teaser" role="article" data-observe-resizes> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper-left"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <a href="/heritage/stories/friday-find-research-flight-facility-sign-of-times" hreflang="en"><img title="The sign from the original Research Flight Facility now hangs in a conference room at the Aircraft Operations Center’s (AOC) Lakeland Center. (Image credit: NOAA Aircraft Operations Center)" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_650/public/2025-03/FF-AOC_RFFsign-08153_NoPlaque.jpg?h=3ebd4c60&itok=hwz-2AGo" width="650" height="365" alt="The sign from the original Research Flight Facility now hangs in a conference room at the Aircraft Operations Center’s (AOC) Lakeland Center." loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="title"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-title c-field--type-string c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/heritage/stories/friday-find-research-flight-facility-sign-of-times" hreflang="en">Friday Find: Research Flight Facility, a sign of the times</a></div></div></div> </div> <div class="date"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-publication-date c-field--type-datetime c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><time datetime="2025-03-28T12:00:00Z">March 28, 2025</time> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="tags-wrapper"> <div class="tags focus-areas"> <span class="tag-label">Focus areas:</span> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-node-focus-area c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/marine-aviation">Marine & Aviation</a> </div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="tags programs"> <span class="tag-label">Programs:</span> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-program c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/programs/heritage">Heritage</a> </div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="tags topic-tags"> <span class="tag-label">Topics:</span> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-tags c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/heritage" hreflang="en">heritage</a></div><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/history" hreflang="en">history</a></div><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/friday-finds" hreflang="und">Friday Finds</a></div><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/hurricane-hunters" hreflang="en">hurricane hunters</a></div><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/aircraft-operations" hreflang="en">aircraft operations</a></div><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/hurricanes" hreflang="en">hurricanes</a></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper-right"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <a href="/heritage/stories/friday-find-research-flight-facility-sign-of-times" hreflang="en"><img title="The sign from the original Research Flight Facility now hangs in a conference room at the Aircraft Operations Center’s (AOC) Lakeland Center. (Image credit: NOAA Aircraft Operations Center)" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_650/public/2025-03/FF-AOC_RFFsign-08153_NoPlaque.jpg?h=3ebd4c60&itok=hwz-2AGo" width="650" height="365" alt="The sign from the original Research Flight Facility now hangs in a conference room at the Aircraft Operations Center’s (AOC) Lakeland Center." loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="c-view__row"> <article class="is-promoted c-teaser node-teaser" role="article" data-observe-resizes> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper-left"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <a href="/news/water-level-observations-return-to-flood-prone-potomac-river-ext" hreflang="en"><img title="Aerial view of Harpers Ferry, showing the confluence of the Potomac River with the Shenandoah River. (Image credit: National Park Service)" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_650/public/2025-03/potomac.png?h=829c6aee&itok=Z16lQc_-" width="650" height="365" alt="Aerial view of Harpers Ferry, showing the confluence of the Potomac River with the Shenandoah River." loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="title"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-title c-field--type-string c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/news/water-level-observations-return-to-flood-prone-potomac-river-ext" hreflang="en">Water level observations return to flood-prone Potomac River</a></div></div></div> </div> <div class="date"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-publication-date c-field--type-datetime c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><time datetime="2025-03-27T12:00:00Z">March 27, 2025</time> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="tags-wrapper"> <div class="tags focus-areas"> <span class="tag-label">Focus areas:</span> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-node-focus-area c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/weather">Weather</a> </div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="tags topic-tags"> <span class="tag-label">Topics:</span> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-tags c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/water-levels" hreflang="en">water levels</a></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper-right"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <a href="/news/water-level-observations-return-to-flood-prone-potomac-river-ext" hreflang="en"><img title="Aerial view of Harpers Ferry, showing the confluence of the Potomac River with the Shenandoah River. (Image credit: National Park Service)" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_650/public/2025-03/potomac.png?h=829c6aee&itok=Z16lQc_-" width="650" height="365" alt="Aerial