ASTER GEDv3

The ASTER GEDv3 offers TIR data from 2000 to 2008 at 3 arc sec (~100 m) resolution - cool!

NOAA Solar Calculator

Fun and useful: the NOAA Solar Calculator gives you sunrise, sunset, and solar noon.

Commons Lab

Commons Lab is (as they state on the website) a database of federal crowdsourcing and citizen science projects. Somehow I'm not impressed...am I missing something here?

Greenland Melting!

Greenland Is Melting Away is an incredible viz by the NYT, combining awesome drone footage and photographs with cool interactive annotated satellite images.

Sunny Cities

Sunshine on my Shoulders is a great data viz using Tableau, basically the book end to the great Why does it always rain on me?

Mapping the Uninsured

Another nice interactive map by the TheUpshot: We Mapped the Uninsured. You'll Notice a Pattern.

The Growth of the US

Seen on FlowingData: the territorial evolution of the US between 1629 and 2000 as a YouTube video. Even better: the data files are available for download!