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The Wall: Geostationary satellites near-real-time animations

4 pointsby alas446 months ago

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alas446 months ago
Hello!<p>I shared almost 3 years ago this website made by the father of a friend that uses free satellite data to showcase the earth near realtime, using algorithms he crafted to assemble and color correct everything together (see original post <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=29851399">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=29851399</a>)<p>Since then he improved a lot his software, taking advantage of new satellites, new color wave length, and taking the challenge to map it all on a 3D earth globe (compared to flat earth surfaces previously). Or with a 4k colored flat view of our home planet <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;earth2day.com&#x2F;TheWall&#x2F;Movies&#x2F;THEWALL4K.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;earth2day.com&#x2F;TheWall&#x2F;Movies&#x2F;THEWALL4K.html</a><p>Sometimes you can (unfortunately) see there the planet scale events that faces us, like huricanes that come onto the shore or wildfires so huge the smoke plumes goes over entire continents ... see the gallery of events here <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;earth2day.com&#x2F;TheWall&#x2F;Gallery&#x2F;gallery.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;earth2day.com&#x2F;TheWall&#x2F;Gallery&#x2F;gallery.html</a><p>So here I share it, do not hesitaite to provide him feedback here.<p>Note: If earth does not rotate when landing on the page, just reload