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
7.9/10

One Life
2011
7.5/10

Misha and the Wolves
2021
6.9/10

The Year Earth Changed
2021
7.8/10

Koyaanisqatsi
1983
7.9/10

National Geographic: Journey to the Edge of the Universe
2008
7.7/10

The Living Desert
1953
7.1/10

The Captains
2011
6.4/10

Audrey
2020
7.1/10

An Inconvenient Truth
2006
7.0/10

Louis Theroux: The Settlers
2025
8.5/10

Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron
2017
6.6/10

Earth: One Amazing Day
2017
7.8/10

Dancing with the Birds
2019
7.7/10

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
2020
6.5/10

Ocean with David Attenborough
2025
8.1/10

Alone in the Wilderness
2004
7.9/10

A Beautiful Planet
2016
7.2/10

Polar Bear
2022
7.2/10
Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion
1985
9/10