On Thu, 31 May 2012 12:16:40 -0700, soartech wrote:

Does anyone know of a site that has current satellite photos that have a
finer resolution than regional scale? Something on the order of US
"state-sized". I know that varies but you get the idea. The best I can
find now is
http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/satellite/displaySat.php?
region=ALB&itype=vis
which is rather large.

The MODIS images are the best I've found. Scales range from 2 km/pixel to
250m/pixel. There is one image set per day in the UK, usually made
between 10:00 and 14:00 local time. You don't say how frequently you want
to see images, but I find these are great for post-flight analysis. Look
here for the latest set:
http://lance-modis.eosdis.nasa.gov/imagery/subsets/?
subset=United_Kingdom_Ireland

This a single string - 'subset' follows immediately on from '?'. From
this page you can scroll back a day at a time and/or find other regional
subsets. I used part of the South American set to look at Bariloche in
Chile to see how much damage it had taken from last year's volcanic ash
fall.

The current set (31st May) is entirely clouded over, but yesterday was
clear over Eastern England.


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