Here’s an interesting satellite image of Sandy on October 30, 2012. The image is rotated so that you are looking south from Canada, with north toward the bottom.
The the Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image on October 30 with its Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). You can see that Sandy is moving north along the East Coast of the United States, with ocean waves having churned up sediments from the continental shelf and left turbid water in its wake.
By midday October 30, 2012, the skies over coastal Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina had cleared as the remnants of the storm were battering the northeastern states.
Bottom line: Satellite of Superstorm Sandy on October 30, 2012, seen from the north.
Deborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. In 2020, she won the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society, the largest organization of professional astronomers in North America. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.
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