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Cucharas Canyon & Spanish Pe
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| Title |
Cucharas Canyon & Spanish Peaks, Colorado |
| Description |
This dramatic view looks west along the Cucharas River Canyon in Colorado toward the 4,152 meter (13,623 ft) high Spanish Peaks, in the foothills of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains. The Peaks are the remnants of a 20-million-year-old volcano. Rising 2,100 meters (7,000 ft) above the plains to the east, these igneous rock formations with intrusions of eroded sedimentary rock historically served as guiding landmarks for travelers on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail. This three-dimensional perspective view was generated using topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission [ http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ ] (SRTM) and an enhanced false-color Landsat 5 satellite image. Colors are from Landsat bands 5, 4, and 2 as red, green, and blue, respectively. The height of the terrain is exaggerated by 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 Thematic Mapper image used here came from an on-line mosaic of Landsat images for the continental United States (http://mapus.jpl.nasa.gov), a part of NASA's Digital Earth effort.*Size:* scale varies in this perspective image *Location:* 37.5 deg. North lat., 104 deg. East lon. *Orientation:* looking southwest *Image Data:* Landsat Bands 5, 4, 3 as red, green, blue, respectively *Original Data Resolution:* SRTM 1 arcsecond (30 meters or 99 feet), Thematic Mapper 1 arcsecond (30 meters or 99 feet) *Date Acquired:* February 2000 (SRTM) Image courtesy NASA/JPL/NIMA/USGS |
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Deadly Tornado Rips Across I
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| Title |
Deadly Tornado Rips Across Indiana and Kentucky |
| Description |
A large tornado cut a 66-kilometer (41-mile) swath of destruction across southern Indiana and northwestern Kentucky in the early morning hours of November 6, 2005. The tornado killed 23 and left at least 200 injured. Ranked a strong F2 or weak F3 on the Fujita Tornado Damage Scale [ http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/f-scale.html ], the storm destroyed more than 100 buildings and homes as it tore across the two states with winds estimated at 320 kilometers per hour (200 miles per hour) at about 2 a.m. Central Standard Time. Four days later, on November 10, 2005, the Landsat 5 satellite captured this image of the storm-hit section of Indiana and Kentucky. A pale, interrupted stripe across the image—like someone dragged an eraser across the scene—shows the track the tornado made as it moved from southwest to northeast along the outskirts of Evansville, Indiana. The tornado's track begins on the northern banks of the Ohio River on the lower left side of the image. It sliced across Ellis Park, the oval-shaped Churchill Downs horse-racing track, killing at least three horses stabled in the track's barns, the Associated Press reported. The tornado then moved northeast across open fields into the neighborhoods southeast of downtown Evansville. Populated areas are cement white, black, and brown. Here, the contrast between the still-standing structures and the white swath of destruction becomes greater, making the tornado track easier to follow. Every year, some 1,000 tornadoes strike the United States, though their toll has decreased as weather forecasts and warning systems have improved. The November 6 tornado was the deadliest to date in 2005. To learn more about tornado safety, please visit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service [ http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/1925/gi_body.php#TORNADO%20SAFETY%20INFORMATION ] web site. The National Weather Service's Weather Forecast Office [ http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/?n=evansvilletornado-nov.6,2005 ] also provides an analysis of the November 6 tornado, including photos. Image courtesy the NASA Landsat Project Science Office and USGS EROS |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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| Title |
Hurricane Katrina Erodes the U.S. Gulf Coast |
| Description |
The graceful curve of the Chandeleur Islands resembles a multi-boned spine connecting the Mississippi Gulf coast to the delta of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Like all barrier islands, the Chandeleur Islands form a thin protective wall between the open sea and the mainland, in this case Louisiana's St. Bernard Parish. The islands absorb the strongest waves, sheltering the mainland during large storms. It is no surprise, then, that barrier islands along the U.S. Gulf Coast changed dramatically in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and no change is as dramatic as that seen in the Chandeleur Islands. Hurricane Katrina's strong winds, storm surge, and battering waves scoured the islands, leaving them reduced or gone altogether. These images of the islands were taken by the Landsat 5 satellite. The top image, taken on September 16, 2005, shows the Mississippi and Alabama coast line, including the line of islands that bore the brunt of Katrina's fury. The lower images show the northern section of the Chandeleur Islands at full resolution. In the 11 months that passed between October 15, 2004, when the right image was taken, and September 16, 2005, when the left image was taken, the islands have wasted away. Barrier islands like the Chandeleur Islands are constantly building, eroding, and shifting under the normal actions of wind and waves. A powerful storm like Katrina can produce changes that otherwise may have taken many years, and most of the change seen here is probably a result of Katrina. Hurricane Dennis also gave the islands a glancing blow on July 10, 2005, and may be responsible for some of the change. The other barrier islands shown in the top image were also scoured by Katrina. The large images show that the Ship Islands [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13130 ] are now significantly smaller than they were in 2004, and Dauphin Island [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13132 ] has been cut in two. To read more about Katrina's impact on the Gulf Coast, please visit the United States Geological Survey's Hurricane Katrina Impact Studies [ http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/katrina/ ] page. To learn how NASA technology is contributing to our understanding of coastal erosion, see "LIDAR: In the Wake of the Storm" [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Lidar/index.html ] on the Earth Observatory. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of Laura Rocchio, NASA Landsat Project Science Office |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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| Title |
Hurricane Katrina Erodes the U.S. Gulf Coast |
| Description |
