Massive Snowstorm Seen From Space

A monster storm has paralyzed a big stretch of the United States from Chicago to New York. The first images of the extent of this storm taken from space are becoming available.

NASA's Terra satellite combined three images to create this photo of the storm system. Diagonal lines across the image show the boundaries between the overpasses. White gaps are areas where the sensor did not collect data. The image has a resolution of one kilometer per pixel.

Satellite image shows the early stages of a developing storm in the plains and Midwestern states. You can make out a preponderance of cold air in Canada and the northern U.S. (green and blue colors).

thickening clouds along a developing intense cold front in the plains and midwestern states expected to generate lots of snow, freezing rain, sleet, and wind.

The GOES-13 satellite shot this image of a low pressure area stretching from the Colorado Rockies and Texas east to New England.

NASA's Terra Satellite captured the low pressure area near New England that brought heavy snows to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S.

NASA's Earth science data system, the