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Earth… just 5 minutes ago (himawari8.nict.go.jp)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by SpaceFacts@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world
 

Before calling it fake, check Japan’s Himawari-8/9 satellite a real Earth-observing satellite that captures full-disk images of our planet every 10 minutes using official space-based imaging, not weather predictions.

This is actual satellite imagery from space… sometimes Earth just looks so unreal that people forget reality can be more stunning than CGI

🔗Check out by yourself https://himawari8.nict.go.jp/ 🔗

Details: https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/satellite/himawari89.html

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[–] Geobloke@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hmmmm, can't even get New Zealand in a satellite photo

[–] asret@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

We do manage to get in at the edges of both the Himawari and the GOES-WEST satellites.

https://www.metservice.com/maps-radar/satellite/tasman-sea-infrared will almost certainly be from Himawari.