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Latest version:
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Size:
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Desktop Earth is fully compatible with:

  • Windows XP
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Keep an eye on Planet Earth from your desktop

James Thornton

Pros
  • Shows daylight across the Earth in real time
  • High quality imagery
  • Displays night-time lights
Cons
  • Doesn't let you rotate the image
  • Cloud cover only updates every 3 hours

Desktop Earth is a wallpaper generator. It will generate a high-resolution, accurate representation of the Earth. The imagery is based on NASA's Blue Marble Next and Earth's City Lights.

Day and night is accurately represented depending on the Sun's overhead position (which depends on both the time of day and the day of the year) and both the snow cover and the foliage changes with the seasons.

"Earth Is Beautiful"

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  • Installation10
  • Functionality10
  • Appearance10

I have had this on my desktop since July 3rd 2009 when I discovered it searching the web. My husband and teenage daughter and myself LOVE THIS. We enjoy walking past the computer screen and seeing all the changes throughout the day. I have used it with the clouds and without, I like seeing the clouds, makes earth more interesting. At night I undo the clouds so I can see all the lights. I recommend this to anyone fascinated with our earth.

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