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Terra and Aqua / MODIS / Blue Marble: Next Generation(a.k.a. BMNG)


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Multimedia Items Available Relating to Terra and Aqua / MODIS / Blue Marble: Next Generation(a.k.a. BMNG)
GEOS-5 Cloud Simulation at 3.5km resolution every 10 minutes   3659   GEOS-5 Modeled Clouds at 3.5-km Global Resolution
This animation first depicts thermohaline surface flows over surface density, and illustrates the sinking of water in the dense ocean near Iceland and Greenland. The surface of the ocean then fades away and the animation pulls back to show the global thermohaline circulation.   3658   The Thermohaline Circulation - The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt
GOES-5 Cloud Simulation at 7 km resolution every 30 minutes   3657   GEOS-5 Modeled Clouds at 7-km Global Resolution
An animation of average Sea Surface Temperature on a globe.   3652   Sea Surface Temperature, Salinity and Density
LRO orbit insertion trail morphing from Earth centered to moon centered coordinates   3621   LRO Transition from Earth-Centered to Moon-Centered Coordinates
The complete narrated visualization   3619   A Tour of the Cryosphere 2009
LRO orbits using 2 discrete coordinate systems   3618   LRO in Earth Centered and Moon Centered Coordinates
Flat Earth still   3615   Flat Earth for "LARGEST"
Jupiter rotation (match rendered with Earth rotation)   3609   Rotation Period Comparison Between Earth and Jupiter
1000 Earths fill Jupiter volume (layer 14 - all layers)   3608   One Thousand Earths Could Fit Inside Jupiter
MMS Nightside orbit animation   3606   Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) Nightside Orbit Animation for the Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
MMS dayside magnetosheath/magnetopuase orbit configuration   3605   Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) Dayside Orbit Animation for the Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
LRO after several burns moves into the desired orbit of the moon.   3603   Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Orbit Insertion - Stereoscopic Version
Image of landcover and sea ice in the Northern Hemisphere on May 28th 2008.   3602   TDRS Poster of the Northern Hemisphere
This set provides stereoscopic content (Left and Right eye separate) of the Arctic sea ice visualization from 2005-09-21 through 2008-09-20 with a starfield as a bacdrop.   3578   AMSR-E Arctic Sea Ice: 2005 to 2008 - Stereoscopic Version
Daily images showing a slow fade from month to month over the seasonal landcover data.   3523   Seasonal Landcover for Science-on-a-Sphere
Animation of the draining of the Earth's oceans. The first frame indicates no decrease and the second frame drains all water above sea level. Each subsequent frame represents a 10 meter drop in the level of the Earth's oceans. The high resolution frames labeled 'Mask' can be used with the individual images below to create higher resolution versions of this animation.   3487   Draining the Oceans
Landcover over North America in April 2004.   3457   Three Images of North America
ICESat elevation data taken on June 2, 2006 is shown in orange. The underlying gray 'shadow' corresponds to where the elevation data lies on the surface. The underlying MODIS data is a 3 day average taken in the month of December 2005.   3403   Antarctic Plumbing: Lake Englehardt's Subglacial Hydraulic System
This animation shows seasonal landcover changes over Northeastern China (left) and Southeastern Russia (right), viewed from the vantage point of the Sea of Japan. The black line marks the border between China and Russia.   3278   Seasonal Landcover Change over Eastern Asia in 2004
This animation shows seasonal landcover change over the Nile delta in 2004. Three yearly cycles are shown, displayed at a rate of two months per second.   3277   Seasonal Landcover Change over the Nile Delta in 2004
This still image shows a global view of landcover in June 2004.   3273   2004 Global Vegetation from Blue Marble Next Generation
This animation shows a global rotation of seasonal changes in landcover. Landcover fades from month to month, and is displayed at a rate of two months per second.   3272   Global Seasonal Landcover in 2004
This animation shows how the landcover changes with the seasons as we fly over the Eastern United States, from Florida to Maine.   3271   Seasonal Landcover Change over the Eastern United States
This animation zooms into Northern Italy and shows seasonal landcover over the Alps and surrounding regions.   3270   Seasonal Landcover Change over the Alps
This animation shows landcover changes as we zoom over Western Asia.   3269   Seasonal Landcover Change over Western Asia in 2004
This image shows the snow cover and sea ice surface temperature on March 15, 2003.   3180   MODIS Daily Global Snow Cover and Sea Ice Surface Temperature as seen in the SIGGRAPH 2005 Electronic Theater
Sea ice minimum extent for 1979.   3065   Sea Ice Minimum Extent for 1979-2004
A wide shot of the Bering Glacier, October 1986.   2968   Retreating Glaciers Spur Alaskan Earthquakes
NDVI data from Aug 10, 1999 showing greener (wetter) than normal conditions   2939   NDVI Anomalies Show Areas of Likely Drought in the Western US (Colorado view)
NDVI data from Aug 10, 1999 showing greener (wetter) than normal conditions   2938   NDVI Anomalies Show Areas of Likely Drought in the Western US (Southwest view)
NDVI data from Aug 10, 1999 showing greener (wetter) than normal conditions   2937   NDVI Anomalies Show Areas of Likely Drought in the Western US (wide view)
