From Stargazers to Starships. The Nine Planets Solar System Tour. Home and City || Version 2.0. Earth and Moon Viewer. Welcome to Earth and Moon Viewer. Viewing the Earth You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe. Images can be generated based on a full-colour image of the Earth by day and night, a topographical map of the Earth, up-to-date weather satellite imagery, or a composite image of cloud cover superimposed on a map of the Earth, a colour composite which shows clouds, land and sea temperatures, and ice, or the global distribution of water vapour.
Expert mode allows you additional control over the generation of the image. Viewing the Moon In addition to the Earth, you can also view the Moon from the Earth, Sun, night side, above named formations on the lunar surface. or as a map showing day and night. Browser Requirements Credits. Why the solar system can exist. Astronomy For Kids - KidsAstronomy.com.
StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers. The StarChild site is a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Dr. Alan Smale (Director), within the Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at NASA/GSFC. StarChild Authors: The StarChild Team StarChild Graphics & Music: Acknowledgments StarChild Project Leader: Dr. Laura A. Whitlock Curator: Responsible NASA Official: If you have comments or questions about the StarChild site, please send them to us. The Solar System Song.
Apollo 11 Moon Lander. S Simple Satellite Tracker: International Space Station, spy satellites, Hubble Space Telescope. Space Station Kids! Star Size Comparison HD. The Orbit Simulator. PlanetQuest - The Search for Another Earth. New Planet Discovered by NASA; Kepler-22b Might Support Life. My Solar System 2.03. The Solar System. Solar System Scope.