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Sacramento, California
This is a spaceborne radar i …
4/22/97
Date 4/22/97
Description This is a spaceborne radar image of the city of Sacramento, the capital of California. Urban areas appear pink and the surrounding agricultural areas are green and blue. The Sacramento River is the curving dark line running from the left side of the image (northwest) to the bottom right. The American River is the dark curving line in the center. Sacramento is built at the junction of these two rivers and the state Capitol building is in the bright pink-white area southeast of the junction. The straighter dark line (lower center) is the Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel which allows ship access from San Francisco. The black areas in the center are the runways of the Sacramento Executive airport. The city of Davis, California is seen as a pink area in lower left. This image was acquired by Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) onboard the space shuttle Endeavour on October 2, 1994. The image is 27.0 kilometers by 38.4 kilometers (17 miles by 24 miles) and is centered at 38.6 degrees North latitude, 125.1 degrees West longitude. North is toward the upper left. The colors are assigned to different radar frequencies and polarizations of the radar as follows: red is L- band, horizontally transmitted and received, green is C-band, horizontally transmitted and received, and blue is C-band, horizontally transmitted, vertically received. SIR-C/X-SAR, a joint mission of the German, Italian, and United States space agencies, is part of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth. #####
Sacramento Flyby
Title Sacramento Flyby
Abstract This scene shows Landsat Thematic Mapper data from the shortwave infrared (TM band 5), infrared (TM band 4), and visible green (TM band 2) channels of Sacramento. The TM data was collected by Landsat 5 on the 27th of September, 1997.
Completed 1999-04-09
Sacramento Flyby
Title Sacramento Flyby
Abstract This scene shows Landsat Thematic Mapper data from the shortwave infrared (TM band 5), infrared (TM band 4), and visible green (TM band 2) channels of Sacramento. The TM data was collected by Landsat 5 on the 27th of September, 1997.
Completed 1999-04-09
ACD07-0049-023
Silicon Valley FIRST Regiona …
3/16/07
Description Silicon Valley FIRST Regional Robotics competition: Grizzlies - Team 1516 - W & K Automotive/ROP Cantra Costa Co, CA/San Ramon Valley Education Foundation & California High School, San Ramon, California (CA) The Fembots Team 692 - CyboSoft/PASCO Scientific/The Stewart Family/MR Pickles & St Francis High School, Sacramento, California (CA) on the floor doing battle
Date 3/16/07
ACD07-0049-024
Silicon Valley FIRST Regiona …
3/16/07
Description Silicon Valley FIRST Regional Robotics competition: The Fembots Team 692 - CyboSoft/PASCO Scientific/The Stewart Family/MR Pickles & St Francis High School, Sacramento, California (CA) on the floor doing battle
Date 3/16/07
Saturn V S-IVB Stages at the …
Name of Image Saturn V S-IVB Stages at the Sacramento Test Operations Facility
Date of Image 1967-01-01
Full Description This is a view of the Saturn V S-IVB (third) stage for the AS-209 (Apollo-Soyuz test project backup vehicle) on a transporter in the right foreground, and the S-IVB stage for AS-504 (Apollo 9 mission) being installed in the Beta Test Stand 1 at the SACTO facility in California. After the S-II (second) stage dropped away, the S-IVB (third) stage ignited and burned for about two minutes to place itself and the Apollo spacecraft into the desired Earth orbit. At the proper time during this Earth parking orbit, the S-IVB stage was re-ignited to speed the Apollo spacecraft to escape velocity and inject it and the astronauts into a moon trajectory. Developed and manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company in California, the S-IVB stage measures about 21.5 feet in diameter, about 58 feet in length, and is powered by a single 200,000-pound-thrust J-2 engine with a re-start capability. The S-IVB stage was also used on the second stage of the Saturn IB launch vehicle.
