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At this site you can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe. Images can be generated based on a full-colour image of the Earth by day and night, a topographical map of the Earth, up-to-date weather satellite imagery, or a composite image of cloud cover superimposed on a map of the Earth, or a color composite which shows clouds, land and sea temperatures, and ice. In addition to the Earth, you can also view the Moon from the Earth, Sun, night side, above named formations on the lunar surface or as a map showing day and night. A related document compares the appearance of the Moon at perigee and apogee, including an interactive Perigee and Apogee Calculator.
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No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
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No cost
A variety of sources contributed to the creation of this site. 1. Satellite data provided by The Living Earth Inc./Earth Imaging Copyright 1996, All Rights Reserved. 2. The satellite tracking code is based upon the N3EMO Orbit Simulator: N3EMO Orbit Simulator routines v3.7 Copyright 1986,1987,1988,1989,1990 Robert W. Berger N3EMO. May be freely distributed, provided this notice remains intact.3. The pbmplus toolkit, Copyright 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.
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DLESE-000-000-000-075
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John Walker Index Librorium Liberorum |
