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Earth from Space: Pinal Fire, Arizona, USA
In this composite image you can see the Pinal Fire in Arizona, USA, imaged by the Multi-Spectral Instrument (MSI) aboard the Sentinel-2A satellite. The images were taken May 25th, 2017.
The Pinal Fire started on May 6th, 2017, about 6 miles south of Globe, Arizona. It is still ongoing today, but mostly contained. It affected an area of 7,193 acres. More information on the wildfire here:
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5176/
Clearly visible is the smoke cloud produced by the fire. The image was taken when the sky was slightly clouded, somewhat reducing the details shown and the vibrance of the image. NIR/SWIR highlights in yellow and red are showing areas with possible ongoing or recent fires.
You can see and download a full-size version (10 meters/pixel) of this image here:
https://flic.kr/p/V74Aah (Natural colors + IR highlights)
The area on Google maps:
https://goo.gl/8XQhlv
Technical Data
For those interested, here the technical data for this image. The image is a MSI Band 4-3-2 (natural color) image with NIR/SWIR highlights to show hotter areas with possible fires. The resulting colors are near natural (except the highlights), contrast is slightly enhanced. Image scale is 17 meters/pixel.
More Images of Earth from Space:
You can find more images of Earth from Space in my latest collection post here (https://goo.gl/1wusNm). Even more images can be found on my Flickr here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_markuse/).
More on the Copernicus programme aimed at observing the Earth:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus_Programme
More on the Sentinel-2A satellite:
https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-future-missions/sentinel-2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel-2
Image credit: Pinal Fire, Arizona, USA Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2017], processed by +Pierre Markuse
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#science #earth #pinalfire #wildfire #arizona #usa #space #sentinel #sentinel2 #esa #satelliteimages #spacetechnology #photography
In this composite image you can see the Pinal Fire in Arizona, USA, imaged by the Multi-Spectral Instrument (MSI) aboard the Sentinel-2A satellite. The images were taken May 25th, 2017.
The Pinal Fire started on May 6th, 2017, about 6 miles south of Globe, Arizona. It is still ongoing today, but mostly contained. It affected an area of 7,193 acres. More information on the wildfire here:
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5176/
Clearly visible is the smoke cloud produced by the fire. The image was taken when the sky was slightly clouded, somewhat reducing the details shown and the vibrance of the image. NIR/SWIR highlights in yellow and red are showing areas with possible ongoing or recent fires.
You can see and download a full-size version (10 meters/pixel) of this image here:
https://flic.kr/p/V74Aah (Natural colors + IR highlights)
The area on Google maps:
https://goo.gl/8XQhlv
Technical Data
For those interested, here the technical data for this image. The image is a MSI Band 4-3-2 (natural color) image with NIR/SWIR highlights to show hotter areas with possible fires. The resulting colors are near natural (except the highlights), contrast is slightly enhanced. Image scale is 17 meters/pixel.
More Images of Earth from Space:
You can find more images of Earth from Space in my latest collection post here (https://goo.gl/1wusNm). Even more images can be found on my Flickr here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_markuse/).
More on the Copernicus programme aimed at observing the Earth:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus_Programme
More on the Sentinel-2A satellite:
https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-future-missions/sentinel-2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel-2
Image credit: Pinal Fire, Arizona, USA Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2017], processed by +Pierre Markuse
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#science #earth #pinalfire #wildfire #arizona #usa #space #sentinel #sentinel2 #esa #satelliteimages #spacetechnology #photography
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Earth from Space: Naples, Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
In this composite image you can see the city of Naples, Pompeii, and the Mount Vesuvius volcano in the Campania region, Italy, imaged by the Multi-Spectral Instrument (MSI) aboard the Sentinel-2A satellite. The images were taken April 8th, 2017.
A nice April view of the Campania region (https://goo.gl/wFIafU) in Italy. Clearly visible are the city of Naples (https://goo.gl/zeFub2), as well as the ancient city of Pompeii (https://goo.gl/l2peFP), and the Mount Vesuvius stratovolcano (https://goo.gl/9wVuB4). It is especially known for the eruption of AD 79 (https://goo.gl/Y3lFhr), in which cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were destroyed by pyroclastic surges (https://goo.gl/PRWtGb) and the ruins buried under dozens of feet of tephra (https://goo.gl/y0IBIR).
