Real-time Sunlight Wallpaper


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Latest version Gtk-Sunlight v0.4.1

Watch the sun rise, sun set and could system all over the world on this real-time, computer-generated illustration of the earth's patterns of sunlight and darkness or watch the moon phases.


Watch the sunrise and the sunset from all over the world or choose to follow all moon phases during a full day (24 hours). On top of that, Real-time Sunlight Wallpaper can also display computer-generated illustration of the earth's patterns of sunlight and darkness. The clouds are updated every 3 hours with current weather satellite imagery. Because Real-time Sunlight Wallpaper is taking its information from satellites, the provided data is highly accurate. 

Real-time Sunlight Wallpaper is a bit more than a simple wallpaper. A simple wallpaper can only "enchant" your desktop with a beautiful image. However, Real-time Sunlight Wallpaper can offer so much more. The sunlight get updated every 30 minutes and a unique clouds display every 3 hours. Because it can track down clouds movement, Real-time Sunlight Wallpaper can prove to be a great observation tool for those who want to observe various meteorological phenomenons' (especially huge storms, hurricanes, etc). 

Here are some of the most important features available in Real-time Sunlight Wallpaper:

  • Real-time Sunlight Wallpaper is completely free
  • Lightweight software
  • 4 different types of maps: Mercator, Peters, Mollweide, Equirectangular
  • It can display all moon phases
  • Dawn to dusk display
  • It can follow the big clouds formations from all over the globe
  • Accurate data
  • Easy to install and use
  • Simple and intuitive interface
  • User friendly

Changelog:

  • Added the option to move the earth instead of the sunlight (beta)
  • Added the option the center maps position
  • Moon image option now changes only once a day
  • Added dependencies: curl and graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat
  • Change to using dconf instead of gconf
  • Minor code and display text improvement


Read more about how the maps are created here: World Sunlight Map: How it works

Images Courtesy of die.net