Unless you’ve been living under or rock (or are desperately hooked on the theory that the world is flat and circled by ship-devouring monsters), you’re probably awed again and again by the new views of Earth that technology has afforded us in recent years. From NASA’s Visible Earth to Google Earth, accessing celestial images of our world has given us a new appreciation of this beautiful blue marble, and ways of looking at it that decades ago we would’ve never thought possible.
Available for immediate download, EarthDesk replaces your current desktop picture with a dynamic image of our planet that continuously updates throughout the day/night. The image is a snapshot of the globe, full of real-time clouds (you can even track hurricanes and typhoons), accurate sun, moon and city lighting, eleven different map projections and moonlight shading that can be turned on or off.
EarthDesk uses the same Atlas database technology as Time Palette, providing the application with detailed geographical and time zone information for 10,000 cities throughout the world, and will automatically update your desktop when waking from sleep or moving locations. EarthDesk also features enhanced satellite, political and natural maps, plus it allows for user customizations, like cloud transparency, twilight shading, even centering your map on a certain city or having the map follow the moon/the sun for movement tracking.
This is an absolutely gorgeous offering from Xeric — download yours today!
