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You can also grab near real-time imagery from the MODIS family of instruments. http://lance-modis.eosdis.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/realtime.cgi http://lance-mod

by xbryanx 15y ago

You can also grab near real-time imagery from the MODIS family of instruments. http://lance-modis.eosdis.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/realtime.cgi http://lance-modis.eosdis.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/realtime.... http://lance.nasa.gov/imagery/rapid-response/ http://lance.nasa.gov/imagery/rapid-response/ This is very useful when you want to zoom in on an interesting natural disaster (fires, flooding, hurricanes, dust storms).

mturmon 15y ago
And even faster than this, MODIS is continuously broadcasting its raw data for pickup by anyone below who is listening: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/directbrod/index.php http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/directbrod/index.php This "direct broadcast" is in addition to the arranged, higher-bandwidth, downlinks of science data that feed the near-real-time pipeline (mentioned above, a couple hours behind realtime) and the regular science data pipeline (archival science data, days behind realtime).