Glittering Blue - a day in the life of earth (1/2 speed)

At an altitude of 36,000 km (22,000 miles), Japan’s Himawari-8 satellite is in stationary orbit over New Guinea. It captures some truly amazing imagery of the western Pacific, Australia, and parts of Asia, Antarctica & Alaska. Glittering Blue is a timelapse, made of 24 hours of photos, taken every 10 minutes on August 3rd 2015. You can see the whirling category 5 typhoon Soudelor, approaching Taiwan and the Philippines. More info here: (2015)