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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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Title:
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Green Summer and Icy Winter in James Bay
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Green Summer and Icy Winter in James Bay
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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One year ago, in late February 2000, MISR began acquiring Earth imagery. Its "first light" images showed a frozen James Bay in the Ontario-Quebec region of Canada. These more recent nadir-camera views of the same area illuminate stark contrasts between summer and winter. The left-hand image was acquired on August 9, 2000 (Terra orbit 3427), and the right-hand image is from January 16, 2001 (Terra orbit 5757).
James Bay lies at the southern end of Hudson Bay. It is named for the English explorer Thomas James, who first explored the area in 1631 while searching for the Northwest Passage. Visible in these images are some of the many rivers that flow into the bay; starting at the southern tip and moving clockwise on the western side are the Harricana, Moose, Albany, and Attawapiskat. The latter enters the bay just to the west of the large, crescent-shaped Akimiski Island.
MISR was built and is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Office of Earth Science, Washington, DC. The Terra satellite is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology.
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One year ago, in late February 2000, MISR began acquiring Earth imagery. Its "first light" images showed a frozen James Bay in the Ontario-Quebec region of Canada. These more recent nadir-camera views of the same area illuminate stark contrasts between summer and winter. The left-hand image was acquired on August 9, 2000 (Terra orbit 3427), and the right-hand image is from January 16, 2001 (Terra orbit 5757).
James Bay lies at the southern end of Hudson Bay. It is named for the English explorer Thomas James, who first explored the area in 1631 while searching for the Northwest Passage. Visible in these images are some of the many rivers that flow into the bay; starting at the southern tip and moving clockwise on the western side are the Harricana, Moose, Albany, and Attawapiskat. The latter enters the bay just to the west of the large, crescent-shaped Akimiski Island.
MISR was built and is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Office of Earth Science, Washington, DC. The Terra satellite is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology.
Original Caption Released with Image
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Other Information:
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Other_Information
Other Information
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Image Credit:
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NASA/GSFC/JPL, MISR Team
Image_Credit
NASA/GSFC/JPL, MISR Team
Image Credit
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Produced By:
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JPL
Produced_By
JPL
Produced By
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Mission:
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Earth Observing System (EOS)
Mission
Earth Observing System (EOS)
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Spacecraft:
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Terra
Spacecraft
Terra
Spacecraft
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Earth
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Earth
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
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Sol (our sun)
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Instrument:
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Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR)
Instrument
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR)
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Product Size:
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1500 samples x 867 lines
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1500 samples x 867 lines
Product Size
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Primary Data Set:
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Earth Observing System (EOS)
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Earth Observing System (EOS)
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Sun
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Sun
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Earth
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Earth
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Terra
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Terra
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Earth Observing System
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Earth Observing System
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EOS
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EOS
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Explorer
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Explorer
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MISR
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MISR
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Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR)
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Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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California
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California
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Washington
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Washington
facet_where
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Canada
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Canada
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James Bay
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James Bay
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Albany
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Albany
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Hudson Bay
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Hudson Bay
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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1631
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1631
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facet_when:
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February 2000
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February 2000
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August 9, 2000
facet_when
August 9, 2000
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January 16, 2001
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January 16, 2001
facet_when
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2001
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2001
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2000
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2000
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1631
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1631
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Image #:
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PIA02645
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02645
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02645
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