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Himawari-8/9 (Weather)

Provider: JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency)

A geostationary weather satellite. Its 10-minute observation cadence lets you track clouds, typhoons and volcanic plumes in near real time, streaming 16 spectral bands.

Sample imagery

CreditJMA CC BY 4.0

Live imagery by location

Enter a place, address or country — or exact coordinates — to pull live satellite imagery for that location via a public API.

Satellite imagery at 35.68, 139.69
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SatelliteData.org·NASA GIBS / EOSDIS

SourceNASA GIBS Optical true-color basemap shown as location context.Geocoding © OpenStreetMap / Photon

Resolution

500 m

Revisit

10 minutes

Coverage

East Asia & Western Pacific

License

JMA terms of use

Price

$0 — Free

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Common use cases

  • Weather forecasting
  • Typhoon tracking
  • Volcanic ash detection
  • Solar irradiance estimation