The graceful curve of the Chandeleur Islands resembles a multi-boned spine connecting the Mississippi Gulf coast to the delta of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Like all barrier islands, the Chandeleur Islands form a thin protective wall between the open sea and the mainland, in this case Louisiana's St. Bernard Parish. The islands absorb the strongest waves, sheltering the mainland during large storms. It is no surprise, then, that barrier islands along the U.S. Gulf Coast changed dramatically in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and no change is as dramatic as that seen in the Chandeleur Islands. Hurricane Katrina's strong winds, storm surge, and battering waves scoured the islands, leaving them reduced or gone altogether. These images of the islands were taken by the Landsat 5 satellite. The top image, taken on September 16, 2005, shows the Mississippi and Alabama coast line, including the line of islands that bore the brunt of Katrina's fury. The lower images show the northern section of the Chandeleur Islands at full resolution. In the 11 months that passed between October 15, 2004, when the right image was taken, and September 16, 2005, when the left image was taken, the islands have wasted away. Barrier islands like the Chandeleur Islands are constantly building, eroding, and shifting under the normal actions of wind and waves. A powerful storm like Katrina can produce changes that otherwise may have taken many years, and most of the change seen here is probably a result of Katrina. Hurricane Dennis also gave the islands a glancing blow on July 10, 2005, and may be responsible for some of the change. The other barrier islands shown in the top image were also scoured by Katrina. The large images show that the Ship Islands [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13130 ] are now significantly smaller than they were in 2004, and Dauphin Island [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13132 ] has been cut in two. To read more about Katrina's impact on the Gulf Coast, please visit the United States Geological Survey's Hurricane Katrina Impact Studies [ http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/katrina/ ] page. To learn how NASA technology is contributing to our understanding of coastal erosion, see "LIDAR: In the Wake of the Storm" [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Lidar/index.html ] on the Earth Observatory. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of Laura Rocchio, NASA Landsat Project Science Office |
|
Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
…
| Title |
Hurricane Katrina Erodes the U.S. Gulf Coast |
| Description |
The graceful curve of the Chandeleur Islands resembles a multi-boned spine connecting the Mississippi Gulf coast to the delta of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Like all barrier islands, the Chandeleur Islands form a thin protective wall between the open sea and the mainland, in this case Louisiana's St. Bernard Parish. The islands absorb the strongest waves, sheltering the mainland during large storms. It is no surprise, then, that barrier islands along the U.S. Gulf Coast changed dramatically in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and no change is as dramatic as that seen in the Chandeleur Islands. Hurricane Katrina's strong winds, storm surge, and battering waves scoured the islands, leaving them reduced or gone altogether. These images of the islands were taken by the Landsat 5 satellite. The top image, taken on September 16, 2005, shows the Mississippi and Alabama coast line, including the line of islands that bore the brunt of Katrina's fury. The lower images show the northern section of the Chandeleur Islands at full resolution. In the 11 months that passed between October 15, 2004, when the right image was taken, and September 16, 2005, when the left image was taken, the islands have wasted away. Barrier islands like the Chandeleur Islands are constantly building, eroding, and shifting under the normal actions of wind and waves. A powerful storm like Katrina can produce changes that otherwise may have taken many years, and most of the change seen here is probably a result of Katrina. Hurricane Dennis also gave the islands a glancing blow on July 10, 2005, and may be responsible for some of the change. The other barrier islands shown in the top image were also scoured by Katrina. The large images show that the Ship Islands [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13130 ] are now significantly smaller than they were in 2004, and Dauphin Island [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13132 ] has been cut in two. To read more about Katrina's impact on the Gulf Coast, please visit the United States Geological Survey's Hurricane Katrina Impact Studies [ http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/katrina/ ] page. To learn how NASA technology is contributing to our understanding of coastal erosion, see "LIDAR: In the Wake of the Storm" [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Lidar/index.html ] on the Earth Observatory. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of Laura Rocchio, NASA Landsat Project Science Office |
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Hurricane Katrina Floods the
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| Title |
Hurricane Katrina Floods the Southeastern United States |
| Description |
The floods that buried up to 80 percent of New Orleans had noticeably subsided by September 15, 2005, when the top image was taken by the Landsat 7 satellite. In the two and a half weeks that had passed since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city, pumps had been working nonstop to return the water to Lake Pontchartrain. As portable pumps were brought in to supplement the permanent pumps already hard at work, as much as 380 cubic meters (380,975 liters or 11,300 cubic inches) of water were being pumped out of New Orleans every second, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [ http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/katrina/pumps/pumps.html ]. The progress in draining the city is evident when the September 15 image is compared with an image taken one week earlier. In the lower image, taken by the Landsat 5 satellite on September 7, black flood water covers much of the city. By September 15, the dark flood water had all but disappeared, lingering only in a few sections of the city. The September 7 image does not show the full extent of the flooding. Taken more than a week after the hurricane struck New Orleans, the image shows a flooded city that had already started to drain. In a similar (but cloudy) image taken on August 30 [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13094 ], the flood water in St. Bernard Parish, image right, extends almost to the Mississippi River. Images provided courtesy of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation & Science (CEROS). |
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Hurricane Katrina Floods the
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| Title |
