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You can then zoom in, or pan the camera around to see any location on Earth. When you first start up, Google Maps displays a satellite view of North America. All you need is a web browser and a connection to the internet. The best tool on the market, in my opinion, is the service from Google Maps. If those whole Earth pictures don’t give you enough detail, let’s zoom in, and see some pictures of houses from space. There were also some amazing new satellite images of the Earth released from the European Space Agency’s 3rd generation Meteosat spacecraft. Here’s a composite photograph that shows the Earth’s Western Hemisphere, and here’s a view of the Earth’s Eastern Hemisphere. If you don’t want a live view, and really just want to see a beautiful view of the Earth’s hemisphere, check out these images produced by NASA. The weather systems you’re seeing in those images are happening on the planet right now. What is really cool about these satellite views is that they’re live. But you really can’t see any specific spot on Earth with any detail. From these images you can see major weather patterns affecting parts of the Earth.

For example, NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) release images of an entire hemisphere of planet Earth every 3 hours. If you want to go way out and just see a satellite image of the entire planet, there are some solutions for you: weather satellites. But what are some ways you can get access to these satellite and aerial images of your house? Just look up into the sky any night, and you’re sure to see satellite after satellite passing overhead. The vast majority of these are relaying data to and from the Earth, and many are equipped with high power cameras. In our modern space age, there are more than 8,000 satellites currently orbiting the Earth.