The images made by this satellite will broaden your view of the world.

Launched just over 8 months ago, the GOES-16 weather satellite - controlled by the US Space Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - didn't take long to show what it came from. The first images released revealed fascinating perspectives of our planet, with a resolution considerably higher than the records of its predecessors.

Pioneering a new generation of weather observation and forecasting satellites, the equipment is positioned at the height of the equator line about 35, 000 kilometers from Earth. Its sensors are capable of detecting, in a matter of minutes, different types of structures and compounds in the atmosphere, such as rain clouds or volcanic ash. Here are some of the images the device has already captured:

1. Full Perspective of the American Continent

2. Here we see the formation of thunderstorms in southern Argentina

3. Northern region of the continent captured during last winter in the Northern Hemisphere

4. As with its predecessors, the moon will serve to calibrate the satellite camera.

5. View of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea

6. West Coast of Mexico and the United States

7. In the right corner of the image, the Sahara Desert sand layer

8. Representation of the satellite about 35 thousand kilometers from Earth

9. Images of the equipment launch, November 2016