Mission proposal for polar orbiting cloud sensor (w- swaths)   2935   Mission Proposal: Polar GOES-like spacecraft (riding the spacecraft - animated swaths)
Mission proposal for polar orbiting cloud sensor (with animated clouds)   2934   Mission Proposal: Polar GOES-like spacecraft (riding the spacecraft - animated clouds)
Mission proposal beauty shot still   2933   Mission Proposal: Polar GOES-like spacecraft (beauty shot)
Blue Marble image of the whole earth.   2915   Blue Marble - A Seamless Image Mosaic of the Earth (WMS)
Hurricanes Fabian and Isabel leave cold water trails in their wake.   2897   Cold Water Trails from Hurricanes Fabian and Isabel (WMS)
Comparing Mars to Earth in true color (with axes and orbit plane)   2879   Earth-Mars Planet Comparisons (True Color with Axes and Orbit Plane)
Still image comparing true color Mars to true color Earth   2878   Earth-Mars Planet Comparisons (True Color)
View of Antarctica   2874   Great Zoom into Don Juan Pond, Antarctica (treatment #2)
Video resolution zoom into Don Juan Pond, Antarctica   2873   Great Zoom into Don Juan Pond, Antarctica (treatment #1)
This animation shows the annual minimum sea ice extent and concentration for 24 years, from 1979 to 2003. The year 2002 showed lowest level of sea ice on record.   2850   Sea Ice Minimum Extent for 1979-2003
Average of sea ice minumum extent from 2000 through 2003   2849   Arctic Sea Ice Four Year Moving Average
This is a contextual setup animation intended to be shown before the visualization of several Arctic sea ice/cryosphere datasets.   2848   Arctic Sea Ice Context Shot
This visualization shows the progrssion of Hurricane Isabel across the Atlantic as seen by the MODIS instruments on NASA's Terra and Aqua spacecraft.   2825   Hurricane Isabel Progresssion as Seen by MODIS
As the hurricanes move through the ocean, they each leave a wake of cold water. This visualization shows the cold water trails left by Hurricanes Fabian and Isabel. The red/orange/blue colors represent the ocean temperatures (orange/red is 82 degrees F and higher).   2824   Cold Water Trails from Hurricanes Fabian and Isabel
This visualization shows hurricanes Fabian and Isabel using GOES data. The clouds are extruded to give a sense of depth.   2823   Hurricanes Fabian and Isabel from GOES
Animation of isosurfaces showing the structure of Erin on September 10, 2001.   2821   Recipe of a Hurricane - Spin Around Clouds and Isosurfaces
Hurricane Erin on 9-10-01 as seen through VIRS-IR and GOES-IR. MODIS-bluemarble is in the background.   2820   Recipe of a Hurricane (Part 2) -- Clouds and Isosurfaces (Match Rendered)
This part of the visualization is the setup shot, showing Blue Marble data, which pushes into the western Atlantic Ocean.   2819   Recipe of a Hurricane (Part 2) - Push into Blue Marble (Match Rendered)
This movie shows the Earth and we tour around it, moving eastward, starting at Central America, and passing over Europe, India, Asia, and Australia before diving into clouds.   2785   World Tour for Global Precipitation Measurement Movie
A still of the GPM animation.   2782   GPM Earth Spin Animation
Lake Nasser, Egypt   2781   GPM Nile River Animation
ICESat orbiting Earth   2746   ICESat First Light Release: A Global Perspective
ICESat tracks criss-crossing over Antarctica   2745   ICESat First Light Release: Antarctica in Three Dimensions
This image displays the snow cover from February 21, 2003 in white. Areas with snow cover on February 21, 2002 but not on February 21, 2003 are shown in blue.   2726   Comparison of Snow Cover over the USA during the Winters of 2001/2002 and 2002/2003
This still image shows snow cover over the US on Feburary 21, 2003.   2725   Snow Cover over the USA during the Winter of 2002/2003
This still image shows snow cover over the US on Feburary 21, 2002.   2724   Snow Cover over the USA during the Winter of 2001/2002
Australias Great Barrier Reef   2688   Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Blue Marble Great Barrier Reef Fly-over
Italy   2687   Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Blue Marble Italian Fly-over
The Himalayas.   2686   Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Blue Marble Himalayan Fly-over
The Andes Mountains.   2685   Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Andes Flyover
Animation of a beauty shot fly-over that covers Africa, Asia, and Europe using the Blue Marble data mosaic.   2684   Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Blue Marble European Fly-over
Animation of the Blue Marble Earth starting from the same angle as the Apollo 17 Earth photo. This animation does a slight push-in to the Blue Marble data set and is match-framed to animation #2682 (the original Apollo photo) for a post-production transition.   2683   Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Blue Marble Drift-in
The color overlay represents the brightness temperature observed in one of the HSB channels. The most important color is blue, which indicates intense convection and likely rain cells. Green generally indicates thick clouds, while red indicates thin low clouds. (Microwave, unlike infrared, penetrates clouds and looks into them or even through them.)   2657   Super-Typhoon Pongsona Visualized from AIRS Instrument Suite Data
This animation shows fires detected over Central America from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002 with a clock inset.   2639   Fires over Central America during 2001 and 2002 with Clock
