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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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Perspective View with Landsat Overlay, San Jose, Costa Rica
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Perspective View with Landsat Overlay, San Jose, Costa Rica
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This perspective view shows the capital city of San Jose, Costa Rica, the gray area in the center of the image. The view is toward the northwest with the Pacific Ocean in the distance and shows a portion of the Meseta Central (Central Valley), home to about a third of Costa Rica's population.
Like much of Central America, Costa Rica is generally cloud covered, so very little satellite imagery is available. The ability of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) instrument to penetrate clouds and make three-dimensional measurements will allow generation of the first complete high-resolution topographic map of the entire region. These data were used to generate the image.
This three-dimensional perspective view was generated using elevation data from SRTM and an enhanced false-color Landsat 7 satellite image. Colors are from Landsat bands 5, 4, and 2 as red, green and blue, respectively. Topographic expression is exaggerated two times.
Landsat has been providing visible and infrared views of the Earth since 1972. SRTM elevation data matches the 30-meter resolution of most Landsat images and will substantially help in analyses of the large and growing Landsat image archive. The Landsat 7 Thematic Mapper image used here was provided to the SRTM by the United States Geological Survey, Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Elevation data used in this image was acquired by the SRTM aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, launched on February 11, 2000. SRTM 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. SRTM 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, installed additional C-band and X-band antennas, and improved tracking and navigation devices. The mission is a cooperative project between NASA, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and the German and Italian space agencies. It is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise, Washington, D.C.
Size: scale varies in this perspective image
Location: 10.0 degrees North latitude, 83.8 degrees West longitude
Orientation: looking Northwest
Image Data: Landsat Bands 5, 4, 3 as red, green, blue respectively
Original Data Resolution: SRTM 30 meters (99 feet)
Date Acquired: February 2000 (SRTM)
Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image
This perspective view shows the capital city of San Jose, Costa Rica, the gray area in the center of the image. The view is toward the northwest with the Pacific Ocean in the distance and shows a portion of the Meseta Central (Central Valley), home to about a third of Costa Rica's population.
Like much of Central America, Costa Rica is generally cloud covered, so very little satellite imagery is available. The ability of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) instrument to penetrate clouds and make three-dimensional measurements will allow generation of the first complete high-resolution topographic map of the entire region. These data were used to generate the image.
This three-dimensional perspective view was generated using elevation data from SRTM and an enhanced false-color Landsat 7 satellite image. Colors are from Landsat bands 5, 4, and 2 as red, green and blue, respectively. Topographic expression is exaggerated two times.
Landsat has been providing visible and infrared views of the Earth since 1972. SRTM elevation data matches the 30-meter resolution of most Landsat images and will substantially help in analyses of the large and growing Landsat image archive. The Landsat 7 Thematic Mapper image used here was provided to the SRTM by the United States Geological Survey, Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Elevation data used in this image was acquired by the SRTM aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, launched on February 11, 2000. SRTM 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. SRTM 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, installed additional C-band and X-band antennas, and improved tracking and navigation devices. The mission is a cooperative project between NASA, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and the German and Italian space agencies. It is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise, Washington, D.C.
Size: scale varies in this perspective image
Location: 10.0 degrees North latitude, 83.8 degrees West longitude
Orientation: looking Northwest
Image Data: Landsat Bands 5, 4, 3 as red, green, blue respectively
Original Data Resolution: SRTM 30 meters (99 feet)
Date Acquired: February 2000 (SRTM)
Original Caption Released with Image
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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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Landsat
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Mission:
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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Spacecraft:
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Landsat
Spacecraft
Landsat
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Spacecraft:
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Space Shuttle
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle
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Earth
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Earth
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Sol (our sun)
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Sol (our sun)
Is a satellite of
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Instrument:
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C-Band Interferometric Radar
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C-Band Interferometric Radar
Instrument
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Instrument:
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Thematic Mapper
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Thematic Mapper
Instrument
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Product Size:
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1152 samples x 870 lines
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1152 samples x 870 lines
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Sun
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Sun
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facet_what:
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Earth
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Earth
facet_what
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facet_what:
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C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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facet_what:
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Spaceborne Imaging Radar
facet_what
Spaceborne Imaging Radar
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facet_what:
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Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
facet_what
Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Space Shuttle Endeavour
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Space Shuttle Endeavour
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Landsat
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Landsat
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
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facet_what:
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SRTM
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SRTM
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facet_what:
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C-Band Interferometric Radar
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C-Band Interferometric Radar
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facet_what:
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Landsat 7
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Landsat 7
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Pacific Ocean
facet_where
Pacific Ocean
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facet_where:
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Washington
facet_where
Washington
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Costa Rica
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Costa Rica
facet_where
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facet_where:
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San Jose
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San Jose
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Washington, D.C.
facet_where
Washington, D.C.
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facet_where:
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United States of America
facet_where
United States of America
facet_where
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facet_when:
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1994
facet_when
1994
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facet_when:
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February 2000
facet_when
February 2000
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February 11, 2000
facet_when
February 11, 2000
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facet_when_year:
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1994
facet_when_year
1994
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facet_when_year:
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2000
facet_when_year
2000
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Image #:
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PIA03367
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA03367
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA03367
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