Soil Moisture Screensaver
The Soil Moisture screensaver shows real top-layer soil wetness for major farming regions from NASA's key-less POWER dataset — a fraction of saturation, where 0 is bone dry and 1 is fully saturated. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
How the Soil Moisture screensaver works
The background pipeline reads this from NASA POWER and saves a snapshot the saver loads.
Real top-layer soil wetness for major farming regions from NASA's key-less POWER dataset — a fraction of saturation, where 0 is bone dry and 1 is fully saturated..
It refreshes on a schedule, so what you see stays current.
Colours and the accent can be changed in settings; nothing is stored beyond your own browser.
A worked example
Real top-layer soil wetness for major farming regions from NASA's key-less POWER dataset — a fraction of saturation, where 0 is bone dry and 1 is fully saturated.
Settings & tips
- Accent and Background recolour the display.
- Run
automation/run.py soilmoistureto refresh the feed. - Press ESC to leave fullscreen.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this real data?
- Yes — it comes from NASA POWER and is refreshed on a schedule.
- Is a key needed?
- No. This source is fully key-less.
- Does it need an internet connection?
- Yes — it reads a live source, so it needs a connection to update.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.