You can see and download a full-size version (10 meters/pixel) of this image and a NIR/SWIR version here:
https://flic.kr/p/Uc7iFG (Natural colors)
https://flic.kr/p/VtFtjv (NIR/SWIR view)
The area on Google maps:
https://goo.gl/2vkyBy
Technical Data
For those interested, here the technical data for this image. The image is a MSI Band 4-3-2 (natural color) image. The resulting colors are near natural, contrast is slightly enhanced. Image scale is 54 meters/pixel.
More Images of Earth from Space:
You can find more images of Earth from Space in my latest collection post here (https://goo.gl/1wusNm). Even more images can be found on my Flickr here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_markuse/).
More on the Copernicus programme aimed at observing the Earth:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus_Programme
More on the Sentinel-2A satellite:
https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-future-missions/sentinel-2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel-2
Image credit: Campania region, Italy Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2017], processed by +Pierre Markuse
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#science #earth #italy #campania #vesuv #mountvesuvius #volcano #naples #napoli #pompeii #space #sentinel #sentinel2 #esa #satelliteimages #spacetechnology #photography
In this composite image you can see the city of Naples, Pompeii, and the Mount Vesuvius volcano in the Campania region, Italy, imaged by the Multi-Spectral Instrument (MSI) aboard the Sentinel-2A satellite. The images were taken April 8th, 2017.
A nice April view of the Campania region (https://goo.gl/wFIafU) in Italy. Clearly visible are the city of Naples (https://goo.gl/zeFub2), as well as the ancient city of Pompeii (https://goo.gl/l2peFP), and the Mount Vesuvius stratovolcano (https://goo.gl/9wVuB4). It is especially known for the eruption of AD 79 (https://goo.gl/Y3lFhr), in which cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were destroyed by pyroclastic surges (https://goo.gl/PRWtGb) and the ruins buried under dozens of feet of tephra (https://goo.gl/y0IBIR).
You can see and download a full-size version (10 meters/pixel) of this image and a NIR/SWIR version here:
https://flic.kr/p/Uc7iFG (Natural colors)
https://flic.kr/p/VtFtjv (NIR/SWIR view)
The area on Google maps:
https://goo.gl/2vkyBy
Technical Data
For those interested, here the technical data for this image. The image is a MSI Band 4-3-2 (natural color) image. The resulting colors are near natural, contrast is slightly enhanced. Image scale is 54 meters/pixel.
More Images of Earth from Space:
You can find more images of Earth from Space in my latest collection post here (https://goo.gl/1wusNm). Even more images can be found on my Flickr here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_markuse/).
More on the Copernicus programme aimed at observing the Earth:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus_Programme
More on the Sentinel-2A satellite:
https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-future-missions/sentinel-2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel-2
Image credit: Campania region, Italy Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2017], processed by +Pierre Markuse
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#science #earth #italy #campania #vesuv #mountvesuvius #volcano #naples #napoli #pompeii #space #sentinel #sentinel2 #esa #satelliteimages #spacetechnology #photography
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Earth from Space: Southeastern Atlantic Coast of the USA with West Mims Fire burn scar
In this composite image you can see parts of the southeastern Atlantic Coast of the United States of America, imaged by the Advanced Wide-Field Sensor (AWiFS) aboard the Indian Resourcesat-2A satellite. The images were taken May 20th, 2017.
If you look closely you can see the burn scar of the ongoing West Mims Fire (https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5153/) in the lower left part of the image. The fire in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (https://goo.gl/n5DNL7) was started by a lightning strike on April 6th, 2017, and as of May 29th, 2017, burned an area of 152,515 acres.
You can see and download a full-size version (56 meters/pixel) of this image here:
https://flic.kr/p/TWRAqN
The area on Google maps:
https://goo.gl/RrNKKO
Technical Data
For those interested, here the technical data for this image. The image is a AWiFS Band 5-4-2 (NIR/SWIR) image. Image scale is 476 meters/pixel.
