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Old May 31st 12, 10:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Steve Leonard[_2_]
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Default Current Satellite photos

On May 31, 2:16*pm, 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 ishttp://weather.rap.ucar.edu/satellite/displaySat.php?region=ALB&itype...
which is rather large.


Probably all the same images, but I use http://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/satellite/

I like the "Loop Big" option on visible. Use the Water vapor images
to get an idea as to whether or not there might be clouds. As John
said, these satellites are "up there" (22,500 miles, as I recall) so
to get much higher resolution will likely only come with time as the
current satellites die and need to be replaced.

Steve