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Jul 21 2015, 05:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1628 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
Here is a real-time full color view of the Earth from the Himawari satellite, updated every half hour or so. This geostationary weather satellite is stationed over the longitude of Japan. The view is complete with orange sunglint off the ocean. You can click on the link to see the latest update.
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/gms/largec.html?ar...=1&mode=UTC I previously posted this high resolution sample image in the Whole Earth Images thread. We can look around for the full resolution real-time data archive that would be about 11000 pixels wide. -------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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Sep 30 2015, 03:29 AM
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That's terriffic, Dan. Much more fun to watch from orbit than from ground level.
I can see that as you experiment with different processing options, you would want to lead with the most recent results that incorporate the benefit of all your experience. Maybe I can put together some kind of playlist to view them in natural order. By the way, do you have any insights about what the Taiwan CWB (in my link) is doing in order to provide their continuous night-and-day coverage with seemingly consistent "illumination"? Are they presenting some kind of false-colored view as seen from non-visible wavelengths? I have noticed that low cloudiness and rain doesn't always show up in their hourly posted views - day or night. Sometimes it can be raining on the ground but appears perfectly clear in the satellite view. That may partially explain why the eye seems to be "wide open" in the posted photos, while in the animations there are many periods when it is clouded over. Did Dujuan have ...cataracts? |
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