More Images of Earth from Space:
You can find more images of Earth from Space in my latest collection post here (https://goo.gl/1wusNm). Even more images can be found on my Flickr here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_markuse/).
More on the Resourcesat-2 satellite:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resourcesat-2
Image credit: Southeastern Atlantic Coast of the USA Resourcesat-2 AWiFS data courtesy of ISRO and the U.S. Geological Survey, processed by +Pierre Markuse
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In this composite image you can see parts of the southeastern Atlantic Coast of the United States of America, imaged by the Advanced Wide-Field Sensor (AWiFS) aboard the Indian Resourcesat-2A satellite. The images were taken May 20th, 2017.
If you look closely you can see the burn scar of the ongoing West Mims Fire (https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5153/) in the lower left part of the image. The fire in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (https://goo.gl/n5DNL7) was started by a lightning strike on April 6th, 2017, and as of May 29th, 2017, burned an area of 152,515 acres.
You can see and download a full-size version (56 meters/pixel) of this image here:
https://flic.kr/p/TWRAqN
The area on Google maps:
https://goo.gl/RrNKKO
Technical Data
For those interested, here the technical data for this image. The image is a AWiFS Band 5-4-2 (NIR/SWIR) image. Image scale is 476 meters/pixel.
More Images of Earth from Space:
You can find more images of Earth from Space in my latest collection post here (https://goo.gl/1wusNm). Even more images can be found on my Flickr here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_markuse/).
More on the Resourcesat-2 satellite:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resourcesat-2
Image credit: Southeastern Atlantic Coast of the USA Resourcesat-2 AWiFS data courtesy of ISRO and the U.S. Geological Survey, processed by +Pierre Markuse
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#science #earth #usa #florida #northcarolina #southcarolina #georgia #westmimsfire #infrared #space #satelliteimages #spacetechnology #isro #resourcesat2 #photography
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Mars 2020 Rover
In this artist's concept you can see Mars 2020, a new Mars Rover planned to be launched in July or August 2020 aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket (https://goo.gl/uF1QqD) from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
As you can see the Rover shares a lot of its appearance with the Curiosity Mars Rover (https://goo.gl/Gz0ac), and indeed many technical specifications are similar or identical. There will of course be differences in the scientific instruments carried, and the new Mars 2020 Rover will also get a newly designed and more durable set of wheels. You may have seen the deterioration of Curiosity's wheels in an earlier post (https://goo.gl/m6dXe3).
More information here:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_2020
Image credit: PIA21635: NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Artist's Concept #1 NASA/JPL-Caltech https://goo.gl/vtE9aD
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#science #mars #mars2020 #marsrover #curiosity #msl #space #spaceexploration #spacetechnology #solarsystem
In this artist's concept you can see Mars 2020, a new Mars Rover planned to be launched in July or August 2020 aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket (https://goo.gl/uF1QqD) from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
As you can see the Rover shares a lot of its appearance with the Curiosity Mars Rover (https://goo.gl/Gz0ac), and indeed many technical specifications are similar or identical. There will of course be differences in the scientific instruments carried, and the new Mars 2020 Rover will also get a newly designed and more durable set of wheels. You may have seen the deterioration of Curiosity's wheels in an earlier post (https://goo.gl/m6dXe3).
More information here:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_2020
Image credit: PIA21635: NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Artist's Concept #1 NASA/JPL-Caltech https://goo.gl/vtE9aD
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#science #mars #mars2020 #marsrover #curiosity #msl #space #spaceexploration #spacetechnology #solarsystem
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Stormy Jupiter
In this enhanced color image made from data taken by Juno's JunoCam instrument on February 2nd, 2017, you can see a massive counterclockwise rotating storm on Jupiter that appears as a white oval in the gas giant's southern hemisphere (https://goo.gl/a9Vsc).
The image was taken from a distance of about 14,500 kilometers (9,000 miles). It was processed by Björn Jónsson (https://twitter.com/bjorn_jons) from freely available data.
