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Here's the Himawari-8 satellite viewer, centred on the eruption. Press the right arrow icon in the bottom right to advance to the next 10min snapshot. https:/

Here's the Himawari-8 satellite viewer, centred on the eruption. Press the right arrow icon in the bottom right to advance to the next 10min snapshot. https://himawari.asia/himawari8-image.htm?sI=D531106&sClC=&sTA=false&sTAT=TY&sS=11&sNx=17&sNy=13&sL=-55.4166259765625&sT=-469.51666259765625&wW=1920&wH=986&sD=1642219200000 https://himawari.asia/himawari8-image.htm?sI=D531106&sClC=&s... You can also download high-res images (11000x11000 PNG): https://sc-nc-web.nict.go.jp/wsdb_osndisk/shareDirDownload/bDw2maKV?sI=D531106,D531106m,D531107m,TIm,evm&sIt=data_im&sD=1642226400000&sDw=7200000&selected=1&lang=en https://sc-nc-web.nict.go.jp/wsdb_osndisk/shareDirDownload/b... (you might have to click this link twice for the search to work)

gokhan 5y ago
Himawari-8 footage is excellent. That shockwave is gigantic. Thanks for the link.
- neom 5y ago
  Really makes you think about how cool satellites have gotten. After some googling, I learned Himawari is a Japanese weather satellite: https://www.satellitetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/PHOTO2-e1408729364299.jpg https://www.satellitetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/PH... https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/himawari-8.htm https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/himawari-8.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himawari_8#/media/File:Himawari_8_Full_Disk_Aug_21_2015_0210Z.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himawari_8#/media/File:Himawar...
samb1729 5y ago
For anyone wanting to see the same shockwave as is linked here in video form, a BBC article[0] has a it embedded. The Himawari viewer works well for stills but makes the effect over time a bit harder to appreciate. [0]: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60007119 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60007119
- curiousgal 5y ago
  Seriously fuck the BBC and their Cookie Consent prompt, do they really expect me to manually untick every single vendor?
  - IanCal 5y ago
    I'm curious as to what you see (I'm in the UK so there are very strict legal requirements that the BBC don't show ads so my page will be different to yours) for me the cookie prompt is at the top and pushes the content down a little but I can ignore it and see everything. That meets gdpr requirements as I can still do what I want and unless I tick OK nothing should be set.
  - ceejayoz 5y ago
    No, they expect you to give up and accept them. The worst one I ever saw was where above the fold items were unchecked, but the below the fold items were checked where you couldn’t see them.
  - thorsten11 5y ago
    You could use Firefox and a cookie-handler plug-in.
    - throwawayboise 5y ago
      Yeah I just browse with a profile that deletes all cookies and history when I close the browser. Then just accept or dismiss all those stupid cookie consent popups.
      - uKVZe85V 5y ago
        I've seen many of consent forms mention tracking beyond cookies and cross-devices. Are you sure that by accepting you aren't just accepting legally to continue to be tracked with all other means? If true, then deleting cookies only cause them to ask again next time, but you're still fully tracked. See https://www.kompyte.com/blog/5-ways-to-identify-your-users-without-using-cookies/ https://www.kompyte.com/blog/5-ways-to-identify-your-users-w... (just found it) for examples of tracking without cookies.
dylan604 5y ago
I think this might be the first satellite imagery I've seen that caught the color change in the clouds at sunset..
blobbers 5y ago
This is FANTASTIC! Thank you so much for sharing these links. Kids loved this, as we had just learned about similar volcanic eruptions through a recent Nat Geo magazine.
irrational 5y ago
So it looks like the eruption happened right at dusk. For some reason that feels to me like that would make it worse for the people.
- zh3 5y ago
  Yeah - the timelapse of the terminator showing darkness descending suggests it's was a rough night.

gokhan 5y ago

Himawari-8 footage is excellent. That shockwave is gigantic. Thanks for the link.

neom 5y ago
Really makes you think about how cool satellites have gotten. After some googling, I learned Himawari is a Japanese weather satellite: https://www.satellitetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/PHOTO2-e1408729364299.jpg https://www.satellitetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/PH... https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/himawari-8.htm https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/himawari-8.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himawari_8#/media/File:Himawari_8_Full_Disk_Aug_21_2015_0210Z.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himawari_8#/media/File:Himawar...

samb1729 5y ago

For anyone wanting to see the same shockwave as is linked here in video form, a BBC article[0] has a it embedded. The Himawari viewer works well for stills but makes the effect over time a bit harder to appreciate. [0]: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60007119 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60007119

curiousgal 5y ago
Seriously fuck the BBC and their Cookie Consent prompt, do they really expect me to manually untick every single vendor?
- IanCal 5y ago
  I'm curious as to what you see (I'm in the UK so there are very strict legal requirements that the BBC don't show ads so my page will be different to yours) for me the cookie prompt is at the top and pushes the content down a little but I can ignore it and see everything. That meets gdpr requirements as I can still do what I want and unless I tick OK nothing should be set.
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  No, they expect you to give up and accept them. The worst one I ever saw was where above the fold items were unchecked, but the below the fold items were checked where you couldn’t see them.
- thorsten11 5y ago
  You could use Firefox and a cookie-handler plug-in.
  - throwawayboise 5y ago
    Yeah I just browse with a profile that deletes all cookies and history when I close the browser. Then just accept or dismiss all those stupid cookie consent popups.
    - uKVZe85V 5y ago
      I've seen many of consent forms mention tracking beyond cookies and cross-devices. Are you sure that by accepting you aren't just accepting legally to continue to be tracked with all other means? If true, then deleting cookies only cause them to ask again next time, but you're still fully tracked. See https://www.kompyte.com/blog/5-ways-to-identify-your-users-without-using-cookies/ https://www.kompyte.com/blog/5-ways-to-identify-your-users-w... (just found it) for examples of tracking without cookies.

dylan604 5y ago

I think this might be the first satellite imagery I've seen that caught the color change in the clouds at sunset..

blobbers 5y ago

This is FANTASTIC! Thank you so much for sharing these links. Kids loved this, as we had just learned about similar volcanic eruptions through a recent Nat Geo magazine.

irrational 5y ago

So it looks like the eruption happened right at dusk. For some reason that feels to me like that would make it worse for the people.

zh3 5y ago
Yeah - the timelapse of the terminator showing darkness descending suggests it's was a rough night.