If you have never seen it before, this incredibly detailed, engrossing and seductive award-winning 16-minute animated film is based on scientific observation data from the Japan Meteorological Agency Himawai-8 satellite, which is situated 35786 km above Earth. The film was a winner of the Vimeo Staff Pick Award at the 2019 Annecy International Animation Film Festival,
While you watch, look out for the following meteorological and astronomical events that occur at specific timecodes:
- March 9th, 2016 – Total Solar Eclipse – 4:44
- June 2016 – Kamchatka Wildfires – 7:26 – 8:02
- (visible as large amounts of smoke emitted from a point in western Kamchatka, eventually filling a large ocean area) – also: June solstice/polar day north pole
- July 2016 – Super Typhoon Nepartak – 8:37 – 8:49
- Aug 2016 – Typhoon Lionrock – 10:43 – 11:09
- Sep 2016 – Super Typhoon Meranti – 11:14 – 11:24
- Dec 2016 – December solstice / polar day south pole – from 13:25
Source: Red Shark News