Saturday, November 21, 2015

The Himawari 8 satellite


The Himawari 8 satellite is a Japanese weather satellite placed in stationary orbit around the Earth, looking down on the western Pacific Ocean. It regularly provides absolutely amazing images. This animation captures a sunrise over the Himalayan Mountains and Southeast Asia as seen by the spectral filters on that satellite (visible both before and after sunrise)

Reference:
http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/himawari-8.asp

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