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These images show the smoke plume from the attack on New York’s Trade Center, September 11, 2001.
The GOES-8 images were taken at 10:15 and 10:39 a.m. New York time. GOES-8 is a NOAA geostationary weather satellite. These images were received at 1 km resolution (that means that the satellite perceives objects no smaller than 1 km in size).
The images showing higher detail were received at about 11:30 a.m. from NASA’s polar-orbiting Terra earth science research satellite, from the MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer.
Both sets of images were received and made available by the Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison. If you use any of these images, please credit us, and notify SSEC's Public Information Officer.