This image shows fires detected over Central America on 05-14-2002.   2638   Fires over Central America during 2001 and 2002
Distribution of Aedes vexans mosquitos   2565   Mosquito Distribution Maps
West Nile Virus propogation map   2564   Progression of the West Nile Virus Through the Continental United States
This animation shows global fire activity 7-1-2001 and 8-20-2002. During June 2002, a close view of the Rodeo-Chediski Fire is shown. A clock overlay indicates the date.   2547   Portrait of Global Fires with Zoom to Rodeo/Chediski Fire with Clock
This image shows the extent of the Rodeo-Chediski Fire as of 7-2-2002.   2546   Portrait of Global Fires with Zoom to Rodeo/Chediski Fire
This animation shows fires detected over Australia from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002 with a clock inset.   2545   Fires over Australia during 2001 and 2002 with Clock
This animation shows fires detected over Australia from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002.   2544   Fires over Australia during 2001 and 2002
This animation shows fires detected over Africa from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002 with a clock inset.   2543   Fires over Africa during 2001 and 2002 with Clock
This animation shows fires detected over Africa from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002.   2542   Fires over Africa during 2001 and 2002
This animation shows fires detected over Asia from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002 with a clock inset.   2541   Fires over Asia during 2001 and 2002 with Clock
This animation shows fires detected over Asia from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002.   2540   Fires over Asia during 2001 and 2002
This animation shows fires detected over Europe from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002 with a clock inset.   2539   Fires over Europe during 2001 and 2002 with Clock
This animation shows fires detected over Europe from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002.   2538   Fires over Europe during 2001 and 2002
This animation shows fires detected over South America from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002 with a clock inset.   2537   Fires over South America during 2001 and 2002 with Clock
This animation shows fires detected over South America from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002.   2536   Fires over South America during 2001 and 2002
This animation shows fires detected over North America from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002 with a clock inset.   2535   Fires over North America during 2001 and 2002 with Clock
This animation shows fires detected over North America from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002.   2534   Fires over North America during 2001 and 2002
This animation shows fires detected over the United States from 5-1-2002 through 8-20-2002 with a clock inset.   2533   Fires over the United States during the Summer of 2002 with Clock
This animation shows fires detected over the United States from 5-1-2002 through 8-20-2002.   2532   Fires over the United States during the Summer of 2002
This animation shows fires detected over the Western US between 5-1-2002 and 8-20-2002 from a still camera position with a clock inset.   2531   Fires over the Western US during 2002 with Still Camera and Clock
This animation shows fires detected over the Western US between 5-1-2002 and 8-20-2002.   2530   Fires over the Western US during 2002 with Still Camera
This animation shows a zoom out from the Southwestern US while fires detected between 5-1-2002 and 8-20-2002 are displayed. A clock inset indicates the date.   2529   Fires over the Western US during 2002 with Zoom and Clock
This animation shows a zoom out from the Southwestern US while fires detected between 5-1-2002 and 8-20-2002 are displayed.   2528   Fires over the Western US during 2002 with Zoom
This animation shows seasonal fire activity from 8-21-2001 to 8-20-2002 on a flat map with a clock showing the date.   2527   Annual Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 on a Flat Map with Clock
This animation shows seasonal fire activity from 8-21-2002 to 8-20-2002 displayed on a flat map.   2526   Annual Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 on a Flat Map
This animation shows seasonal fire activity from 2-17-2002 to 7-31-2002 and from 8-1-2001 to 2-18-2002 with a clock overlay indicating the date.   2525   A Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 with Clock
This image shows a global view of fires detected on 10-11-2001 over Europe, Africa and South America.   2524   A Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002
This animation shows fire activity occurring from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002 on a rotating globe.   2522   Global Revolution of Fires During 2001 and 2002
This image highlights the area coverage on the fire and smoke on June 20, 2002.   2476   A Zoom In of Arizona Forest Fires
LARGEST introduces mainstream audiences to the planet Jupiter. The following trailer showcases some of the visual themes contained in the movie and points to the film's main website.<p><p>This film has been prepared exclusively for playback on spherical projections systems. It will not appear in its proper format on a traditional computer or television screen. If you are interested in dowloading the complete final movie file for spherical playback, please visit :<p><a href=   10477   LARGEST: A Spherical Movie About Jupiter

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