Noon in July
The same noon, six months on — the midnight sun has swapped poles, the snow line has retreated, and Asia's lights glow on the dark half.
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About this globe
Noon on the Prime Meridian in mid-July, frozen onto a globe: NASA's Blue Marble July imagery on the sunlit half, Black Marble city lights on the night half, split along the terminator computed for the July sun.
Now the sun stands north of the equator — the Arctic is in midnight sun, Antarctica in polar night, and the northern continents have traded January's snow for green. Set it next to Noon in January to hold both solstice-season extremes in your hands.
How the data was captured
The day half is MODIS satellite imagery from July passes (Blue Marble); the night half is VIIRS city lights (Black Marble). The day/night line is pure astronomy — the sun's computed position at noon UTC in mid-July.
Imagery: NASA Earth Observatory — Blue Marble (day), Black Marble (night) →
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In the US? Print the A4 file and choose “fit to page” — it scales cleanly onto Letter paper.
Sharing this globe?
Free for personal use, classrooms, and gifts — not for resale. If you post it on your site or share it online, please credit Folding Globes with a link. Copy-paste blurb:
"Noon in July" folding paper globe — free from Folding Globes, https://foldingglobes.com/globes/noon-in-july · Imagery: NASA Earth Observatory — Blue Marble (day), Black Marble (night)
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