Visible satellite pictures are the same as taking a camera into space and
taking a picture of the clouds. Unfortunately they only work in the daytime...
We haven't come up with a flash that is big enough to light the whole earth yet!
You Can click on the picture
below to see the full resolution.
This picture was taken from space less than 30 minutes ago!!
We can see the clouds at night through... infrared
satellite images. Visible satellite pictures are the best way to see snow
cover and low low clouds like fog and stratus.