Saturn V S-IVB (Third) Stage …
Name of Image Saturn V S-IVB (Third) Stage at the Beta Test Stand 1
Date of Image 1968-01-01
Full Description This image depicts the Saturn V S-IVB (third) stage for the Apollo 10 mission being removed from the Beta Test Stand 1 after its acceptance test at the Douglas Aircraft Company's Sacramento Test Operations (SACTO) facility. After the S-II (second) stage dropped away, the S-IVB (third) stage was ignited and burned for about two minutes to place itself and the Apollo spacecraft into the desired Earth orbit. At the proper time during this Earth parking orbit, the S-IVB stage was re-ignited to speed the Apollo spacecraft to escape velocity injecting it and the astronauts into a moon trajectory. Developed and manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company in California, the S-IVB stage measures about 21.5 feet in diameter, about 58 feet in length, and powered by a single 200,000-pound-thrust J-2 engine with a re-start capability. The S-IVB stage was also used on the second stage of the Saturn IB launch vehicle.
Dr. von Braun Touring Dougla …
Name of Image Dr. von Braun Touring Douglas Aircraft Company
Date of Image 1960-01-01
Full Description This photograph is believed to have been taken in the early 1960s and shows Dr. von Braun at the Douglas Aircraft Company's Missile Space Systems Division in Sacramento, California.
Acceptance Test of J-2 Engin …
Name of Image Acceptance Test of J-2 Engine
Date of Image 1960-01-01
Full Description The J-2 engine for Saturn V S-IVB (third) stage blasted from the test stand at Douglas Aircraft Co., Sacramento Test Operation (SACTO) facility in California. This third stage was used on the unmarned Saturn V flight of Apollo 6 in April 1968.
Saturn IB S-IVB Stages in St …
Name of Image Saturn IB S-IVB Stages in Storage
Date of Image 1967-01-01
Full Description The Saturn IB S-IVB (second) stages in storage at the Douglas Aircraft Company's Sacramento Test Operations Facility (SACTO) in Sacramento, California. Designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Douglas Aircraft Company, the S-IVB stage was powered by a single J-2 engine, which produced 200,000 pounds of thrust, later uprated to 230,000 pounds for the Saturn V launch vehicle.
Saturn IB S-IVB Stage at Veh …
Name of Image Saturn IB S-IVB Stage at Vehicle Assembly Building
Date of Image 1967-01-01
Full Description Workmen remove the Saturn IB S-IVB-206, the second flight stage for the Skylab 2 mission, from the vehicle assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center. Designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Douglas Aircraft Company in Sacramento, California, the stage was powered by a single J-2 engine, which produced 200,000 pounds of thrust, later uprated to 230,000 pounds for the Saturn V launch vehicle.
Heavy Rains in Northern Cali …
Title Heavy Rains in Northern California
Description A powerful storm system brought high winds and heavy downpours to parts of central and northern California, causing localized flooding and knocking out power in the San Francisco Bay area. The weather station on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay measured strong wind gusts, including one that peaked at 156 kilometers per hour (98 miles per hour). This storm system was brought in by a powerful subtropical jet steam, which provided moisture and strong upper-level winds. The system spawned thunderstorms that brought lightning and sizeable hail around Sacramento. Coastal regions also measured heavy rainfall, though there was no widespread flooding there. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) monitors rainfall based on a near-real-time, Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. This image shows MPA rainfall totals for the central and northern West Coast from February 22 to March 1, 2006. The highest rainfall totals for the period are around 120 millimeters, about 5 inches, shown in red. These rainfall amounts occur along the western slopes of the coastal range, in the Klamath Mountains near the border with Oregon, and over the northern Sierra Nevada on the downwind side of the Sacramento Valley. The mountains forced moisture from the humid air rising over the slopes. MPA rainfall totals for the San Francisco Bay area are rather light, while the areas around Sacramento received a little over 70 millimeters, about 3 inches, shown in the brighter greens. The TRMM satellite was launched into service in November of 1997. It was engineered to measure rainfall over the global Tropics using both passive and active sensors, including the first and only precipitation radar in space. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency, JAXA. Image produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC).
