Tag: Geostationary

Geostationary Revolution

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For 4.5 billion years, life evolved on planet Earth.  Not once were the inhabitants of this tiny blue mote of dust able to gaze upon their home as one entity.  To them it had always been an endless land without borders and an endless supply of food and resources.  Most of them were blissfully unaware that they could ever venture further, and so they accepted the boundaries of their existence unquestionably.  Once humans started making tools, we were taken down a path of discovery that would let us escape the bounds of our shrinking world. Finally, just over 70 years...

Awesome Shot of the Earth from a Geosynchronous Satellite

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Over the course of a day the Earth changes quite a lot.  Lightning strikes the Earth 8 Million times per day as the mighty water cycle on our planet churns under the power of the Sun’s warmth and the Coriolis force on the Earth.  But have we ever just stared at the Earth’s surface over the course of the day?   Definitely.  We have seen the day to day changes from many different altitudes above the Earth’s surface, and the above image shows stunning changes over the course of a day.  But how do we get a picture like this?...