Astral Capture
Recent Images of Earth & More
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
View space from different satellites on your home screen or desk; see images ranging from the Mars rovers to the Sun. Each image is the latest image available.
Choose from a plethora of satellites and both of Mars's Perseverance and Curiosity rovers to display on your home screen. All but NASA's EPIC satellite and the rovers are 30-40 minutes old, and all images update automatically. Pick from NOAA's GOES-East/West, Japan's Himawari-8, or Europe's EUMETSAT weather satellite for the most recent coverage. Choose to have a desk display or a home screen widget. Tap the Earth for a list of available satellites, or tap and hold the widget to edit the satellites.
Current Views:
GOES-East in both GeoColor and NaturalColor, Full Disk and CONUS
GOES-West in both GeoColor and NaturalColor, Full Disk
Himawari-8
EUMETView in both GeoColor and NaturalColor
EPIC
Perseverance Rover
Curiosity rover
SDO (171 A)
SDO (193 A)
SDO (211 A)
SDO (304 A)
Location-Based Widget
Bug fixes and improvements
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Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Mannon Wallace
- Size
- 3.3 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.3 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Mannon Zane Wallace