Satpaper - near-real-time satellite imagery, on your (Linux) desktop wallpaper
To satisfy your curiosity, here's what it can look like:
The view from GOES East only a few hours ago.
Like the title says, satpaper is a tool that generates live wallpapers for your Linux desktop, using RAMMB SLIDER. The GitHub link is here.
Features:
- Several different satellites to choose from, covering most of the planet - not just the Americas!
- Works with displays of arbitrary resolution.
- The size of the Earth (relative to the output image's height) is configurable.