Hourly images from NASA's EPIC camera, with 3D interpolation between frames.
Data typically lags by a few days (see botom date label).
DSCOVR orbits around L1, so this recenters the subsolar point. NASA EPIC imagery — additional limbs are simulated.
Phases are opposite: new Moon is full Earth, and vice versa.
NASA DSCOVR/EPIC imagery — centroid times may be offset from the clock.
Night side, stars, and Sun are simulated.
Settings
Long-press the globe for GEOSTAT longitude. On: springs back when you release. Off: stay in GEOSTAT (Back / Escape returns to the view you came from). Desktop: hold Shift while dragging to park.
Only real NASA EPIC photographs of the Earth. Off: past the latest EPIC image and over EPIC gaps, Blue Marble with clouds built from EUMETSAT data, up to the real now.
While controls are hidden and playback is paused, redraw the globe about once per minute (about 30 fps otherwise).
After you release a paused time-scrub, Earth keeps turning and slows until it snaps to an EPIC frame. Higher values stop sooner.
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EPIC.Projector.Earth
Interactive 3D Earth visualization using NASA's EPIC imagery from DSCOVR satellite hovering at Lagrange point L1.
Created using HTML5, Javascript, WebGL and open NASA EPIC data.
To learn more about how it works, read the Whitepaper.
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