Interesting patterns emerge. North vs. South Korea, The Nile, The Township and Range of the U.S. High Plains, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad. A 5 MB Quicktime movie animates this change.
Images exist for all sorts of physical and cultural phenomena, especially agriculture.
Choose images by geographic locale or from an index. Animated clips and screensavers are also available. Photos and field methods are also reviewed. This Web site is a rapid prototype effort to explain and illustrate current and future global fire monitoring capabilities. Each time you click, the map will zoom in 8 times closer.