More dynamic data via WMS:

The daily MODIS composites, full 250m resolution, available directly from the source server:
TERRA MODIS daily, data collected yesterday around 10AM local, updates every day around 11AM Zulu
AQUA MODIS daily, data collected yesterday around 2PM local, updates every day at about 1PM Zulu
These layers use the raw, full resolution composites. They are generated every day from all the MODIS subsets available at MODIS Rapid Response System.
The composites are created as JPEGs, producing transparent PNGs would be larger and slower, and would also take longer to create.
Yesterday's TERRA MODIS on the current month BMNG This is a pre-blended layer that updates much later than the TERRA composite (if at all).

Lucian

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