Worldwide
Google Earth
Fly anywhere on a 3D globe of satellite imagery and 3D cities
earth.google.comOpen
Satellite & Aerial Imagery
Satellite viewers range from the familiar 3D globe of Google Earth to scientific portals with fresh images of the whole Earth every day. Many let you go back in time and compare dates.
16 maps · 15 completely free · 3 live
Worldwide
NASA Worldview
Daily satellite imagery of the whole Earth, with over a thousand data layers
worldview.earthdata.nasa.govOpen
WorldwideLive
Zoom Earth
Near real-time satellite weather imagery and storm tracking
zoom.earthOpen
Worldwide
Copernicus Browser
Browse and compare free Sentinel satellite images of anywhere
browser.dataspace.copernicus.euOpen
Worldwide
Google Earth Timelapse
Watch decades of change anywhere on Earth from satellite images
earthengine.google.comOpen
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World Imagery Wayback
Every past version of Esri's world satellite basemap, side by side
livingatlas.arcgis.comOpen
Worldwide
USGS EarthExplorer
Search and download Landsat and other satellite and aerial archives
earthexplorer.usgs.govOpen
Asia–PacificLive
Himawari Real-time Web
Live full-disk images of Asia and the Pacific from Japan's weather satellite
himawari8.nict.go.jpOpen
Worldwide
NASA Earth Observatory
Satellite image stories and global maps explained by NASA scientists
earthobservatory.nasa.govOpen
Worldwide
NASA Eyes on the Earth
3D globe of NASA's Earth satellites and what they measure
eyes.nasa.govOpen
WorldwideLive
RAMMB SLIDER
Full-resolution live imagery from the world's weather satellites
rammb-slider.cira.colostate.eduOpen
Worldwide
Sentinel-2 cloudless
Cloud-free mosaic of the whole world from Sentinel-2 images
s2maps.euOpen
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Soar
A digital atlas of satellite, drone and map imagery shared by users
soar.earthOpen
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Earth View from Google Earth
Thousands of striking satellite landscapes picked from Google Earth
earthview.withgoogle.comOpen
Worldwide (patchy)
OpenAerialMap
Openly licensed aerial and drone imagery, especially from disasters
map.openaerialmap.orgOpen
Worldwide
Satellites.pro
Satellite and street maps of countries and cities in one viewer
satellites.proOpen
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How to choose
High resolution and freshness rarely come together for free. Google Earth and Esri show sharp but older imagery; NASA Worldview and Copernicus Browser show coarser images that are only hours or days old.
To see change, use tools built for it: Google Earth Timelapse for decades, Esri Wayback for recent years, and the compare modes in Worldview and Copernicus Browser for events.
Geostationary weather satellites, shown in Zoom Earth, Himawari and SLIDER, give near-live views of clouds but cannot show details on the ground.