Hurricane Katrina Floods the Southeastern United States |
| Description |
The floods that buried up to 80 percent of New Orleans had noticeably subsided by September 15, 2005, when the top image was taken by the Landsat 7 satellite. In the two and a half weeks that had passed since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city, pumps had been working nonstop to return the water to Lake Pontchartrain. As portable pumps were brought in to supplement the permanent pumps already hard at work, as much as 380 cubic meters (380,975 liters or 11,300 cubic inches) of water were being pumped out of New Orleans every second, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [ http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/katrina/pumps/pumps.html ]. The progress in draining the city is evident when the September 15 image is compared with an image taken one week earlier. In the lower image, taken by the Landsat 5 satellite on September 7, black flood water covers much of the city. By September 15, the dark flood water had all but disappeared, lingering only in a few sections of the city. The September 7 image does not show the full extent of the flooding. Taken more than a week after the hurricane struck New Orleans, the image shows a flooded city that had already started to drain. In a similar (but cloudy) image taken on August 30 [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13094 ], the flood water in St. Bernard Parish, image right, extends almost to the Mississippi River. Images provided courtesy of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation & Science (CEROS). |
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Hurricane Katrina Floods the
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| Title |
Hurricane Katrina Floods the Southeastern United States |
| Description |
The floods that buried up to 80 percent of New Orleans had noticeably subsided by September 15, 2005, when the top image was taken by the Landsat 7 satellite. In the two and a half weeks that had passed since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city, pumps had been working nonstop to return the water to Lake Pontchartrain. As portable pumps were brought in to supplement the permanent pumps already hard at work, as much as 380 cubic meters (380,975 liters or 11,300 cubic inches) of water were being pumped out of New Orleans every second, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [ http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/katrina/pumps/pumps.html ]. The progress in draining the city is evident when the September 15 image is compared with an image taken one week earlier. In the lower image, taken by the Landsat 5 satellite on September 7, black flood water covers much of the city. By September 15, the dark flood water had all but disappeared, lingering only in a few sections of the city. The September 7 image does not show the full extent of the flooding. Taken more than a week after the hurricane struck New Orleans, the image shows a flooded city that had already started to drain. In a similar (but cloudy) image taken on August 30 [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13094 ], the flood water in St. Bernard Parish, image right, extends almost to the Mississippi River. Images provided courtesy of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation & Science (CEROS). |
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Hurricane Jeanne
Landsat 5 caught a glimpse o
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| Description |
Landsat 5 caught a glimpse of Hurricane Jeanne on Sept. 26, 2004, as it made landfall in Florida. In the United States, the storm resulted in five deaths and an estimated $6.9 billion in damages, according to the National Hurricane Center. Reuters reported that there were more than 3,000 deaths in Haiti from the storm. |
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Hurricane Katrina Floods New
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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neworleans_l7_15sep05
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2005-09-15 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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neworleans_l7_15sep05 |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The graceful curve of the Ch
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ge_15534
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2004-10-15 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_15534 |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The graceful curve of the Ch
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ge_15534
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2004-10-15 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_15534 |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The graceful curve of the Ch
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ge_15534
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2004-10-15 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_15534 |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The graceful curve of the Ch
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ge_15534
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2004-10-15 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_15534 |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The graceful curve of the Ch
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ge_15534
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2004-10-15 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Forest Change on New Ireland
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Located north of Australia,
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ge_08842
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image |
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2008 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_08842 |
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Forest Change on New Ireland
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Located north of Australia,
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ge_08842
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image |
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2008 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_08842 |
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Forest Change on New Ireland
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Located north of Australia,
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ge_08842
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image |
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2008 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_08842 |
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Forest Change on New Ireland
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Located north of Australia,
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ge_08842
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image |
| date |
