Interactive SVG with SMIL of orthographic projections of the Earth without clouds and sea ice centred at 30-degree increments. Move your mouse pointer over to rotate the globe and click to see the location in Geohack. The background bitmap is from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earth_orthographic_projection_Earthmap1000x500.jpg .
Earth orthographic projection Earthmap1000x500.jpg
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