Planet Earth in Infrared

[@chrisbustos1431]

That looks really freaky... almost like the turbulent atmosphere of Jupiter. And to think we lived within all that!

[@Elarcis]

Side note : I find it interesting that we can see the effects of the day-night cycle on atmospheric fluids. It is the most obvious at 2:30 over Africa, with pulses of clouds bursting out in the sky :D

[@JamesTyrwhittDrake]

***** Close, that's actually South America! I agree, the way the daytime sun causes clouds to form is spectacular!

[@Elarcis]

***** Oh, you're right, I didn't notice the view is rotated XD

[@jasonofcompsci]

I think it is the night time causing the clouds and then the sun burning them off. Sun burns off fog.

[@Elarcis]

jasonofcompsci Actually, the sun is causing vapor accumulated in the ground during the night to form into clouds, it doesn't "burn them off". Nights are much colder than days, so water just condensates on everything and "clouds on" when it gets hot, IMHO.

[@multi_misa72]

it's alive!!! simply awesome video.

[@aidarosullivan5269]

I like how darker colder patches drop back into the atmosphere, as we know cold air is heavier than warm.

[@themissionfortemporalart3650]

this is spectacular to say the least... we wonder if there might be any interest in including it in a not for profit media art gallery show called "The Luminous Surface"?

[@MANS4ON-Ce137]

Can only imagine how a similar time lapse of Jupiter would look like..

[@Scudmaster11]

That's awesome

[@KaaSerpent]

What is that "pulsing" bright flash on the west coast of South America in southern Chile?

[@tomprovan50]

what is the time period ? One day? Does it change through the year? Can thought effect it? What does effect it? And where can a person get information on this? Is there a book to read? tkx

[@jean-pierredevent970]

Without atmosphere I guess you could make a infrared image of the earth with false colors showing the ground temperature of every place but as you see here the ground is barely visible unless you could extract some information from the brief glimpses that come through??

[@JPREEDY77]

Do you have the timestamped version available? This is potentially a new study to undertake.

[@thomaswalton9869]

6.5 um is in the visible range. The images are in the infrared but not 6.5 um. The text in the video says that the dark parts of the images represents areas where water vapor absorbs IR radiation but this is not correct. The dark areas represent cold gasses in the upper atmosphere. The earth is not illuminated by an IR light. The earth shines in IR by virtue of the temperature of the tropopause. The dark areas are high elevation ice clouds.

[@hyzercreek]

No. The visible range is 0.40 microns (violet) to 0.76 microns (red). We cannot see 6.5

[@RevanHorner]

You can see the day night cycle in the repeated blooms, I suspect.

[@jlock2012]

Is it just me, or does South America look like it's pulsating like a heart?

[@chasegallagher9754]

It is pulsating gasses.

[@OlDoinyo]

Jacob lock Daily afternoon thunderstorms over the Amazon basin. Moisture supplied by transpiration from the rain forest.

[@cjcummings8866]

How can you tell where south america is? Are you assuming the top is the north? I didnt read that

[@carlhuffman3865]

@@cjcummings8866 You can see the coastline of Chile in the bottom half of the image. So yeah, I think the pulsating heart is the Amazon rainforest.

[@eazthitman]

why are there no stars in the background?

[@hyzercreek]

Stars make visible light, and like the sun, very little IR

[@carlhuffman3865]

I think the longitudes are switched. First vid might be 135 W. Second one is likely 75 W.

[@bede6359]

What is that

[@Scott300VT]

The first animation is from GOES-15, the second is from GOES-13. Your labels are not quite right.

[@nemanjamladenovic3962]

Nikola Tesla perceived the earth to be a conductor of acoustical resonance.

[@gandharzero]

usually snakes see at that wavelength...

[@jamesfromthecomputer]

So, this is cropped to a perfect circle to fit the idea Earth is round? Because it's not perfectly round.

[@MicahJKelly]

Lmao!

[@rickdeckardbladerunner2049]

Do you have a real video in infrared vs an animation of earth? This does not look real, as everyone knows the earth is flat.

[@Guest-at-the-Asylum]

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[@SCGNiagara101]

Now re-explain in layman's terms please.

[@CristiNeagu]

0:25 Interesting...

[@jakubcaptain]

told you it is alive

[@MicahJKelly]

Now do one showing co2. OH WAIT it would be totally invisible and meaningless! 😅

[@TERRAPIATTACHANNELGC]

Ahaha