What does Earth look like from a Sun’s perspective? Blue Turn uses the imagery from a unique satellite : DSCOVR. DSCOVR is the only satellite that is continuously watching the sunlit hemisphere of the Earth. What’s the point? It can film the rotation of the Earth on its axis!
Blue Turn produces time interpolations to fulfill gaps between the satellite images. So the Earth spins smoothly…
+ Near real-time imagery of Earth’s rotation
+ Very easy to use
– Does not work on all browsers we tested
Characteristics
Type: satellite imagery
Spatial resolution: approx. 10 km
Spatial coverage: sunlit hemisphere of the Earth
Time resolution: continuous (interpolation from approx. hourly resolution)
Time coverage: 2015-present