2008 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_08842 |
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Chandeleur Islands: Image of
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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Chandeleur_L5_2005259
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2005-09-16 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of Laura Rocchio, NASA Landsat Project Science Office |
| identifier |
Chandeleur_L5_2005259 |
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Deforestation around the Pan
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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panama_l5-7_oct86may02
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2002-05-28 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA images created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the Landsat Project Science Office and the University of Maryland's glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/index.shtml Global Land Cover Facility . |
| identifier |
panama_l5-7_oct86may02 |
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Plymouth, Mass. from Landsat
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Each year in late November t
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plymouth
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2000-04-13 |
| creator |
NASA -- Landsat 5 image by Robert Simmon, NASA GSFC, based on data received from the EarthSat and www.crsp.ssc.nasa.gov/databuy/dbmain.htm Stennis Space Center Scientific Data Purchase |
| identifier |
plymouth |
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Porto Primavera Reservoir, B
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Brazil's Porto Primavera Dam
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ge_08696
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2000-05-12 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_08696 |
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Porto Primavera Reservoir, B
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Brazil's Porto Primavera Dam
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ge_08696
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2000-05-12 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_08696 |
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Porto Primavera Reservoir, B
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Brazil's Porto Primavera Dam
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ge_08696
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2000-05-12 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_08696 |
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Great Basin Geology: Image o
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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It's not what you might imag
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wells_tm5_1989180_742
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1989-06-29 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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wells_tm5_1989180_742 |
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Great Basin Geology: Image o
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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It's not what you might imag
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wells_tm5_1989180_742
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1989-06-29 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
wells_tm5_1989180_742 |
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Great Flood of the Mississip
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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During the first half of 199
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ge_05422
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IMAGE |
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image |
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1993-09-30 |
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NASA -- NASA images created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the Landsat Project Science Office. |
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ge_05422 |
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Great Flood of the Mississip
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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During the first half of 199
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ge_05422
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image |
| date |
1993-09-30 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA images created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the Landsat Project Science Office. |
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ge_05422 |
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Great Flood of the Mississip
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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During the first half of 199
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ge_05422
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
1993-09-30 |
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NASA -- NASA images created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the Landsat Project Science Office. |
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ge_05422 |
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Great Flood of the Mississip
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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During the first half of 199
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ge_05422
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
1993-09-30 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA images created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the Landsat Project Science Office. |
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ge_05422 |
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Great Flood of the Mississip
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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During the first half of 199
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ge_05422
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
1993-09-30 |
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NASA -- NASA images created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the Landsat Project Science Office. |
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ge_05422 |
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Tornado Track Across Indiana
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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A large tornado cut a 66-kil
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Indiana_L5_2005314
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| date |
2005-11-06 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy the NASA Landsat Project Science Office and USGS EROS |
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Indiana_L5_2005314 |