view of Harpers Ferry, showing the confluence of the Potomac River with the Shenandoah River." loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="c-view__row"> <article class="is-promoted c-teaser node-teaser" role="article" data-observe-resizes> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper-left"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <a href="/stories/how-noaas-satellites-help-predict-monitor-severe-weather-ext" hreflang="en"><img title="Illustration of GOES and JPSS satellites orbiting Earth. (Image credit: NOAA Satellites)" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_650/public/2025-03/GOESJPSS.PNG?h=2279f576&itok=7ryFEtpZ" width="650" height="365" alt="Illustration of GOES and JPSS satellites orbiting Earth." loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="title"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-title c-field--type-string c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/stories/how-noaas-satellites-help-predict-monitor-severe-weather-ext" hreflang="en">How NOAA's satellites help predict, monitor severe weather</a></div></div></div> </div> <div class="date"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-publication-date c-field--type-datetime c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><time datetime="2025-03-27T12:00:00Z">March 27, 2025</time> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="tags-wrapper"> <div class="tags focus-areas"> <span class="tag-label">Focus areas:</span> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-node-focus-area c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/satellites">Satellites</a> </div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="tags topic-tags"> <span class="tag-label">Topics:</span> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-tags c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/severe-weather" hreflang="en">severe weather</a></div><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/geostationary-satellite-goes" hreflang="en">geostationary satellite (GOES)</a></div><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/satellite-data" hreflang="en">satellite data</a></div><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/topic-tags/earth-science-news" hreflang="en">Earth science news</a></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper-right"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <a href="/stories/how-noaas-satellites-help-predict-monitor-severe-weather-ext" hreflang="en"><img title="Illustration of GOES and JPSS satellites orbiting Earth. (Image credit: NOAA Satellites)" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_650/public/2025-03/GOESJPSS.PNG?h=2279f576&itok=7ryFEtpZ" width="650" height="365" alt="Illustration of GOES and JPSS satellites orbiting Earth." loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="c-view__row"> <article class="is-promoted c-teaser node-teaser" role="article" data-observe-resizes> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper-left"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <a href="/news/noaas-goes-19-satellite-releases-new-coronagraph-data-to-public-ext" hreflang="en"><img title="NOAA’s first Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a powerful solar telescope onboard the GOES-19 satellite. (Image credit: NOAA Satellites)" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_650/public/2025-03/20250228CCOR1Thumbnail.png?h=d9ef5731&itok=cO7ZWsGA" width="650" height="365" alt="NOAA’s first Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a powerful solar telescope onboard the GOES-19 satellite." loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="title"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-title c-field--type-string c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/news/noaas-goes-19-satellite-releases-new-coronagraph-data-to-public-ext" hreflang="en">NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite releases new coronagraph data to public</a></div></div></div> </div> <div class="date"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-publication-date c-field--type-datetime c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><time datetime="2025-03-27T12:00:00Z">March 27, 2025</time> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="tags-wrapper"> <div class="tags focus-areas"> <span class="tag-label">Focus areas:</span> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-node-focus-area c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/satellites">Satellites</a> </div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper-right"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <a href="/news/noaas-goes-19-satellite-releases-new-coronagraph-data-to-public-ext" hreflang="en"><img title="NOAA’s first Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a powerful solar telescope onboard the GOES-19 satellite. (Image credit: NOAA Satellites)" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_650/public/2025-03/20250228CCOR1Thumbnail.png?h=d9ef5731&itok=cO7ZWsGA" width="650" height="365" alt="NOAA’s first Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a powerful solar telescope onboard the GOES-19 satellite." loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="c-view__row"> <article class="is-promoted c-teaser node-teaser" role="article" data-observe-resizes> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper-left"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <a href="/education/stories/meet-our-2025-knauss-fellow-mary-beth-armstrong-ext" hreflang="en"><img title="A map showing the Arctic, defined by a red line around parts of Alaska, Canada, and Russia. 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