More information here:
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21391
JunoCam's raw images are available to the public here:
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam
More on the Juno spacecraft:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)
Take a look here for more information about the JunoCam (JCM):
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JunoCam
More on Jupiter:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter
Image credit: PIA21391: Jovian Cloud Tops NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Björn Jónsson https://goo.gl/5Nw3jz
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#science #jupiter #juno #junocam #space #solarsystem #spaceexploration #spacetechnology #nasa #storm #jovianstorm
In this enhanced color image made from data taken by Juno's JunoCam instrument on February 2nd, 2017, you can see a massive counterclockwise rotating storm on Jupiter that appears as a white oval in the gas giant's southern hemisphere (https://goo.gl/a9Vsc).
The image was taken from a distance of about 14,500 kilometers (9,000 miles). It was processed by Björn Jónsson (https://twitter.com/bjorn_jons) from freely available data.
More information here:
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21391
JunoCam's raw images are available to the public here:
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam
More on the Juno spacecraft:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)
Take a look here for more information about the JunoCam (JCM):
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JunoCam
More on Jupiter:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter
Image credit: PIA21391: Jovian Cloud Tops NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Björn Jónsson https://goo.gl/5Nw3jz
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Short Shadow on the Rings of Saturn
In this image, taken by the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera in visible light on February 3rd, 2017, you can see the short shadow Saturn is casting on its ring system (https://goo.gl/4t2E5g). Now in May during Saturn's solstice the shadow will extend even less, only as far as the innermost A ring (https://goo.gl/lp2HzY), leaving the middle and outer A ring completely free of the planet's shadow.
Cassini was at a distance of about 760,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) from Saturn. Image scale is 46 miles (73 kilometers) per pixel.
More information here:
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21328
More on Cassini:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens
Image credit: PIA21328: Short Shadow NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute https://goo.gl/qxKNc0
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In this image, taken by the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera in visible light on February 3rd, 2017, you can see the short shadow Saturn is casting on its ring system (https://goo.gl/4t2E5g). Now in May during Saturn's solstice the shadow will extend even less, only as far as the innermost A ring (https://goo.gl/lp2HzY), leaving the middle and outer A ring completely free of the planet's shadow.
Cassini was at a distance of about 760,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) from Saturn. Image scale is 46 miles (73 kilometers) per pixel.
More information here:
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21328
More on Cassini:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens
Image credit: PIA21328: Short Shadow NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute https://goo.gl/qxKNc0
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3D View of the San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino County, Los Angeles County, California, USA
In this image you can see a 3D visualization of Landsat data, it is a Landsat 8 image, draped over the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V2 to get elevation information for the 3D model.
Visible in this April 22nd, 2017 image are the San Gabriel Mountains (https://goo.gl/R6As6W) with Mount San Antonio (Mt. Baldy, https://goo.gl/UEEJVD) and parts of San Bernardino County and Los Angeles County in California, USA.
Full-size image can as always be downloaded here on Flickr:
https://flic.kr/p/SZi4cj
The area on Google maps:
https://goo.gl/PzmyD9
Technical Data
For those interested, here the technical data for this image. The image is a pansharpened Landsat 8 OLI Band 4-3-2 (natural color) image. The colors are near natural but slightly oversaturated, contrast is slightly enhanced. The image was draped over the ASTER GDEM V2 to add elevation information and make it possible to get this 3D view.
More Images of Earth from Space:
You can find more images of Earth from Space in my latest collection post here (https://goo.gl/1wusNm). Even more images can be found on my Flickr here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_markuse/).
More on Landsat 8:
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/?page_id=407
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsat_8
Read more on the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) and the Global Digital Elevation Model V2 here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Spaceborne_Thermal_Emission_and_Reflection_Radiometer
https://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gdem.asp
Image credit: San Gabriel Mountains 3D view +Pierre Markuse https://flic.kr/p/SZi4cj Landsat 8 data courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey. ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA.
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#science #earth #california #usa #sangabrielmountains #cali #losangeles #space #landsat #landsat8 #aster #gdem #satelliteimages #spacetechnology #photography
In this image you can see a 3D visualization of Landsat data, it is a Landsat 8 image, draped over the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V2 to get elevation information for the 3D model.
Visible in this April 22nd, 2017 image are the San Gabriel Mountains (https://goo.gl/R6As6W) with Mount San Antonio (Mt. Baldy, https://goo.gl/UEEJVD) and parts of San Bernardino County and Los Angeles County in California, USA.
