Google Earth KML File:

Google Earth BBS Discussion:

Description:

This collection of Google Earth SuperOverlays are based on the MODIS Rapid Response System Gallery. The gallery contains satellite imagery obtained from NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites. The images are posted in near real-time, updated almost daily, and often show major events occurring in the world that day that are visible from space. Dust storms, hurricanes, tropical storms and wildfires are just some of the events captured by the satellites.

The Google Earth SuperOverlays that I have created are the same quality and resolution as the original imagery posted by NASA. The images are sorted based on the day of the year in which they were captured and you can click on the name of the image under the Places folder in Google Earth to see some general information regarding the image, including a brief description of what is being shown. I realize that it would be nice to organize these some other way (tags, etc.), but I don’t really know how that would be possible (without a lot of work). So for now, you’ll just have to explore the imagery based on the dates.

I have downloaded all of the gallery imagery dating back to 2003, and over 1,000 images are included with the Google Earth collection. There are several 100 images that did not get converted over for various reasons, but I will try and add those as I have time and will continue to upload new imagery as NASA makes it available.

Special Instructions:

Simply open the KML file linked above with Google Earth and choose the image you want to view by selecting under the Places folder

Original Data From:

Courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC

Original KML Content Created By:

Google Earth Library

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