The united states satellite images displayed are infrared ir images.
Military infrared satellite imagery.
The smaller the pixel size the sharper the image.
Coldest highest clouds are displayed in shades of yellow red and purple.
Download imagery via the maps below.
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Copernicus open access hub.
Formerly the sentinels scientific data hub the esa s open access portal is able to.
Originally made possible by the discovery of infrared energy in the early 19 th century thermal imaging technologies continue to advance with its applications found in a wide variety of industries.
Explore the world in real time launch web map in new window noaa satellite maps latest 3d scene this high resolution imagery is provided by geostationary weather satellites permanently stationed more than 22 000 miles above the earth.
The following links for imagery are to servers maintained by the center for satellite applications and research star a division of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis.
We combined landsat s red green and blue bands to make the image.
At 3 7m resolution digitalglobe swir imagery provides 16 times the spatial information content compared to swir data available from aster and landsat 8 satellites.
These images are not maintained by wfo honolulu.
Satellite images are only as good as their resolution.
What looks like red in the picture is actually shortwave infrared.
High resolution satellite imagery tracks the changing human footprint across the globe including rapidly growing cities urban sprawl and informal settlements.
Commercial data in use.
Use this web map to zoom in on real time weather patterns developing around the world.
Unless otherwise noted the images linked from this page are located on servers at the satellite products and services division spsd of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis.
Warmest lowest clouds are shown in white.
The two images to the left show the same area in australia with a river and salt pan.
The first image shows the area the way a human would see it.
Higher resolution equals better context more pure spectra and higher confidence for interpretation and decision making using satellite imagery.
For the second image we added some of the invisible bands.
