peterlevi
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6 years ago As far as I understand, none of these is of sufficient quality AND could be of interest to more than a limited group of people. Also no APIs, and potential copyright issues, so not suitable for an out-of-the-box default source.
I'm marking this duplicate to https://github.com/varietywalls/variety/issues/53.
Hi there,
firstly: thx - i just found this program - nice work.
Second a suggestion: As i looked up the world sunlight map webpage with its Full Disk (Earth that is) Dusk and Dawn images i thought if this isn't somehow available with real images. And it is. I found some stationary weather satellites that show live images on the net - updated ever 15-20 min
First a satellite from Japan - Himawari 8 - showing pictures centered around Japan - so Australia, some parts of asia. You can see the live images here: http://himawari8.nict.go.jp/ As i couldn't find a way on this page to get the url of an image "ready" to be used - and read it is parted in 16 split images i looked for an alternative for a full disk image of this satellit. I found it here: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/himawari-8.asp (Natural Color -> latest image or archive).
Also i found another sattelite Geos 16 with a view of South and Nort America. https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/GOES16_FullDisk_Band.php?band=GEOCOLOR&length=24 If you stop that animation you can see the image url leading to full disk images: https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/FD/GEOCOLOR/
There is another one - DSCOVR- with lesser quality pictures available located between earth and sun https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/ It gives a picture of earth rotation throughout the day.
As i am for europe those two aren't my favorites and so i searched (so far not 100% as nice as the two above due to altered images (countrys in dark areas marked etc.). I found Meteosat satellites: https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Images/index.html But from there so far nothing comparable to the other two and not "untouched" live.
I found a general weather satellite image link page - https://dbaron.org/sat/ But there most of the links are outdated/not working. Maybe someone else can add some more. Also a discussion with some links about the same topic: https://www.metabunk.org/full-disk-hd-images-of-the-earth-from-satellites.t8676/
Would be great if a "module" for those could be added. That's my suggestion.