This file is updated whenever a position is received at Mission Control. It includes UTC time, balloon time, latitude, longitude, altitude, ground speed, and heading. This topography map is a shaded relief map with color coded elevations. In addition to showing land areas, it also contains elevations for the sea floor. This infrared cloud map is a composite of GOES, Meteosat, and GMS weather satellite images.
Warm areas appear dark and cool areas, such as clouds, appear light.
This map combines weather data into a single composite weather image. With shadow Clouds Composite image of cloud cover. Thanks to Fourmilab for the satellite photos.