Full-size image can as always be downloaded here on Flickr:
https://flic.kr/p/SZi4cj
The area on Google maps:
https://goo.gl/PzmyD9
Technical Data
For those interested, here the technical data for this image. The image is a pansharpened Landsat 8 OLI Band 4-3-2 (natural color) image. The colors are near natural but slightly oversaturated, contrast is slightly enhanced. The image was draped over the ASTER GDEM V2 to add elevation information and make it possible to get this 3D view.
More Images of Earth from Space:
You can find more images of Earth from Space in my latest collection post here (https://goo.gl/1wusNm). Even more images can be found on my Flickr here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_markuse/).
More on Landsat 8:
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/?page_id=407
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsat_8
Read more on the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) and the Global Digital Elevation Model V2 here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Spaceborne_Thermal_Emission_and_Reflection_Radiometer
https://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gdem.asp
Image credit: San Gabriel Mountains 3D view +Pierre Markuse https://flic.kr/p/SZi4cj Landsat 8 data courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey. ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA.
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Asteroid 2014 JO25 Animation
In this short animation created from radar data acquired by NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone (https://goo.gl/NNJy4M), California, on April 19, 2017, you can see asteroid 2014 JO25 (https://goo.gl/3ybmkX).
The distance to the asteroid was about 1.53 million miles (2.47 million kilometers) when the images were acquired.
The asteroid with a dimension of at least 600 meters had its closest approach to Earth on April 19, 2017, with a distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers) .
The resolution of the radar images is about 25 feet (7.5 meters) per pixel. 154 images were used to create the movie shown.
More information here:
https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news196.html
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21597
Read more on Near-Earth Objects (NEOs):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-Earth_object
Image credit: 2014 JO25 NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSSR https://goo.gl/tdg2aX
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In this short animation created from radar data acquired by NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone (https://goo.gl/NNJy4M), California, on April 19, 2017, you can see asteroid 2014 JO25 (https://goo.gl/3ybmkX).
The distance to the asteroid was about 1.53 million miles (2.47 million kilometers) when the images were acquired.
The asteroid with a dimension of at least 600 meters had its closest approach to Earth on April 19, 2017, with a distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers) .
The resolution of the radar images is about 25 feet (7.5 meters) per pixel. 154 images were used to create the movie shown.
More information here:
https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news196.html
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21597
Read more on Near-Earth Objects (NEOs):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-Earth_object
Image credit: 2014 JO25 NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSSR https://goo.gl/tdg2aX
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Colorful Equatorial Gullies in Krupac Crater
In this image, taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), you can see part of the rim and inner slope of Krupac Crater (https://goo.gl/iFQ8jO), a young impact crater, with some large gullies (https://goo.gl/kJEpuU).
Take a look here for more images of gullies on Mars:
http://www.uahirise.org/results.php?keyword=gully&order=release_date&submit=Search
More information on the image here:
http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_049488_1720
A wider near-natural color view can be found here:
https://goo.gl/A0QwsD
More on the geology of Mars:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Mars
More on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE):
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/spacecraft/sc-instru-hirise.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiRISE
Image credit: ESP_049488_1720 NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona https://goo.gl/ZGdGV0
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#science #mars #mro #hirise #MarsReconnaissanceOrbiter #nasa #space #spaceexploration #solarsystem #gully #gullies #krupac #krupaccrater
In this image, taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), you can see part of the rim and inner slope of Krupac Crater (https://goo.gl/iFQ8jO), a young impact crater, with some large gullies (https://goo.gl/kJEpuU).
