Earth.nullschool.net (earth.nullschool.net)
25 points by TremendousJudge 3 hours ago
taftster an hour ago
I was noticing that when I grab and spin the globe, most of the river systems shown on the map disappear (as do the wind flow indicators). But a few major river systems still remain on the map.
In the United States, I thought it was interesting that the Missouri River (which starts in Three Forks, Montana) was chosen as that river. I assume the choice was because this is the longest river, but maybe not quite as well known as the Mississippi river perhaps. And I would guess that not everyone knows the Missouri starts in Montana.
When you let go of the grab, other rivers are redrawn. For the US, that includes the major river systems (including the other major contributors to the Mississippi), which makes sense.
Interesting visualization is all.
IAmBroom an hour ago
Where the Missouri and Mississippi meet, they each contribute roughly 50% of the water. The Mississippi was better known, so the Missouri became the "tributary" in name.
If the opposite decision had been made, the river would be even longer in the books.
taftster an hour ago
Interesting. I thought it was because the river emptied into the Gulf closest to the state of Mississippi. Like, it would have been slightly unintuitive to have named it the Missouri River all the way down past those Gulf Coast states. The history of river names and deciding which name continues after a confluence is quite interesting.
throwup238 37 minutes ago
joegoober an hour ago
I used to work with the developer of this. Great guy, and my memory is that he originally built this to teach himself Javascript. I think he may have learned that successfully.
tagami an hour ago
In addition to NOAA Hysplit modeling and weather underground’s graphics for forecasting, this is my go to student intro for our high altitude balloon launches. You really get a sense of a living Earth
x______________ 2 hours ago
One of the rare resources on the net that allows you access to resources not normally obtainable, and the 3d globe view is also equally rare when scouting out larger regional weather.
anonymars 2 hours ago
Clicking and dragging the different map projections is a fun exercise too
me_vinayakakv an hour ago
For the layer data, it seems they use a custom protocol to compress it.
happosai an hour ago
The wind animations are so soothing. So much offshore wind potential.
Other "Fun" things to check on this site:
Mode Chem + overlay NO2 = all the polluting shipping lanes Particulates + pm2.5 = shittiest places to breathe right now
krunck 2 hours ago
Nice to have web bulb temps available as that is a true measure of comfort level for humans.
firefoxd an hour ago
Side note: it pretty much floods the browser navigation history. Instead of pushing a new entry in history, you might want to `window.location.replace(newCoordinates)`