Interactive artwork · Browser edition

Earthlight

A place to look at Earth’s water, land and light.

Turn the globe, find a place, and follow the light across its terrain. Explore at your own pace.

Open Earthlight

No installation or account. The first visit loads imagery and data. Allow a moment for the globe to appear.

The actual Earthlight globe, with clouds crossing sunlit Africa and city lights at the edge of night — Captured in Earthlight. Imagery and data credits are available inside the artwork.

Turn and move closer

Drag to turn Earth. Scroll or pinch to zoom. On a phone, close Controls to give the globe more room.

Find somewhere

Search a city, a body of water or coordinates. Try Toronto, the Himalaya or a place you know.

Follow the light

Open Controls to compare daylight and night lights, study terrain, or let Ambient mode drift.

Before you explore

A browser with WebGL 2 and hardware graphics acceleration is required. Use Auto quality first, especially on a phone. Loading and smoothness depend on your connection and device.

Earthlight is an artwork. Imagery is dated, terrain is interpreted, and its map readings are context rather than a scientific survey.

Connections and credits

The main artwork uses bundled data without an account or application telemetry. NASA cloud, temperature and fire layers use the internet when selected. Images and Search open Google when clicked.

Sources and licences · Use and copyright

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Help improve Earthlight

Found a problem or have an idea? Share a clear report or a request on GitHub.

Reports and your GitHub username are public. A GitHub account is needed to submit. Keep personal and client information, credentials, private paths and confidential files out of reports.

Suspected vulnerability? Report a security concern privately

Search existing feedback first. Requests do not promise a fix or a release date.