Levee Break Floods Central C …
Title Levee Break Floods Central California
Description A broken levee near the San Joaquim-Sacramento River delta flooded nearly 12,000 acres of farmland in Central California on June 3, 2004. According to news reports, about 300 people were evacuated from the flood region. An intricate series of levees and canals channel the fresh water from melting snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the farmland in California?s Central Valley. A break on one levy can affect the distribution of water to others. In this case, up to one million acres of farmland may receive less water during June, the typical peak irrigation month. Additionally, the change in the water level could draw salty water from the San Francisco Bay into the freshwater delta, threatening to contaminate the drinking water of many of California?s cities. The levee that broke is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of Stockton, and the breach allowed water from the Middle River to create a vast lake, visible in imagery taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on June 5. A false-color MODIS image taken on June 2 shows the water network before the levee broke. In both scenes, tan and bright green squares are agricultural fields. The high-resolution images provided above are at MODIS? maximum resolution. Both the June 5 [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004157-0605/California.A2004157.2110.721 ] and June 2 [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004154-0602/California.A2004154.1900.721 ] images are available in additional resolutions. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC
Levee Break Floods Central C …
Title Levee Break Floods Central California
Description A broken levee near the San Joaquim-Sacramento River delta flooded nearly 12,000 acres of farmland in Central California on June 3, 2004. According to news reports, about 300 people were evacuated from the flood region. An intricate series of levees and canals channel the fresh water from melting snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the farmland in California?s Central Valley. A break on one levy can affect the distribution of water to others. In this case, up to one million acres of farmland may receive less water during June, the typical peak irrigation month. Additionally, the change in the water level could draw salty water from the San Francisco Bay into the freshwater delta, threatening to contaminate the drinking water of many of California?s cities. The levee that broke is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of Stockton, and the breach allowed water from the Middle River to create a vast lake, visible in imagery taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on June 5. A false-color MODIS image taken on June 2 shows the water network before the levee broke. In both scenes, tan and bright green squares are agricultural fields. The high-resolution images provided above are at MODIS? maximum resolution. Both the June 5 [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004157-0605/California.A2004157.2110.721 ] and June 2 [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004154-0602/California.A2004154.1900.721 ] images are available in additional resolutions. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC
Levee Break Floods Central C …
Title Levee Break Floods Central California
Description A broken levee near the San Joaquim-Sacramento River delta flooded nearly 12,000 acres of farmland in Central California on June 3, 2004. According to news reports, about 300 people were evacuated from the flood region. An intricate series of levees and canals channel the fresh water from melting snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the farmland in California?s Central Valley. A break on one levy can affect the distribution of water to others. In this case, up to one million acres of farmland may receive less water during June, the typical peak irrigation month. Additionally, the change in the water level could draw salty water from the San Francisco Bay into the freshwater delta, threatening to contaminate the drinking water of many of California?s cities. The levee that broke is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of Stockton, and the breach allowed water from the Middle River to create a vast lake, visible in imagery taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on June 5. A false-color MODIS image taken on June 2 shows the water network before the levee broke. In both scenes, tan and bright green squares are agricultural fields. The high-resolution images provided above are at MODIS? maximum resolution. Both the June 5 [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004157-0605/California.A2004157.2110.721 ] and June 2 [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004154-0602/California.A2004154.1900.721 ] images are available in additional resolutions. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC
Moonlight Fire, California
Title Moonlight Fire, California
Description Northerly winds drove the Moonlight Fire south through the Plumas National Forest in Northern California on September 5, 2007. According to reports from the National Forest Service, [ http://www.inciweb.org/incident/978/ ] the fire had grown to 28,000 acres since its start on September 3, and mandatory evacuations were in effect on September 6. The cause of the fire was still being investigated. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite shows the fire spreading smoke over the Sacramento Valley on September 5. The area where MODIS detected actively burning fire is outlined in red. The terrain where the fire is burning has heavy timber, a lot of small fuels (slash) lying on the ground, and 80 percent slopes, the extremely steep terrain is a significant challenge for firefighters. The large image provided above has a spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides twice-daily [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA1/ ] images of the region in additional resolutions. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center
Moonlight Fire, California
Title Moonlight Fire, California
