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4/6: Water vapor earth
It looks like a ball o' flame, but it's actually a picture of the earth - the water vapor of the earth. The satellites record the wavelengths that pick up the water vapor. The bright areas are actually the dry areas, and the dark spots are storms and high cloud tops.
Echidnaguy Sunday Apr 7 04:34 AM
Reference on the photo
Anyone able to determine where on earth (pun intended) that photo is located above?
I can't see any obvious landmasses in the photo.
Love the swirling cloud effects, though. It'd be cool to pair it with a nice photo of, say Jupiter or one of the other gas giant planets.
Like this: (hope this works)
Or maybe it's 5 AM and I should go to bed. you make the call. 
Torrere Sunday Apr 7 04:41 AM
Where?
Just guessing by it's location on the globe, the yellow smear might be the Sahara? (which would be an extremely typical place to take a picture of). Of course, that does run into problems when you try to place the other 7 or so yellow spots.
CyclopONE Monday Apr 8 01:15 AM
Re: Where?
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Originally posted by Torrere Just guessing by it's location on the globe, the yellow smear might be the Sahara? (which would be an extremely typical place to take a picture of). Of course, that does run into problems when you try to place the other 7 or so yellow spots. |
-Cyc
EDIT: Undertoad, your explanation behind the meaning of the yellow and black spots is wrong. A look here shows that the yellow is an area with high water vapor concentrations, while black spots are relatively dry areas. Despite that, I still stand by my guess for the location.
Bitman Monday Apr 8 03:00 PM
Re: Re: Where?
| It's only Planet Earth, of course -- as seen on the Water Vapor Channel. |
APOD strikes again ..
unreal- Wednesday Apr 10 04:52 PM
nice pics....
ChocolateMan Thursday Apr 25 05:23 AM
Re: Reference on the photo
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Originally posted by Echidnaguy Anyone able to determine where on earth (pun intended) that photo is located above? I can't see any obvious landmasses in the photo. Love the swirling cloud effects, though. It'd be cool to pair it with a nice photo of, say Jupiter or one of the other gas giant planets. Like this: (hope this works) Or maybe it's 5 AM and I should go to bed. you make the call.
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