Japan’s New Satellite Captures an Image of Earth Every 10 Minutes (Published 2015)

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 Cha

[bn2islander]

“NOAA and NASA aim to launch a similar advanced weather satellite, GOES-R, next March.”

[daybeforeyesterday]

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[ushi2]

NYT発、気象衛星ひまわりの実力。

[kazutox]

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[Junco_junko]

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