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hatrack

(59,587 posts)
Thu May 31, 2018, 08:52 PM May 2018

BTW, If You've Never Been To The Earth Nullschool Site, You Really Owe Yourself A Visit

https://earth.nullschool.net/

Click on the "Earth" link at lower left to draw down the overlay of your choice - temperatures, ocean currents, wind currents, whatever it might be.

Double-click to zoom in.

Enjoy!
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BTW, If You've Never Been To The Earth Nullschool Site, You Really Owe Yourself A Visit (Original Post) hatrack May 2018 OP
That's amazing. marble falls Jun 2018 #1
Very cool! The different projections are a lot of fun to play with. Nitram Jun 2018 #2
I remember being reoriented to the "Land Hemisphere" and the "Ocean Hemisphere" hatrack Jun 2018 #3
Thanks, wow, what awesome site. wendyb-NC Jun 2018 #4
Wow. byronius Jun 2018 #5

Nitram

(22,803 posts)
2. Very cool! The different projections are a lot of fun to play with.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 05:55 PM
Jun 2018

You get a very different perspective on the earth with a different projection, and moving, say, New Zealand or Antarctica into the center.

hatrack

(59,587 posts)
3. I remember being reoriented to the "Land Hemisphere" and the "Ocean Hemisphere"
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 06:29 PM
Jun 2018

i.e., North and South.

Reorientation- it's a good thing.

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