Description According to the USDA Forest Service's InciWeb information system, the Moonlight Fire in northern California had grown to more than 63,000 acres as of September 11, 2007. Burning in thick forests on steep slopes, the fire had forced mandatory evacuations and closures of the surrounding Plumas National Forest. This image of the fire was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite on September 10. Places where the sensor detected actively burning fire are outlined in red. Smoke blows west over Lake Almanor and toward the Sacramento Valley. The large image provided above has a spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides twice-daily [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA1 ] images of the region in additional resolutions and formats, including an infrared-enhanced version that highlights burn scars. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center
Northern California Floods
Title Northern California Floods
Description Northern California ushered in 2006 with a series of major storms that inundated the area and left many towns awash in water, mud, and debris. According to a report from the USATODAY.com Website, at least two levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region were unable to handle the rising waters and strong winds, and residents nearby evacuated as the water-control structures began leaking. In the wine-country town of Napa perhaps as many as 1,000 homes were flooded along with thousands of acres of rural and agricultural land. The governor declared several counties in the region flood disaster areas. This pair of images shows flooding in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley region inland of San Francisco Bay. The image on the left was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite on December 10, 2005, while the image at right was captured on January 4, 2006, just days after the severe storms passed through. Dark blue pools of water swamp far larger areas of ground in January than they did in December. The Sacramento River is very wide and turbid, the sediment in the water is reflective and gives the river its lighter blue appearance. Flood control channels alongside the river help carry the additional flows. The northern reaches of San Francisco Bay are also bright with sediment, which may be a mixture of river run-off and churning of the Bay by storm winds. Vegetation is bright green, snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains is bright blue (upper right), and bare or sparsely vegetated ground appears pinkish or reddish tan. The rain-producing storms that passed through the state became blizzards as they crossed the mountains. A wider-area image [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA1/2006004/USA1.2006004.aqua.721 ] produced by the MODIS Rapid Response Team shows snow cover on the Sierra Nevada Mountains and across the Great Basin. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center
Fires in California
Title Fires in California
Description The combined smoke from the Freds and Power Fires in northern California southwest of Lake Tahoe was filling in the northern end of the Sacramento Valley on October 14, 2004. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua satellite in the afternoon, when smoke had become so thick the actively burning areas of the fire that MODIS on the Terra satellite detected during its morning overpass [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?AERONET_Fresno/2004288/AERONET_Fresno.2004288.terra ] could no longer be picked up. Southwest of Lake Tahoe, the northernmost band of thick smoke is associated with the Freds Fire, while the central and southern ones are associated with the Power Fire. The smoke has risen far enough into the air to be casting a shadow onto another, thinner layer of smoke below. Smoke nestles into the ravines and canyons of the many rivers that run off the Sierra Nevada Mountains, causing them to stand out from the forested terrain. Other landmarks in the scene include San Francisco Bay, along the bottom edge to the left of center, Clear Lake, in the upper left quadrant, the southern end of Nevada?s Pyramid Lake, at upper right, and the gray-colored rock of Yosemite National Park, to the west of Mono Lake at bottom right. A small fire was detected by MODIS in that area and is outlined in red. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Flooding in Northern Califor …
Title Flooding in Northern California
Description Heavy rains inundated northern California in mid-December 2002 and gave rise to extensive flooding. The above true color image (right) was acquired on December 18, 2002, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA?s Aqua spacecraft. The image shows some of the worst of the flooding around the lakes and tributaries surrounding the Sacramento and Feather rivers north of San Francisco Bay. Normally only small sections of these rivers would be visible in the MODIS image (left, acquired December 6, 2002). The heavy rains were caused by a series of North Pacific storms called extratropical lows. In many areas rain totals exceeded 16 inches. The series of storms may be related to a moderate El Nino currently active across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Flooding in Northern Califor …
Title Flooding in Northern California
Description Heavy rains inundated northern California in mid-December 2002 and gave rise to extensive flooding. The above true color image (right) was acquired on December 18, 2002, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA?s Aqua spacecraft. The image shows some of the worst of the flooding around the lakes and tributaries surrounding the Sacramento and Feather rivers north of San Francisco Bay. Normally only small sections of these rivers would be visible in the MODIS image (left, acquired December 6, 2002). The heavy rains were caused by a series of North Pacific storms called extratropical lows. In many areas rain totals exceeded 16 inches. The series of storms may be related to a moderate El Nino currently active across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Floods in California
Title Floods in California
