Earth  ID: 2110

Great Zoom into Chicago, IL: The Sears Tower

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on April 13, 2001
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.
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A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and ending at the Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois.
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Full globe view
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Central North America view
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Lake Michigan regional view
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Chicago metro area view
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Downtown Chicago view
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The Sears Tower
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Video slate image reads, "Zoom in to Chicago
-Sears Tower-
Ikonos: 10-11-2000, 09-27-2000
Landsat: 10-10-2000, 10-19-2000".

For More Information

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/earthday2001/index.html

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Marte Newcombe (GST): Animator
Eric Sokolowsky (GST): Animator
Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Missions:
Landsat
Terra

Data Used:
IKONOS
2000/09/27, 2000/10/11
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Landsat-7/ETM+
2000/10/10, 2000/10/19
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Terra/MODIS
2000/03/06
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This item is part of this series:
Great Zooms

Goddard TV Tapes:
G2001-027
G2003-046

Keywords:
SVS >> Chicago
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Human geography
DLESE >> Physical geography
SVS >> Zoom
GCMD >> Location >> Illinois
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0