Extremely rare video about 24h on Earth seen from the universe

Based on images obtained from Japanese weather satellites, an expert in the United States created a time-lapse video that vividly depicts what happens 24 hours (1 day) on Earth. , look from the universe.

Himawari-8 Japanese weather satellite is located at an altitude of 35,400km above Earth. It moves in orbit around the Earth with the same rotational velocity of our planet. This allows satellites to fully capture what happens in a day, from dawn to sunset, on Earth.

Based on images of Himawari-8, Charlie Loyd, a satellite image analyst for Mapbox in Oakland, USA, released a video depicting 24 hours on Earth, viewed from the outside. time.

The video depicts 24 hours on Earth, viewed from outer space.

Selecting Japan in a central position (focusing on the host country by Himawari-8 satellite), the video shows images of the western Pacific, Australia, parts of Asia, Antarctica and Alaska. 5 times in just 1 minute, the sun rises in the western horizon, moving through the tropics and growing in the East.

Turquoise in tropical areas represents shallow water, where light sand can appear under a relatively thin layer of seawater."Around China is the air pollution caused by thermoelectricity, plus the natural muddy water of large rivers. There are a number of small plankton communities around Japan , " Lloyd explained.

The storm in the video was tropical storm Soudelor at its peak, with gusts of wind reaching speeds of 285km / h. This is an unusually strong storm and has caused serious damage in the Mariana Islands, in the Pacific Northwest.