Description Two large storms [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12562 ] pounded California with rain and snow during the last two weeks of October 2004, bringing rain and snowfall totals to record levels for many areas. The resulting high water levels are apparent in the above pair of false color images, both acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] and Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellites. In the left image, acquired on November 1, inky black water has pooled in lowlands around the Sacramento River (top left) in areas that were mostly dry on October 13. The River flows south through Sacramento Valley, then turns west to empty into San Pablo Bay, the body of water north of San Francisco Bay on the left edge of the image. Additional flooding is apparent along the Sacramento River near San Pablo Bay and around the Bay itself. In the lower right corner of the image, the San Joaquin River also appears to be flooded in two places where black pools of water surround the river. The high resolution images provided above are at MODIS? maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Both the November 1 and the October 13 [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004287-1013/California.A2004287.1920.721 ] images are available in additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA images courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC
Floods in California
Title Floods in California
Description Two large storms [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12562 ] pounded California with rain and snow during the last two weeks of October 2004, bringing rain and snowfall totals to record levels for many areas. The resulting high water levels are apparent in the above pair of false color images, both acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] and Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellites. In the left image, acquired on November 1, inky black water has pooled in lowlands around the Sacramento River (top left) in areas that were mostly dry on October 13. The River flows south through Sacramento Valley, then turns west to empty into San Pablo Bay, the body of water north of San Francisco Bay on the left edge of the image. Additional flooding is apparent along the Sacramento River near San Pablo Bay and around the Bay itself. In the lower right corner of the image, the San Joaquin River also appears to be flooded in two places where black pools of water surround the river. The high resolution images provided above are at MODIS? maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Both the November 1 and the October 13 [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004287-1013/California.A2004287.1920.721 ] images are available in additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA images courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC
Floods in California
Title Floods in California
Description Two large storms [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12562 ] pounded California with rain and snow during the last two weeks of October 2004, bringing rain and snowfall totals to record levels for many areas. The resulting high water levels are apparent in the above pair of false color images, both acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] and Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellites. In the left image, acquired on November 1, inky black water has pooled in lowlands around the Sacramento River (top left) in areas that were mostly dry on October 13. The River flows south through Sacramento Valley, then turns west to empty into San Pablo Bay, the body of water north of San Francisco Bay on the left edge of the image. Additional flooding is apparent along the Sacramento River near San Pablo Bay and around the Bay itself. In the lower right corner of the image, the San Joaquin River also appears to be flooded in two places where black pools of water surround the river. The high resolution images provided above are at MODIS? maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Both the November 1 and the October 13 [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004287-1013/California.A2004287.1920.721 ] images are available in additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA images courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC
Floods in Central California
Title Floods in Central California
Description Many California counties were in a state of emergency on April 13, 2006, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite acquired the top image. A month of above-average rainfall taxed river systems, levees, and reservoirs in Central California, particularly along the San Joaquin River. Inky black in this false-color image, the river has spread beyond its banks to cover bright green squares of farmland. Earlier in April, two burst levees along the Merced River flooded homes and farms, forcing evacuations, according to news reports. Those floods had subsided by the time this image was acquired, and the Merced River looks much as it did in mid-March, before the floods began. The flooding was not limited to the area shown in this image. The Dartmouth Flood Observatory [ http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7efloods/Archives/2006sum.htm ] also reported flooding along the Consumes, Sacramento, and Navarro Rivers to the north. These floods are visible in the large images provided above and in daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/fas/?USA1/2006103 ] provided by the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC.
Floods in Central California
Title Floods in Central California
Description Many California counties were in a state of emergency on April 13, 2006, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite acquired the top image. A month of above-average rainfall taxed river systems, levees, and reservoirs in Central California, particularly along the San Joaquin River. Inky black in this false-color image, the river has spread beyond its banks to cover bright green squares of farmland. Earlier in April, two burst levees along the Merced River flooded homes and farms, forcing evacuations, according to news reports. Those floods had subsided by the time this image was acquired, and the Merced River looks much as it did in mid-March, before the floods began. The flooding was not limited to the area shown in this image. The Dartmouth Flood Observatory [ http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7efloods/Archives/2006sum.htm ] also reported flooding along the Consumes, Sacramento, and Navarro Rivers to the north. These floods are visible in the large images provided above and in daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/fas/?USA1/2006103 ] provided by the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC.
