# Desktop Earth

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/desktop-earth/9373
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [March 15, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/desktop-earth/9373 "2006-03-15T23:50:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/desktop-earth/9373/1 "2006-03-15T23:50:54Z")

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### Author: ![SilverGTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SilverGTP](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGTP)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/desktop-earth/9373/2 "2006-03-16T01:16:15Z")

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:tup: thats awesome

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### Author: ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/desktop-earth/9373/3 "2006-03-16T06:42:13Z")

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:eek: god damn; coolest desktop idea ever.

it’s nuts how you can even see all the lights in the dark areas… :tup: :tup: :tup:

[http://codefromthe70s.org/bin/desktopearthgen.exe?width=1280&height=768&height=768&center=4&bars=1&clouds=1&utc=1142519888](http://codefromthe70s.org/bin/desktopearthgen.exe?width=1280&height=768&height=768&center=4&bars=1&clouds=1&utc=1142519888)

nm about the clouds; i read it over again.

you CAN get a quasi-realtime image, so that’s pretty cool.

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### Author: ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/desktop-earth/9373/4 "2006-03-16T08:23:55Z")

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That is awesome! It looks amazing on widescreen :tup:

The only thing is it flickers when it updates, so maybe I’ll change it to active desktop…

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### Author: ![amd3dnow3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/amd3dnow3/32/7410_2.png) [@amd3dnow3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/amd3dnow3)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/desktop-earth/9373/5 "2006-03-16T12:20:10Z")

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HOTTT!