Zoom Earth

Near real-time satellite images

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Date	Time	Type	Wind	Pressure
UTC			knots km/h mph	mb

Storms

Near real-time satellite images of hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons, with forecast maps and historical storm tracks.

2020

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About

Zoom Earth shows the most recent satellite images and best aerial views in a fast, zoomable map. Zoom into near real-time (live) satellite images, and historical aerial images. Previously known as Flash Earth.

Credits

Near real-time images are updated every 10 minutes in GeoColor via NOAA GOES and JMA Himawari-8 satellites, and every 15 minutes via EUMETSAT Meteosat satellites.

Daily images are provided by services from NASA’s GIBS, part of EOSDIS. NASA-NOAA satellite Suomi-NPP, and MODIS Aqua and Terra provide continuous imagery for “AM” at local 10:30am, and “PM” at local 1:30pm.

Historical images are provided by Bing Maps and Esri, and are updated every few months.

Storm tracks and forecast maps are created using data from NHC, JTWC and IBTrACS.