[Community Spotlight] topview - See the earth from above

https://lemmy.world/c/topview

This recently created community is dedicated to showing the earth from above. Let's see if we can get it kickstarted so we can all enjoy beautifull images!

description: A place to share pictures taken from above, that reveal interesting views, fascinating places or different angles to places.

210 points · 16 comments · view on lemmy.world

16 Comments

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y (5 replies)

NASA TV does it fairly regularly, but I always thought there should be a stream that shows live satellite views of the Earth 24/7. Just switch between satellites when one crosses over to the night side.

cobysev@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y

In one of the last offices I worked in the military before I retired, there was a TV in the corner of the room, but the TV tuner attached to it only had one channel - NASA TV. I spent about a year by myself in that office, watching satellite views of the earth. It was very peaceful.

lefty7283@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y (2 replies)

They at least have an ISS live stream going most of the time, but it's pretty boring at night or when they lose coverage

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Oh nice, I didn't know it was constant now. It used to just be on between shows. Still, yeah, they need something to cover the day side all the time.

Edit: That said, it appears to be down at the moment.

nadram@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Yesssssssss this stream has been on for a long time Love it 😎 🤓

Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y

Zoom.earth is pretty neat as well.

stanleytweedle@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I wanted to make a joke about seeing the Earth from above as opposed to below like from underground but I started thinking about molemen and it got lame. Then I thought about making it below if you were in the southern hemisphere, then that fell apart and I just wrote this. It was an interesting minute. But I dig orbital photos and stuff so this rocks.

Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Listening to you is like listening to me.

andrew_s@piefed.social · 10 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Just giving myself a link to click
!topview@lemmy.world

Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Did my link not work? Just trying to make sure I did not screw up.

andrew_s@piefed.social · 4 pts · 2y

Yeah, sorry, your link would have been fine for most people 'cos they'll be accessing Lemmy through an app that auto-magically resolves absolute links into ones relative to their instance. It's just because I'm not using Lemmy (I've seen the MBin guy do the same thing before)

jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 2y
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Rednax@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

The link you posted is a website link. Hence the app I use for lemmy (Connect) opens it in an external browser. From there, I can't subscribe, since I'm only logged in, in the app.

The link format that andrew posted is a lemmy link. It is instance independant, meaning that you can view it through any lemmy server, or even via other federated platforms. Connect opens this link within the app.

Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I'm very good in having a constant posting schedule, right?

cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Thanks for the spotlight!

Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y

Thank you for making, and posting a lot to your community!

Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y

Topview? More like Eyewitness.