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Denali, Alaska: Image of the
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3?img_id=15300 Mt. Everest a
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landsat_denali
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1986-06-15 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy the glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/index.shtml University of Maryland Global Land Cover Facility |
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landsat_denali |
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Urbanization of Ouagadougou,
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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In western Africa, just sout
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ge_08870
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? 10/16/2006 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_08870 |
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Urbanization of Ouagadougou,
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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In western Africa, just sout
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ge_08870
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| date |
? 10/16/2006 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_08870 |
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Urbanization of Ouagadougou,
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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In western Africa, just sout
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ge_08870
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? 10/16/2006 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_08870 |
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Urbanization of Ouagadougou,
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In western Africa, just sout
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ge_08870
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? 10/16/2006 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Perspective View, New York S
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PIA02757
Sol (our sun)
C-Band Interferometric Radar
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| Title |
Perspective View, New York State, Long Island to Lake Ontario |
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From Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River (at the top of the image) and extending to Long Island (at the bottom), this perspective view shows the varied topography of eastern New York State and parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Rhode Island. The high'bumpy' area in the upper right is the southern and western Adirondack Mountains, a deeply eroded landscape that includes the oldest rocks in the eastern United States. On the left side are the Catskill Mountains, a part of the Appalachian Mountain chain, where river erosion has produced an intricate pattern of valleys. Between the Adirondacks and Catskills, a wide valley contains the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal. To the northwest (upper left) of the Catskills are several long, narrow lakes, some of the Finger Lakes of central New York that were carved by the vast glacier that covered this entire area as recently as 18,000 years ago. The Hudson River runs along a straight valley from right center (near Glens Falls), widening out as it approaches New York City at the lower left on the image. The Connecticut River valley has a similar north-south trend further to the east (across the lower right corner of the image). The Berkshire Hills are between the Hudson and Connecticut valleys. This image was generated using a single swath of data acquired in 68 seconds by SRTM and an enhanced false-color mosaic of images from the Landsat 5 satellite. Lush vegetation appears green, water appears dark blue, and cities are generally light blue. White clouds occur in the upper right and lower right. Topographic shading in the image was enhanced with false shading derived from the elevation model. Topographic expression is exaggerated 5X. Elevation data used in this image was acquired by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (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 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (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, CA, for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise,Washington, DC. Size: 220 by 510 kilometers (135 by 315 miles) Location: 43 deg. North lat., 75 deg. West lon. Orientation: View northwest Colors: Landsat bands 2, 4, 7 in blue, green, and red Date Acquired: February 13, 2000 (SRTM), Various Dates (Landsat Mosaic) Image: NASA/JPL/NIMA |
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Perspective View, New York S
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PIA02758
Sol (our sun)
C-Band Interferometric Radar
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Perspective View, New York State, Lake Ontario to Long Island |
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From Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River (at the bottom of the image) and extending to Long Island (at the top), this perspective view shows the varied topography of eastern New York State and parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Rhode Island. The high "bumpy" area in the left foreground is the southern and western Adirondack Mountains, a deeply eroded landscape that includes the oldest rocks in the eastern United States. On the right side are the Catskill Mountains, a part of the Appalachian Mountain chain, where river erosion has produced an intricate pattern of valleys. Between the Adirondacks and Catskills, A wide valley contains the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal. To the northwest (lower right) of the Catskills are the Finger Lakes of central New York . They were carved by the vast glacier that covered this entire area as recently as 18,000 years ago. The Hudson River runs along a straight valley from left center (near Glens Falls), widening out as it approaches New York City at the upper right on the image. The Connecticut River valley has a similar north-south trend further to the east (across the upper left corner of the image). The Berkshire Hills are between the Hudson and Connecticut valleys. This image was generated using a single swath of data acquired in 68 seconds by SRTM and an enhanced false-color mosaic of images from the Landsat 5 satellite. Lush vegetation appears green, water appears dark blue, and cities are generally light blue. White clouds occur in the upper left and lower left. Topographic shading in the image was enhanced with false shading derived from the elevation model. Topographic expression is exaggerated 5X. Elevation data used in this image was acquired by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (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 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (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, CA, for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise, Washington, DC. Size: 220 by 510 kilometers (135 by 315 miles) Location: 43 deg. North lat., 75 deg. West lon. Orientation: View southeast Colors: Landsat bands 2,4,7 in blue, green, and red Date Acquired: February 13, 2000 (SRTM), Various Dates (Landsat Mosaic) Image: NASA/JPL/NIMA |
