The first images from the new weather satellite just arrived, and they're absolutely incredible

The satellite formerly known as GOES-R (so Prince, right?) has transmitted its first images back to Earth, and they are flooring. From the details on the face of the moon to the incredible resolution of cumulus over the Caribbean, these first pixels portend a sunny future for NOAA's new GOES-16 satellite. Meteorologists are drooling. This release coincides



with the first day of the American Meteorological Society's annual meeting. There are thousands of weather geeks in Seattle this week, and — at least on Monday — they're all looking at this next-gen satellite imagery. As we've written before, GOES-R satellite has six instruments, two of which are weather-related. The Advanced Baseline Imager,