Great Zoom out of Los Angeles, CA: The Hollywood Sign
Using data from different spacecraft and some powerful computer technology, visualizers at the Goddard Space Flight Center present you with a collection of American cities in a way you have never seen them before. Starting with our camera high above the Earth, we rush in towards the surface at what would be an impossible speed for any known vehicle. Passing though layers of atmosphere, the colors of our destinations shimmer with their own unique characteristics, and suddenly we find ourselves floating in virtual space just above the ground.
A seamless zoom from the ground to space, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and starting at the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles, California
The Hollywood Sign
Hollywood Hills view
Los Angeles metro area view
Southern California view
Western North America view
Full globe view
Video slate image reads, "Zoom out from Los Angeles
-Hollywood Sign-
Ikonos: 09-17-2000, 07-08-2000
Landsat: 09-20-1999, 09-20-1999
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientist
- Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, April 13, 2001.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:58 PM EDT.
Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
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[IKONOS]
ID: 39 -
[Landsat-7: ETM+]
ID: 55This dataset can be found at: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/wrs.html
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[Terra: MODIS]
ID: 116
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