rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov — The MODIS satellites gaze back at the Earth constantly circling and snapping high res images of our world. You can see what they've been up to for the last couple days and download high res versions that are in the commons and ready for you to use for whatever you like.
Mar 2, 2007 View in Crawl 4
unknwnMar 3, 2007
They aren't real time anymore....Darn you Digg effect!
chingy1788Mar 3, 2007
from that flash earth thing
wombat892Mar 3, 2007
There is no satellite image of my part of the world (Tasmania) : (
reticulateMar 3, 2007
I'm off to Tasmania during easter.Never been before, meeting up with some friends who moved down from Brisbane. I hear you guys actually have seasons, which should be interesting.
Closed AccountMar 3, 2007
You really think Google's images are better? For my location Microsoft's are much clearer and more recent.I guess it depends on where you're looking. Flash Earth is a great site though!
b1gm1keMar 3, 2007
As someone who uses Google Earth regularly at work, this program is awesome.
lowkeynzMar 5, 2007
no photos over new zealand!! time for me to do some nude sunbathing.....
bryankennedyMar 14, 2007Submitter
The main difference between this site and Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo Maps...whathaveyou...is that these images are produced by NASA and therefore are in the public domain for people to use for a myriad of purposes. I use them regularly for educational use at a science museum. You can't do that legally with all of the copyrighted material on the other services. At least for derivative works.
mikehartorMay 2, 2007
Impossible! I swear i saw it on freshmeat or somewhere else.