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SVS >> Ocean
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A close up look at the west tip of Africa. 2633 Looking Down at the Earth from Space with SeaWiFS False Color Oceans.
Looking at our beautiful planet, from space. 2631 Looking Down at the Earth from Space
Mars without ocean - looking at Hellas Basin 2305 FUSE/MOLA: Mars Once Had Oceans - match render w/o oceans
Mars with ocean - looking at Hellas Basin 2291 FUSE/MOLA: Mars Once had Oceans
An animation of three-dimensional current velocity in the North Atlantic, where velocity ranges from 30 centimeters per second, shown in blue, to 200 centimeters per second, shown in red 555 North Atlantic Ocean Current Velocity
Aerosol index over the North Atlantic from March 20, 1988 through April 9, 1988 as measured by the Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) 106 Transient Aerosol Features: North Atlantic Ocean from March to April 1988
The full, narrated 17-minute Images video 97 Images of Earth and Space: The Role of Visualization in NASA Science
Starting from space, this fly-by approaches the Earth and, then travels underwater, following the ocean floor topography, passing boats, sea life, and submarines in the process, finally resurfaceing above the water and traveling back into space. 78 Ocean Planet: Final Version with Credits
Test animations of ocean wave motion 68 Ocean Waves Model
Water is all around us, and its importance to nearly every natural process on earth cannot be underestimated. The water cycle is the movement of water around the Earth in all its forms, from the ocean to the atmosphere, to snow, soil, aquifers, lakes, and streams on land, and ultimately backs to the ocean. This video explains what the water cycle is and how important it is to life on earth.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10509 Water, Water Everywhere!
Salinity plays a major role in how ocean waters circulate around the globe. Salinity changes can create ocean circulation changes that, in turn, may impact regional and global climates. The extent to which salinity impacts our global ocean circulation is still relatively unknown, but NASA's new Aquarius mission will help advance that understanding by painting a global picture of our planet's salty waters.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10504 Salt of the Earth
We know climate change can affect us, but does climate change alter something as vast, deep and mysterious as our oceans? For years, scientists have studied the world's oceans by sending out ships and divers, deploying data-gathering buoys, and by taking aerial measurements from planes. But one of the better ways to understand oceans is to gain an even broader perspective - the view from space. NASA's Earth observing satellites do more than just take pictures of our planet. High-tech sensors gather data, including ocean surface temperature, surface winds, sea level, circulation, and even marine life. Information the satellites obtain help us understand the complex interactions driving the world's oceans today - and gain valuable insight into how the impacts of climate change on oceans might affect us on dry land.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10502 Climate Change and the Global Ocean
Carbon is all around us. This unique atom is the basic building block of life, and its compounds form solids, liquids, or gases. Carbon helps form the bodies of living organisms; it dissolves in the ocean; mixes in the atmosphere; and can be stored in the crust of the planet. A carbon atom could spend millions of years moving through this complex cycle. The ocean plays the most critical role in regulating Earth's carbon balance, and understanding how the carbon cycle is changing is key to understanding Earth's changing climate. <p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10498 Keeping Up With Carbon
One tiny marine plant makes life on Earth possible: phytoplankton. These microscopic photosynthetic drifters form the basis of the marine food web, they regulate carbon in the atmosphere, and are responsible for half of the photosynthesis that takes place on this planet. Earth's climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, and as our home planet warms, so does the ocean. Warming waters have big consequences for phytoplankton and for the planet. <p><p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10497 The Ocean's Green Machines
This conceptual animation illustrates some of the ecological pathways between species within the marine ecosystem. Single-celled microscopic plants called phytoplankton float in the upper ocean. These photosynthetic plants form the foundation of the marine food web, and nearly all life in the ocean depend upon them for survival, including microscopic zooplankton and whales. 10495 Marine Food Web
Dr. Feldman reflects on his unique perspective on this fascinating region and looks ahead to his journey to Galapagos. 10468 Journey to Galapagos
Microscope video of potassium particles. 10391 Potassium Aerosols
Microscope video of sea salt. 10390 Sea Salt Aerosols
This animation juxtaposes ocean clouds and city clouds. Both zoom to the particle-detail level to show the difference in aerosol particle number and back out to show that clouds over oceans are taller and darker than those over cities. 10388 Human Induced versus Naturally Occurring Aerosols
This animation shows how a cloud is formed on the particle-level. Water droplets and black soot carbon aerosols mix in the air. Water droplets cling to aerosol particles, creating a larger water droplet. The droplet becomes very large and 'pops' into smaller water droplets, each with an aerosol particle inside, thus creating a cloud. 10387 Aerosols Impact Cloud Formation
This animation shows the different sources of aerosols, how they mix in the Earth's atmosphere, and finally disappear by creating sediment or raining out. 10386 Sources of Aerosols
Short video about the connection between NASA research and Icelandic puffins. 10339 The Puffin-Satellite Connection
This short web video features dynamic animations, science data visualizations, and excerpts with a NASA oceanographer to explore the fascinating phenomenon of ocean dead zones.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010331/In_the_Zone_transcript.htm'>here</a>. 10331 In The Zone
Poes spacecraft over Earth 10296 NOAA / POES Spacecraft Animations
This is the standard definition version of the Cold Water Upwelling animation MPEG. 10019 Cold Water Upwelling

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