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Maps now show sunlit earth, visualizing day/night around the world

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Just today, we released an awesome new feature -- sunlit earth. We now shade the map to indicate where it's dawn, day, night, and dusk! It really helps when tracking long-haul flights to understand the time of day around the world and the conditions of the flight. (flightaware.com) More...

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bbabis
bbabis 10
Sweet! Thank you for another nice touch.
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LethalThreat
LethalThreat 7
Nice! I've been waiting for a feature like this for a while.
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zennermd
zennermd 4
Yes!
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744pnf
744pnf 4
Great, thanks Flight Aware!
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BrianNasset
Brian Nasset 2
Thanks Looks Great
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Starman535
Robert Black 2
I like it too. Kudos to the developers.
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griffo03
ALAN GRIFFITHS 2
THAT IS GREAT WELL DONE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK THANKS
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Jerryca
Jerry Carpenter 1
Well Done!!
This is an awesome enhancement!
Great Job Flight Aware!!
-jc-
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rmuriel
Robert Muriel 1
Excelent!!! Congratulations.
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RobHLockyer
RobHLockyer 1
Looks Good, thanks
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megaton
Alnerto Dante MAGNARELLI 1
Excelente. Muchas gracias !!!!
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griffo03
ALAN GRIFFITHS 1
very good like it
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andromeda07
andromeda07 1
Very nice. Now would be great if passengers would be allowed to see day and night on long haul trips again instead of having window shades forcibly closed by flight attendants, or remotely controlled on the Dreamliners...
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baqwas
Matha Goram 1
May I suggest that you use the NOAA monthly images (for the satellite imagery) so that the ice caps are shown as close to reality as practical.
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sesom
sesom 1
Thanks for the improvement!
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JCM61
JUAN CAMARA-MARTINEZ 1
Nice.Very important for transatlantic flights.
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cactus1549
Travis Mauldin 1
Cool.
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SNOWY3034
DAVID BOTTOMLEY 1
Fantastic. Great new addition. Keep the good work up.
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ericlee
Eric Lee 1
Very nice, thank you.
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mcalbrecht
Mark Albrecht 1
Just noticed it...very good touch.
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smrtcar
Jason Belanger 1
I like it.
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Pina85
Josephine Meade 1
Great job! Thank you for all the new features.
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harrisonbarger
Harrison Barger 1
Good job folks:
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mhlansdell00
Mark Lansdell -3
Looks nice but I'm very aware of sunrise and sunset where I am and where I'm going. It's really kind of superfluous information that in the long run is nether here nor there.But it looks pretty.
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bbabis
bbabis 5
Many FA users track more than themselves. I for one track many aircraft that operate all over the globe. It is great now to have a more visual indication of the sun cycle on their tracks.
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mhlansdell00
Mark Lansdell -2
What ever you need is good. I NEVER track myself on FA. After all if I'm flying the route I know more than the tracker will admit to. I track other flights from time to time, but am fully aware of the sunlight or darkness by the time of day or don't care. When I track a flight from Hawaii on occasion I find the references to local time much more distracting than if the tracker used Zulu. Again it's superfluous information for me, but it looks pretty, and if it's good for you that's wonderful.
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dbaker
dbaker 4
So if you're in the US and tracking a flight from Europe to Asia, are you really familiar with if it's dusk in India right now?
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JohnMacGregor
JohnMacGregor 2
Myself and my family are often flying "to the other side of the world" and I like this new feature - especially for the times I'll be tracking them. Really appreciated, and thanks!
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Foxtrot789
Foxtrot789 3
Then go there, bye.
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pilot62
Scott Campbell 1
Oh Mark, where else do you troll?
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