AN OPEN WINDOW ON EARTH
The planet,
right now.
Explore real events. Then see them from space.
See my six-week platform launch ↗Drag the Earth. Select a light.
02 / A CLOSER LOOK
Same planet. A different day.
Compare satellite observations around the selected event.
Checking how these image dates relate to the selected event…
Drag the divider to compare. These are dated satellite observations, not a live camera.
Explore in NASA Worldview ↗Clouds, gaps and the satellite's resolution can obscure the event. A location match does not establish visible damage.
03 / FOLLOW A SIGNAL
A world that keeps moving.
Loading public observations…
THE REQUIREMENTS & THE CHECKS
Useful on arrival.
Honest about the data.
A personal project directed by Richard Couch, built and tested with Codex.
Explore my enterprise platform work ↗- Live public data
- Source links, observation dates and older-data labels make freshness inspectable.
- Zero additional operating cost
- Public feeds and browser processing, with no paid map or AI API.
- An immediate discovery
- A selected event and one-click satellite comparison. Checks cover interactions, changing locations, empty feeds and unavailable sources.
How current is “right now”?
The page checks USGS every minute and NASA EONET every ten minutes while visible. EONET “open” is a catalog status; each event's latest reported location is dated. Satellite observations have separate dates and can arrive hours after acquisition. Older fallback data is labeled.
Sources, limits and cost
USGS supplies reported earthquakes in the day feed. NASA EONET supplies a bounded catalog of open events with reports in the last 30 days. Points represent catalog locations, not event boundaries.
NASA GIBS supplies dated imagery. Country outlines use Natural Earth. No paid map, AI API, account or server-side data processing is required. This page is for exploration, not emergency decisions.