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Recent Weather Satellite Animations in Google Earth
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The Google Earth Blog shares kml files for recent weather satellite animations in Google Earth. From the blog: "[The kml files] will load up the most recent few hours of infrared (IR) satellite photos as a time animation in Google Earth 4. This means you can watch animations of clouds moving during the past few hours on the 3D surface of GE."
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