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SRTM Perspective View with L
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PIA03321
Sol (our sun)
C-Band Interferometric Radar
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SRTM Perspective View with Landsat Overlay: Cucharas Canyon & Spanish Peaks, Colorado |
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This dramatic view looks west along the Cucharas River Canyon in Colorado toward the 4,152 meter (13,623 ft) high Spanish Peaks, in the foothills of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains. The Peaks are the remnants of a 20-million year old volcano. Rising 2,100 meters (7,000 ft) above the plains to the east, these igneous rock formations with intrusions of eroded sedimentary rock historically served as guiding landmarks for travelers on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail. This three-dimensional perspective view was generated using topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and an enhanced false-color Landsat 5 satellite image. Colors are from Landsat bands 5, 4, and 2 as red, green and blue, respectively. Topographic expression is exaggerated 2X. 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 Thematic Mapper image used here came from an on-line mosaic of Landsat images for the continental United States(http://mapus.jpl.nasa.gov [ http://mapus.jpl.nasa.gov ]), a part of NASA's Digital Earth effort. Elevation data used in this image was acquired by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, launched on Feb. 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 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) of the U.S. Department of Defense and the German and Italian space agencies. It is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise, Washington, DC. Size: scale varies in this perspective image Location: 37.5 deg. North lat., 104 deg. East lon. Orientation: looking southwest Image Data: Landsat Bands 5, 4, 3 as red, green, blue, respectively Original Data Resolution: SRTM 1 arcsecond (30 meters or 99 feet), Thematic Mapper 1 arcsecond (30 meters or 99 feet) Date Acquired: February 2000 (SRTM) |
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Perspective View with Landsa
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PIA03336
Sol (our sun)
C-Band Interferometric Radar
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Perspective View with Landsat Overlay, Mount Shasta, Calif. |
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The volcanic nature of Mount Shasta is clearly evident in this computer-generated perspective viewed from the northwest. At over 4,300 meters (14,000 feet), Mount Shasta is California's tallest volcano and part of the Cascade chain of volcanoes extending south from Washington. The twin summits of Shasta and Shastina tower over a lava flow on the flank of the volcano. Cutting across the lava flow is the bright line of a railroad. The bright area at the right edge is the town of Weed. This 3-D perspective view was generated using topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and an enhanced false-color Landsat 5 satellite image. Colors are from Landsat bands 3, 2, and 1 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 (98-foot) resolution of most Landsat images and will substantially help in analyzing the large and growing Landsat image archive. The Landsat Thematic Mapper image used here came from an online mosaic of Landsat images for the continental United States(http://mapus.jpl.nasa.gov), a part of NASA's Digital Earth effort. Elevation data used in this image was acquired by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, launched on Feb. 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 3-D measurements of the Earth's surface. To collect the 3-D data, engineers added a 60-meter (approximately 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 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: 41.4 degrees North latitude, 122.3 degrees West longitude Orientation: looking southeast Image Data: Landsat Bands 3, 2, 1 as red, green, blue, respectively Original Data Resolution: SRTM 1 arcsecond (30 meters or 98 feet) Thematic Mapper 1 arcsecond (30 meters or 98 feet) Date Acquired: February 2000 (SRTM) |
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Perspective View with Landsa
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PIA03335
Sol (our sun)
C-Band Interferometric Radar
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Perspective View with Landsat Overlay, San Francisco Bay Area, Calif. |
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The cities of San Francisco and the East Bay are highlighted in this computer-generated perspective viewed from west of the Golden Gate. San Francisco occupies the peninsula jutting into the picture from the right. Golden Gate Park is the long rectangle near its left end and the Presidiois the green area at its tip, from which Golden Gate Bridge crosses to Marin. Treasure Island is the bright spot above San Francisco and Alcatraz Island is the small smudge below and to the left. Across the bay from San Francisco lie Berkeley (left) and Oakland (right). Mount Diablo, a landmark visible for many miles, rises in the distance at the upper right. This three-dimensional perspective view was generated using topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and an enhanced false-color Landsat 5 satellite image. Colors are from Landsat bands 3, 2, and 1 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 (98-foot) resolution of most Landsat images and will substantially help in analyzing the large and growing Landsat image archive. The Landsat Thematic Mapper image used here came from an on-line mosaic of Landsat images for the continental United States(http://mapus.jpl.nasa.gov), a part of NASA's Digital Earth effort. Elevation data used in this image was acquired by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, launched on Feb. 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 3-D measurements of the Earth's surface. To collect the 3-D data, engineers added a 60-meter (approximately 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 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, DC. Size: scale varies in this perspective image Location: 37.5 deg. North lat., 122.3 deg. West lon. Orientation: looking west Image Data: Landsat Bands 3, 2, 1 as red, green, blue, respectively Original Data Resolution: SRTM 1 arcsecond (30 meters or 98 feet), Thematic Mapper 1 arcsecond (30 meters or 98 feet) Date Acquired: February 2000 (SRTM) |
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