satellites

Map shows how NASA satellites collect global rain data

Maps / collection, NASA, precipitation, satellites

We can download data as a single snapshot in a single file, but…
Satellites from the ground

Maps / satellites

There is a 16-by-16 mile grid of big X’s in the Sonoran Desert…
Earth-orbiting satellites, all of them

Statistical Visualization / Quartz, satellites, space

David Yanofsky and Tim Fernholz for Quartz visualized the satellites orbiting Earth. There’s…