Down in Front! [video]

NOAA's GOES-13 satellite saw a large pesky front, one that stretched from Maine to Louisiana on April 13 at 16:15 UTC/12:15 p.m. EDT to April 16 at 12:15 p.m. EDT.

This weather pattern did not bode well for people who wanted to see the lunar eclipse on April 15.

The GOES-13 satellite images and animations are created at NASA/NOAA's GOES Project at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

Credit: NOAA/NASA GOES Project

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