Live Gallery Developers Enterprise See the planet. Our evolving planet, captured from the ISS. Learn more Mecca, Before and After its Tragic Crane Collapse Mecca, Saudi Arabia This video of Mecca, captured in the summer of 2015 by Urthecast’s Iris camera, is centered around the city‘s Grand Mosque. It’s here where millions of people congregate for September‘s hajj pilgrimage, widely known as the largest annual gathering of people on the planet. Tiananmen Square Parade Beijing, China Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII and the defeat of the Japanese army, China held a celebratory parade on Sept. 3rd in Tiananmen Square, Beijing — the largest military parade the country has ever held. In this image captured by Urthecast’s Deimos-2 satellite, we get a fascinating look at the square, including 12,000 soldiers, hundreds of tanks, missiles, and planes. Below, row upon row of military personnel and vehicles line West Chang’an Avenue, waiting for the parade to begin. Toppled by ISIS: the Syrian Temple of Bel Palmyra, Syria Confirmed by a UN-led analysis of Urthecast imagery, one of the most culturally significant pieces of historic architecture in the world has been destroyed by the extremist militant group ISIS. The 2,000 year-old Temple of Bel in Palmyra, Syria, was demolished in August of 2015, as reported on Aug. 31 by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and its Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT). The incident comes in the wake of other recent events of cultural destruction perpetrated the militant group, stirring a collective uproar across the world. Visit the Gallery Explore Browse Urthecast imagery captured by Theia - our camera attached outside the International Space Station. View Gallery Build Urthecast APIs enable programmatic access to our Earth data archives in order to develop applications. Developer Tools Analyze Monitor areas of interest with consistent access to satellite imagery in order to analyze, strategize, and plan for business needs. Enterprise Solutions ISS Orbit Urthecast’s cameras are attached to the International Space Station (ISS)- a habitable satellite that cycles the planet every 90 minutes in low Earth orbit. UC logo grey Copy Live Gallery Developers Earth Observation Media and Broadcast Cameras Company Careers Leadership Investors News Product Sample Contact Privacy and Terms