Above & Beyond
Height changes everything, and the live aerial webcams here look down from as high as anything can be placed: cameras in orbit, 400 kilometres up and moving at 28,000 kilometres an hour, then towers, mountain ridges, aerial tramways, lighthouses and rooftops with a whole coastline or city spread underneath. From orbit the planet turns beneath you in ninety-minute laps, sixteen sunrises and sunsets a day, with the dark side lit by cities and lightning; the screen is black for the half-hour of each lap spent over the night side, which is normal, not a fault. From a tower or a ridge the interest is scale: weather crossing a valley, ships on a bay, a city grid at night. Clear, cold days give the longest views; haze in summer afternoons shortens them; and dawn from height, with the shadows long, is worth setting an alarm for.
21 streams in this collection
LiveEarth in 4K from the ISS
Low Earth Orbit
LiveISS: Earth from Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
LiveFairbanks Aurora Cam
Fairbanks, Alaska 🇺🇸
LiveSwiss Alps Panorama
Swiss Alps 🇨🇭
LiveAustrian Alps Panorama
Austrian Alps 🇦🇹
LiveLevi Ski Resort, Lapland
Levi, Lapland 🇫🇮
LiveNiagara Falls
Niagara Falls, Ontario 🇨🇦
LiveNiagara Falls, American Side
Niagara Falls, New York 🇺🇸
LiveLucerne & the Chapel Bridge
Lucerne 🇨🇭
LiveIceberg Cam, Disko Bay
Ilulissat, Greenland 🇬🇱
LivePigeon River
Hartford, Tennessee 🇺🇸
LiveSon Muntaner, Palma Hills
Palma, Mallorca 🇪🇸
LiveIceland Right Now
Harbours, towns and coastline 🇮🇸
LiveISS: High-Definition Earth Views
Low Earth Orbit
LiveKamøyvær, North Cape
Kamøyvær, Magerøya 🇳🇴
LiveNorthern Lights, Kilpisjärvi
Kilpisjärvi, Lapland 🇫🇮
LiveNorthumberland Aurora Cam
Embleton, Northumberland 🇬🇧
LiveMount Katahdin Night Sky
Millinocket Lake, Maine 🇺🇸
LiveChurchill Northern Lights
Churchill, Manitoba 🇨🇦
LiveCresswell Aurora Cam
Cresswell, Northumberland 🇬🇧
LiveStarbase, Boca Chica
Starbase, Texas 🇺🇸