Take a look here for more images of gullies on Mars:
http://www.uahirise.org/results.php?keyword=gully&order=release_date&submit=Search
More information on the image here:
http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_049488_1720
A wider near-natural color view can be found here:
https://goo.gl/A0QwsD
More on the geology of Mars:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Mars
More on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE):
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/spacecraft/sc-instru-hirise.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiRISE
Image credit: ESP_049488_1720 NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona https://goo.gl/ZGdGV0
Thank you for your interest in this Space/Space technology collection. Maybe add me on Google+ (+Pierre Markuse) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/Pierre_Markuse) or have a look at the Astronomy/Astrophysics collection here: https://goo.gl/x0zPAJ
#science #mars #mro #hirise #MarsReconnaissanceOrbiter #nasa #space #spaceexploration #solarsystem #gully #gullies #krupac #krupaccrater
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3D View of Vancouver, Burrard Peninsula, British Columbia, Canada
Another 3D visualization of Landsat data, it is a Landsat 8 image, draped over the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V2. I then added a slight tilt-shift effect (https://goo.gl/iBynTJ) and believe the result looks quite nice.
Visible in this image is the Burrard Peninsula (https://goo.gl/KSTV29) with Vancouver (https://goo.gl/dXgGHq) and surroundings in British Columbia, Canada.
Full-size image can as always be downloaded here on Flickr:
https://flic.kr/p/U96Kp2
The area on Google maps:
https://goo.gl/xpzFzz
Technical Data
For those interested, here the technical data for this image. The image is a pansharpened Landsat 8 OLI Band 4-3-2 (natural color) image. The colors are near natural but slightly oversaturated, contrast is slightly enhanced. The image was draped over the ASTER GDEM V2 to add elevation information and make it possible to get this 3D view. A tilt-shift effect (https://goo.gl/iBynTJ) has then been added in post-processing.
More Images of Earth from Space:
You can find more images of Earth from Space in my latest collection post here (https://goo.gl/1wusNm). Even more images can be found on my Flickr here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_markuse/).
More on Landsat 8:
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/?page_id=407
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsat_8
Read more on the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) and the Global Digital Elevation Model V2 here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Spaceborne_Thermal_Emission_and_Reflection_Radiometer
https://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gdem.asp
Image credit: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 3d view tilt-shifted +Pierre Markuse https://flic.kr/p/U96Kp2 Landsat 8 data courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey. ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA.
Thank you for your interest in this Space/Space technology collection. Maybe add me on Google+ (+Pierre Markuse) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/Pierre_Markuse) or have a look at the Astronomy/Astrophysics collection here: https://goo.gl/x0zPAJ
#science #earth #canada #britishcolumbia #vancouver #space #landsat #landsat8 #aster #gdem #satelliteimages #spacetechnology #tiltshift #photography
Another 3D visualization of Landsat data, it is a Landsat 8 image, draped over the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V2. I then added a slight tilt-shift effect (https://goo.gl/iBynTJ) and believe the result looks quite nice.
Visible in this image is the Burrard Peninsula (https://goo.gl/KSTV29) with Vancouver (https://goo.gl/dXgGHq) and surroundings in British Columbia, Canada.
Full-size image can as always be downloaded here on Flickr:
https://flic.kr/p/U96Kp2
The area on Google maps:
https://goo.gl/xpzFzz
Technical Data
For those interested, here the technical data for this image. The image is a pansharpened Landsat 8 OLI Band 4-3-2 (natural color) image. The colors are near natural but slightly oversaturated, contrast is slightly enhanced. The image was draped over the ASTER GDEM V2 to add elevation information and make it possible to get this 3D view. A tilt-shift effect (https://goo.gl/iBynTJ) has then been added in post-processing.
More Images of Earth from Space:
You can find more images of Earth from Space in my latest collection post here (https://goo.gl/1wusNm). Even more images can be found on my Flickr here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_markuse/).
More on Landsat 8:
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/?page_id=407
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsat_8
Read more on the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) and the Global Digital Elevation Model V2 here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Spaceborne_Thermal_Emission_and_Reflection_Radiometer
https://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gdem.asp
Image credit: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 3d view tilt-shifted +Pierre Markuse https://flic.kr/p/U96Kp2 Landsat 8 data courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey. ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA.
Thank you for your interest in this Space/Space technology collection. Maybe add me on Google+ (+Pierre Markuse) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/Pierre_Markuse) or have a look at the Astronomy/Astrophysics collection here: https://goo.gl/x0zPAJ
#science #earth #canada #britishcolumbia #vancouver #space #landsat #landsat8 #aster #gdem #satelliteimages #spacetechnology #tiltshift #photography
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