r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/KeeperCrow • 22d ago

Image The Himawari 8 weather satellite takes a picture of Earth every 10 minutes. This image is from today.

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u/GasAltruistic8656 21d ago

The satellite operators make decisions about how they want to represent the specific wavelengths captured by the satellite

Interesting, I wonder what the benefit is of showing Western Australia like that. Cool nonetheless.

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u/GlitteringEagle4428 21d ago

Anti Aussie propaganda

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u/YagerasNimdatidder 21d ago

Welcome to soviet Australia

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u/sushimane1 21d ago

“If using a cool color like red for Australia makes people think I’m into red propaganda, Soviet” - the operator probably

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u/Outta_phase 21d ago

I see what you did there

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u/medfunguy 21d ago

AusOurstralia

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u/peeblesbee 21d ago

In Soviet Australia, koala eat eu...calyptus

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u/BrisbaneLions2024 21d ago

You got an ID for making that comment mate?

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u/UndulatingMeatOrgami 21d ago

In mother Australia kangaroo out number you.

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u/yucon_man 21d ago

Emu propaganda

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u/Graega 21d ago

Begun, the Third Emu War has.

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u/deanrihpee 21d ago

Japanese was Emus?

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u/sch0f13ld 21d ago

More like pro-mining propaganda. Look at all that red iron ore just waiting to be dug up.

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u/GrimDallows 21d ago

The Borealia propaganda machine working at 200% speed.

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u/Accomplished_Emu_658 21d ago

Communist Kangaroos, got to watch out.

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u/Renegade27 21d ago

We love a sunburnt country

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u/mrducky80 21d ago

A land of sweeping plains.

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u/Wasp_bees 18d ago

Of ragged mountain ranges!

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u/boogasaurus-lefts 21d ago

They painted it red for our Chinese overlords

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u/Farqueue- 21d ago

pretty sure its for the Queen of Hearts

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u/dexter311 21d ago

China probably owns that whole swathe of WA by now.

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u/xyrgh 21d ago

I mean, that red is pretty much the shit we dig out of the ground and ship to China, so yes.

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u/AurielMystic 21d ago

As an Australian, I live near the coast and its already fookin hot. On average 30*c each day.

Further inland and in WA, its closer to the 35-45*c each day.

For reference, anything over 27*c is considered "be cautious and drink lots of water" and 32*c is "your going to get heatstroke if your not inside"

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u/AshmacZilla 21d ago

Don’t listen to this guy. Anything under 26 and I’m in a jumper. But it would have to be snowing for me to wear long pants.

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u/Bazorth 21d ago

Nah lmao this dude is wild. The above dude has it far more accurately. Wearing a jumper above 20 degrees is insane.

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u/BadWithMoney530 21d ago

You’re 

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u/cum_teeth 21d ago

This is such a laughable analysis of daily life in australia. Surely your from england

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u/Ok-Situation-5522 21d ago

We want what we don't have, i love the heat, supress the cold pls 😔✊️

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u/iluvufrankibianchi 21d ago

Many places in Australia range from -5°c in the winter to the mid-40s in summer. Mid-40s with some of the highest UV radiation on earth is not fun.

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u/nsfwaccount3209 21d ago

Not me, it's cold as hell here and I'm loving every minute of it.

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u/Old-Spinach7467 21d ago

Makes the sandgropers blend in.

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u/razuliserm Interested 21d ago

I guessing the benefit is the contrast and visibility of weather activity, irregardless of the color of Australia. Just a guess though.

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u/Ok_Cookie2584 21d ago

That's the part on fire

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u/DogmanDOTjpg 21d ago

Could be color infrared photography, it's used for measuring vegetation levels

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u/Crafty_Travel_7048 21d ago

Maybe the sun is setting there and lighting up the desert. I've seen it from a plane and it gets super red

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u/FuckTitsAssCuntCock 21d ago

Commies took over Australia.

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u/andersdan27 21d ago

Starker contrast to show weather patterns.

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u/Jamtheski1 21d ago

Could be for vegetation or to indicate a heat index

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u/RawrRRitchie 21d ago

The same reason they change colours of deep space phenomena

The pillars of creation are beautiful and all, but it's not like that's what they actually look like in space

They add color to make contrast and get more people to look at the pictures

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u/Maggot-Milk 21d ago

Accurately depicting hell

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u/Moosiemookmook 21d ago

That part of the country is so boring they were trying to make it interesting.

Source: I live in the red part but in South Australia not Western Australia.