Japan’s New Satellite Captures an Image of Earth Every 10 Minutes

[CasKru]

A sense of perspective is unavoidable from 22,000 miles out. Looking down at Earth from that distance — almost three times farther than the diameter of the planet itself — allows a view of the globe as a massive organic system, pulsing with continuous movement. Below, images from the Himawari-8 weather satellite's first official day paint a living portrait of the western Pacific, with Typhoons Chan-hom and Nangka spinning slowly westward.

Locked into a stationary orbit above New Guinea, the satellite takes 144 photographs of the entire planet a day, three times as many as its predecessor. The images show how weather systems evolve and help forecasters develop more nuanced models of Earth’s atmosphere.

The satellite can see features down to about a third of a mile in size — twice the resolution of similar weather satellites that watch other parts of the globe

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[Hangover]

Baie cool!! Awesome om the sien hoe die weer verander in HD

[Family_Dog]

We live on a wonderful planet!


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[warthog]

I would love to see that in a years time... absolutely mind boggling I think.