Yes, with no account, no API key, no quota and no tracking. The project is open source under the MIT licence and the Earth imagery is NASA's public-domain Blue Marble and Black Marble.

Will the embed keep working?

There is nothing in the snippet to expire: it is a plain iframe pointing at a public URL, with no key to rotate and no version to pin. If the page it points at changes, the embed changes with it.

Can I embed it in Notion, WordPress, Ghost or Discourse?

Yes. Those tools speak oEmbed, so pasting the plain URL is usually enough — they ask the site how to display it and get the globe back. If a tool strips iframes instead, paste the URL rather than the snippet.

Does the embed slow my page down?

The snippet uses loading="lazy", so nothing loads until the reader scrolls near it. The globe itself is a WebGL scene that runs on modest laptops and streaming sticks.

Do I have to credit the source?

The embed carries a small corner badge linking home, and the snippet includes a credit line underneath. Keeping the credit line is appreciated rather than required.

Put a live globe on your page

Choose what it shows, copy the snippet, paste it. No account, no key, nothing to maintain.

What the globe shows

Wikipedia edits Commons photos OpenStreetMap changes

Options

Language edition Park the camera stop it chasing edits

Language takes a Wikipedia code — de, ja, pt — or several separated by commas. Leave it empty for every edition. The camera takes lat,lng with an optional third number for altitude; leave it empty and the globe picks its own path. Language and camera apply to the Wikipedia and photo globes.

Your snippet

What it will look like

The real thing, with the options above applied. It is a live stream, not a recording — if nothing moves for a second, nobody edited anything for a second.

Or just paste the link

Notion, WordPress, Ghost, Discourse, Obsidian Publish and most wikis speak oEmbed: paste https://theplanetthinks.com/ on its own line and the editor asks this site how to display it, then puts the globe there by itself. No snippet, no HTML mode. If a tool strips iframes from pasted HTML — many hosted blogs do — this is the way in.

Questions people ask before pasting

Is it free?

Yes, and free in both senses: no account, no API key, no quota, no tracking cookies, and the code is open source under the MIT licence. The Earth imagery is NASA's public-domain Blue Marble and Black Marble.

Will it stop working one day?

There is nothing in the snippet that can expire — no key to rotate, no version to pin. It is a plain iframe pointing at a public URL, and it shows whatever that URL shows.

Will it slow my page down?

The snippet sets loading="lazy", so nothing loads until a reader scrolls near it. The globe is a lightweight WebGL scene that runs on modest laptops and streaming sticks.

Does it need credit?

A small corner badge inside the embed links back here, and the snippet adds a credit line underneath. Keeping that line is appreciated rather than required.

Can I make it full screen instead?

Yes — the same URL without the iframe is a full-screen ambient display. See running it as a screensaver on a TV or second monitor.

While you are here: how many articles Wikipedia has, how accurate it is, how often it is updated, and which countries it wrote about today.

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