World Sunlight Map (Geography & Maps)
A world map showing current sunlight and cloud cover. Links to other projections of the earth.
Known as a rectangular projection, this map is one way of looking at the spherical Earth as a flat map. Both the size of continents and their shape get distorted as you move away from the equator. Compare this with a Mercator projection, which greatly distorts sizes in favor of keeping the shapes correct, or a Peters projection which distorts shapes but gives a true indication of relative size.
Also available is a semi-realistic view of dawn and dusk from far above the Earth, a look at the moon, and information about how this works.

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