Earth Desktop

The desktop version of Earth provides higher quality images and better detail. Otherwise it functions the same as the applet and gadget versions of Earth. The higher quality requires more memory, which is why it is run as a separate application. The view of the day/night Earth with current animated clouds is quite spectatular. To run the Earth desktop application, click on the following link:

http://planOfile.com/jnlp/Earth/application.jnlp