Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Stereo Pair, Pasadena, California
Original Caption Released with Image:
This stereoscopic image pair is a perspective view that shows the western part of the city of Pasadena, California, looking north toward the San Gabriel Mountains. Portions of the cities of Altadena and La Canada Flintridge are also shown. The cluster of large buildings left of center, at the base of the mountains, is the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This image shows the power of combining data from different sources to create planning tools to study problems that affect large urban areas. In addition to the well-known earthquake hazards, Southern California is affected by a natural cycle of fire and mudflows. Data shown in this image can be used to predict both how wildfires spread over the terrain and how mudflows are channeled down the canyons.

The image was created from three datasets: the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) supplied the elevation, U. S. Geological Survey digital aerial photography provided the image detail, and the Landsat Thematic Mapper provided the color. The United States Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observations Systems (EROS) Data Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, provided the Landsat data and the aerial photography. The image can be viewed in 3-D by viewing the left image with the right eye and the right image with the left eye (cross-eyed viewing), or by downloading and printing the image pair, and viewing them with a stereoscope.

The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), launched on February 11, 2000, used the same radar instrument that comprised the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) that flew twice on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1994. The mission was designed to collect three-dimensional measurements of the Earth's surface. To collect the 3-D data, engineers added a 60-meter-long (200-foot) mast, an additional C-band imaging antenna and improved tracking and navigation devices. The mission is a cooperative project between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) and the German (DLR) and Italian (ASI)space agencies. It is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise, Washington, DC.

Size: 3.4 km (2.1 miles) width x 7.0 km (4.4 miles) depth
Location: 34.16 deg. North lat., 118.16 deg. West lon.
Orientation: Looking North
Original Data Resolution: SRTM and Landsat, 30 m; aerial photo, 3 m; no vertical exaggeration
Date Acquired: February 16, 2000 (SRTM), July 3, 1985 (Landsat)
Image: NASA/JPL/NIMA
Produced By:
JPL
Mission:
Landsat
Mission:
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Spacecraft:
Landsat
Spacecraft:
Space Shuttle
Target Name:
Earth
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
C-Band Interferometric Radar
Instrument:
Thematic Mapper
Product Size:
2340 samples x 2069 lines
Primary Data Set:
SRTM Mission
Producer ID:
MRPS96052
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
STEREO
facet_what:
C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
facet_what:
Spaceborne Imaging Radar
facet_what:
Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Endeavour
facet_what:
Landsat
facet_what:
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
facet_what:
SRTM
facet_what:
C-Band Interferometric Radar
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
California
facet_where:
Washington
facet_where:
Canada
facet_where:
South Dakota
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
United States of America
facet_where:
Pasadena
facet_when:
1994
facet_when:
February 16, 2000
facet_when:
February 11, 2000
facet_when:
July 3, 1985
facet_when_year:
1994
facet_when_year:
2000
facet_when_year:
1985
Image #:
PIA02737
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02737
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Stereo Pair, Pasadena, California