SPECIFICATIONS FOR GLOBE VIEWS 8 styles of Globe Views 144 images for each style (1152 total) Globe Views - 16 longitudinal positions in 22.5°; 9 latitudes 90°N to 90°S in 22.5° increments Each image is 1920 X 1920 pixels, 10.6 MB Resolution is approximately 5,000 meters per pixel
| Globe views are available in four styles, against black or white backgrounds. These 3D views were generated using the Satellite Imagemap, a global natural-colour image of the Earth's entire land surface based on Earth observation satellite imagery. |
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Click on any of the 8 globes above or below to see the full 144 images covering the globe in that style.
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| Cloud Free The Earth as it would appear from space if there were no clouds. |
Cloudy The Earth in its natural, cloudy, state. Cloud cover is derived from geostationary weather satellite images. |
Ocean Depth A natural land suface combined with a colour-coded ocean depth map. |
Night-time* The Earth at night without clouds, based on images from the US Air Force DMSP weather satellite |
| Preview globe images above at larger size (288 X 288 pixels) |
| *The night-time images with the white background are greyscale images which may be used as masks in an image processing package to combine the night-time lights with any of the other globes. |
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