In 2025, satellites recorded wildfires sweeping through the hills of Hollywood, shifting battle lines in Ukraine, and nearly 600 million people assembling for a sacred pilgrimage along the River Ganges. From orbit, imagery exposed the vast displacement of civilians in Gaza, while reconnaissance satellites traced covert weapons transfers from North Korea to Russia. Scientists also relied on satellite data to count migrating wildebeest and walrus, monitoring the planet’s health. Combined with news archives, eyewitness accounts, user-generated content, and expert analysis, these views from above reveal the hidden story of 2025.
Naqoyqatsi
2002
6.1/10
2000 Meters to Andriivka
2025
8.1/10
One Life
2011
7.4/10
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
6.6/10
Misha and the Wolves
2021
6.8/10
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
7.9/10
The Core
2003
5.8/10
Twisters
2024
6.8/10
Audrey
2020
7.1/10
The Year Earth Changed
2021
7.9/10
An Inconvenient Truth
2006
7.0/10
The Captains
2011
6.4/10
Earth: One Amazing Day
2017
7.8/10
The Living Desert
1953
7.1/10
Human Flow
2017
6.9/10
Dancing with the Birds
2019
7.7/10
Ocean with David Attenborough
2025
8.0/10
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
6.3/10
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
2020
6.5/10
Geostorm
2017
6.1/10
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
7.877/10
