Nene AddicoOct 12, 2026
Sky Watch trailer
Sky Watch trailer
Nene Addico
Join the Skywatch community and become a NASA citizen science observer by reporting daily cloud observations to help scientists.
Sky Watch trailer
Nene Addico
Join the Skywatch community and become a NASA citizen science observer by reporting daily cloud observations to help scientists.
Chapters
00:00
Weather Satellites
Overview of satellites orbiting earth.
00:22
Ground Observations
00:30
How Skywatch Works
00:51
Join the Community
Transcript
00:01
right now, about 500 miles up, a weather satellite is racing around earth at almost 17,000 miles an hour, 14 laps a day.
00:13
But it only sees the tops of the clouds.
00:15
Thin cloud.
00:16
Snow.
00:17
It can't always tell.
00:22
that's where you come in.
00:24
Satellites see the top, you see the bottom.
00:27
NASA needs both.
00:30
Be NASA's eyes.
00:33
Pick your spot, pick your time, and make sure you do it every day.
00:40
Answer NASA's cloud questions, and Skywatch turns them into the code NASA needs for its database.
00:52
Be part of a giant community of skywatchers in more than 125 countries.
01:01
And here's the best part.
01:02
You're in charge.
01:03
You remember.
01:04
You show up, you make it happen.
01:07
Think you can do it?
01:09
Skywatch.
01:10
Become a real NASA citizen science observer.
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