Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Title:
Landsat 7 Looks at Coral Reefs: (1 of 2)
Instrument:
Landsat-7/ETM
Description:
The different shades in these images highlight various features specific to each coral colony.
Abstract:
Coral forms off shore from volcanic islands in tropical latitudes, developing a barrier reef that's separated by a growing lagoon.But over time, while the surrounding ocean wears away the main body of the island, the coral ring remains.
Completed:
2000-10-23
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Stuart A. Snodgrass (Lead)
Scientist:
Serge Andrefouet (University of South Florida)
Series:
Landsat 7 Coral Reefs
Data Collected:
1999, 2000
Keywords:
DLESE
Keywords:
SVS
Keywords:
Biological oceanography
Keywords:
Coral Reefs
Video:
SVS2000-0019* * *
Goddard TV Tape:
facet_where:
Florida
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Landsat
facet_what:
Landsat 7
Animation Number:
2008
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a002000/a0020 08/zm_atolls_hires-I MAGE
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Landsat 7 Looks at Coral Reefs: (1 of 2)