--- title: Watch This Hypnotizing Video of Rare Twin Typhoons in the Pacific description: The two typhoons are the first double storms to be observed since October, 1997 canonical: https://time.com/4003987/twin-typhoon-video-space-el-nino/ author: Tanya Basu article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-19T22:23:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:32:26.448Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch This Stunning Video of Rare Twin Pacific Typhoons og:description: The world hasn't seen anything like this since 1997 og:url: https://time.com/4003987/twin-typhoon-video-space-el-nino/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91055d66a10a20f8/69886025e53aba0f324df2e5/two-typhoons-himawari-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1280 og:image:height: 720 og:image:alt: two-typhoons-himawari-01 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Stunning Video of Rare Twin Pacific Typhoons twitter:description: The world hasn't seen anything like this since 1997 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91055d66a10a20f8/69886025e53aba0f324df2e5/two-typhoons-himawari-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch This Hypnotizing Video of Rare Twin Typhoons in the Pacific > Sponsored content. 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Typhoons Goni and Atsani captured by the Himawari 8 satellite on Aug. 19, 2015._  by [Tanya Basu](https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Aug 19, 2015 10:23 PM UTC  by [Tanya Basu](https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Aug 19, 2015 10:23 PM UTC Prepare to be enthralled: a Japanese satellite has captured twin typhoons—that’s Goni on the left, Atsani on the right—swirling simultaneously for the first time since October, 1997. The stunning images come courtesy of Japan’s new weather satellite, the Himawari-8, currently coasting about 22,000 miles above the Pacific. The video is able to capture the typhoon’s movement especially well because the Himawari-8 is snapping photos every ten minutes. U.S. weather satellites take shots every three hours, and at half the resolution. The twin typhoons are a weather oddity—it’s the first time in about 18 years that twin typhoons have been observed. Incidentally, 1997 is known for hosting [a particularly strong El Niño](http://www.weather.com/science/news/el-nino-comparison-2015-1997-climate-central) (we’re in the middle of another El Niño now), which tends to lead to typhoons in the central Pacific, [according to Eric Holthaus](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the%5Fslatest/2015/08/19/earth%5Ffrom%5Fjapan%5Fs%5Fhimawari%5F8%5Fweather%5Fsatellite%5Fa%5Fstunning%5Fview%5Fof%5Ftyphoons.html), a meteorologist who writes for _Slate_. The stronger storms lead to stronger El Niño effects, leading to “a feedback loop of sorts,” Holthaus writes. Goni might make landfall near the Philippines, Taiwan, or Japan over the next week or so. Atsani is so far not expected to affect any country. ### See the Astronomical League's Most Beautiful Photos from 2014  The Rosette nebula, also known as NGC 2237 or Caldwell 49, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Jan. 6, 2014. Dennis Roscoe, Ph.D.  The Elephant's Trunk Nebula, also known as IC 1396, on April 14, 2014. Eric Coles  The Pleiades, also known as M45 or the Seven Sisters, imaged from Fayetteville, Ark., on Jan. 25, 2014. Joel Tonyan  Andromeda Galaxy (M31), imaged from Fayetteville, Ark., on Jan. 19, 2014, Joel Tonyan  A time lapse showing star trails above Big Lagoon State Park in Pensacola, Fla., on March 30, 2014. Kenny Alexander  Eta Aquarid meteors above Bryce Canyon in Utah, in May 2014. David Lane  The Orion Nebula, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Feb. 7, 2014. Dennis Roscoe, Ph.D.  A star-forming nebula in Gemini, in January 2014. Brian Peterson  Propeller Nebula in Cygnus, also known as DWB111, on May 1, 2014. Eric Coles  The Milky Way, taken from Pensacola Beach in Pensacola, Fla., on March 2, 2014. Kenny Alexander  An aircraft turns over the night sky with the Milky Way in the background above Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., on Jan. 5, 2014. Matt Jylha  Pelican Nebula, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Jan. 9, 2014. Dennis Roscoe, Ph.D.  The Horsehead nebula, also known as Barnard 33 in emission nebula IC 434, taken at Seneca and Oswego in Illinois, Feb.-March 2014 Martin Hrdlicka  A panorama of the Milky Way taken from Fall Creek Falls State Park during the Eta Aquarid meteor shower on May 4, 2014. Matt Harbison  The Rosette nebula, also known as NGC 2237 or Caldwell 49, taken from Seneca, Ill., in March 2014. Martin Hrdlicka  The Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457, taken at the Winter Star Party in the Florida Keys on March 1, 2014. Richard S. Wright Jr.  The Milky Way with Venus rising at Pensacola Beach in Pensacola, Fla., on March 2, 2014. 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