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Really, unbelievably cool satellite images. I don't know much about satellite imagery, is Himawari-8 always pointed to that area in the Pacific, or did we expe
by quantumfissure 5y ago
Really, unbelievably cool satellite images. I don't know much about satellite imagery, is Himawari-8 always pointed to that area in the Pacific, or did we expect it to explode and was purposefully pointed towards the island?
Here's what I honestly worry about: queue the conspiracies, "New islands don't just explode like that! That's the Fauci-Gates COVID-5G nuclear testing site sheeple!"
...cause Krakatoa definitely never happened.
- _Microft 5y agoYes, Himawari-8 is a geostationary satellite over longitude 140deg east and always pointed there. The Wikipedia article contains images of the full disk of Earth that it is observing. Since it is geostationary, the view does not change. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himawari_8 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himawari_8
- twic 5y agoIt's in a geostationary orbit at 140.7 degrees east, roughly in line with the east coast of Japan, and about 35 degrees west of the volcano, so it always has the volcano in view. It has an imaging sensor which continuously scans the whole visible disc of the earth, taking ten minutes to do so [1]. So, you get pictures of anything that happens, anywhere! [1] http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/satellite/news/himawari89/himawari89_leaflet.pdf http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/satellite/news/himawari89/h...