Scout
Title Scout
Description An examination of the Aerojet-General "Aerobee 150A" propulsion system in February 1960. James Hansen described this as follows: "As for the technical definition of the rocket...the Langley engineers tried to keep developmental costs and time to a minimum by selecting components from off-the-shelf hardware. the majority of Scout's components were to come from an inventory of solid-fuel rockets produced for the military, although everyone involved understood that some improved motors would also have to be developed under contract. By early 1959, after intensive technical analysis and reviews, Langley settled on a design and finalized the selection of the major contractors. The rocket's 40-inch-diameter first stage was to be a new "Algol" motor, a combination of the Jupiter Senior and the navy Polaris produced by the Aerojet General Corporation, Sacramento, California. The 31-inch-diameter second stage, "Castor," was derived from the army's Sergeant and was to be manufactured by the Redstone Division of the Thiokol company in Huntsville, Alabama. the motor for the 30-inch-diameter third stage, "Antares," evolved under NASA contract from the ABL X248 design into a new version called the X254 (and subsequently into the X259), it was built under contract to NASA by ABL, a U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance facility operated by the Hercules Powder Company, Cumberland, Maryland. the final upper-stage propulsion unit, "Altair," which was 25.7 inches in diameter (34 inches at the heat shield), amounted to an improved edition of the X248 that was also manufactured by ABL.
Date 09.22.1960
Fires in California: Natural …
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Smoke engulfed the northern …
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Levee Break Floods Central C …
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Fires in California: Natural …
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Eight thousand lightning str …
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Yuba Goldfields, California: …
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For hundreds of thousands of …
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Fires in Northern California …
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The combined smoke from the …
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Fires in California: Natural …
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On June 26, 2008, the Nation …
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Moonlight Fire, California: …
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According to the USDA Forest …
moon_TMO_2007253
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2007-09-10
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier moon_TMO_2007253
Fires in California: Natural …
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
In the last week of June 200 …
California_AMO_2008177
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2008-06-25
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier California_AMO_2008177
Earth observations taken fro …
johnsonspacecentermediaarchi …
Earth observations taken fro …
STS073-725-082
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 1995-10-24
creator NASA
identifier STS073-725-082
Moonlight Fire, California: …
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Northerly winds drove the Mo …
ncalif_AMO_2007248
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2007-09-05
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier ncalif_AMO_2007248
Northern California Floods: …
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle …
Northern California ushered …
ge_06181
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2005-12-10
creator NASA -- NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
identifier ge_06181
Northern California Floods: …
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle …
Northern California ushered …
ge_06181
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2005-12-10
creator NASA -- NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
identifier ge_06181
Northern California Floods: …
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle …
Northern California ushered …
ge_06181
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2005-12-10
creator NASA -- NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
identifier ge_06181
Northern California Floods: …
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle …
Northern California ushered …
ge_06181
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2005-12-10
creator NASA -- NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
identifier ge_06181
Northern California Floods: …
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle …
Northern California ushered …
ge_06181
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2005-12-10
creator NASA -- NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
identifier ge_06181
Northern California Floods: …
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Northern California ushered …
NCalif_floods.AMO2006004
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2006-01-04
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier NCalif_floods.AMO2006004
Flooding in Northern Califor …
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Heavy rains inundated northe …
california.AMO2002352
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2002-12-18
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier california.AMO2002352
Flooding in Northern Califor …
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Heavy rains inundated northe …
california.AMO2002352
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2002-12-18
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier california.AMO2002352
Floods in Central California …
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle …
Many California counties wer …
California_AMO_2006103
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2006-04-13
creator NASA -- NASA images courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.
identifier California_AMO_2006103
Floods in California: Natura …
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima …
California_TMO_2004306
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2004-11-01
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier California_TMO_2004306
Forest Fires in California: …
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle …
In the last week of June 200 …
ge_08865
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date ? 6/25/2008
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier ge_08865
Sacramento-San Joaquin River …
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle …
/JAROS, and U.S./Japan aster …
sacramento_ast_2006120
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2006-04-30
creator NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
identifier sacramento_ast_2006120
Sacramento River Delta: Imag …
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle …
Between the two of them, the …
sacramentor_etm_1999188
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 2005
creator NASA -- NASA image by Robert Simmon, based on landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Landsat-7 data provided by the UMD glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/index.shtml Global Land Cover Facility
identifier sacramentor_etm_1999188
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