Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Title:
Lake Monoun Zoom-in
Instrument:
Landsat-7/ETM
Description:
None
Abstract:
On August 8, 1984 37 people from the villages surrounding Lake Monoun, Cameroon, Africa were found mysteriously dead. First reports pointed to man made terrorist activity but it soon became clear that this was a natural event; somehow or other the lake had exploded, releasing huge volumes of a poisonous, invisible gas.
Completed:
2002-01-10
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Alex Kekesi (Lead)
Scientist:
George Kling (University of Michigan)
Scientist:
Bill Evans (USGS)
Series:
Exploding Lakes
Data Collected:
Landsat-7:2001/2/5, GTOPO30:1993-1996
Keywords:
SVS
Keywords:
GCMD
Keywords:
Location
Keywords:
Zoom
Keywords:
Gas
Keywords:
Lake
Keywords:
Africa
Keywords:
Cameroon
Video:
SVS2002-0002* * *
facet_where:
Michigan
facet_where:
Cameroon
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
August 8, 1984
facet_what:
Landsat
facet_when_year:
1984
Animation Number:
2346
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a002300/a0023 46/a002346_slate-IMA GE
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Lake Monoun Zoom-in