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Honest question: Why don't the clouds seen on Earth show any activity or movement over the course of this time lapse?

• LesZedCB 11y ago
  It's only about 20 pictures at 30 second intervals each, which is only 10 minutes. From a million miles away, you wouldn't see noticeable changes in ten minutes. Much like when you are flying in a plane over the ocean and the waves look still.
  • lyschoening 11y ago
    The pictures were taken over 5 hours. You can see that the satellite is in a stationary position over the day side of earth.
• mxfh 11y ago
  There definitely is some movement: Look at the fine features of the northern arm of the vortex in the South, they change quite a bit. Also, there are some clouds growing just east of the Gulf of California. [EDIT] As it's arguably hard to spot with the low frame rate and movement I uploaded a stabilized and sped up version. It's centered on a cloud patch in the Pacific. You can now clearly see a cloud west of it disappear as well as a lot of movement in that jet stream(?) next to it. http://i.imgur.com/Sg28xqu.gifv http://i.imgur.com/Sg28xqu.gifv (legacy GIF 8MB: http://i.imgur.com/Sg28xqu.gif http://i.imgur.com/Sg28xqu.gif) Closeup: http://i.imgur.com/wYfbnoU.gifv http://i.imgur.com/wYfbnoU.gifv
  • Cthulhu_ 11y ago
    If at all possible, please link to .gifv versions of imgur links; the .gif is a whopping 4.4 MB (compressed, 8.8 MB uncompressed), vs 737 KB as .webm in the gifv version. TL;DR: do not use .gif as a video format.
    • mxfh 11y ago
      CC: NASA
  • mixmastamyk 11y ago
    Wow that looks much better than the original.