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Sunrise Tracker is an application that uses Google maps to display the position of the terminator on the earth's surface. These are the parts of the earth where sunrise and sunset are occurring, and the display is updated in real-time to show the progress of the shadow across the earth, turning night into day and vice versa.
There is a choice of maps or actual colour satellite images and aerial photography of land and sea. Other facilities include zooms in and out. Sunrise Tracker can be educational if you want to use it that way, but it's also fascinating to watch the sun's shadow move across the globe. Until you get to live in space, this is the next best thing! :)