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The HoloGlobe Project (Version 3)
These animations were produced for the Smithsonian Institution's HoloGlobe Exhibit which opened to the public on August 10, 1996 at the Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. The various data sets show progressive global change mapped onto a rotating globe and projected into space to create a holographic image of the Earth. The exhibit shows that Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere are dynamic, changing on timescales of days, minutes, or even seconds. The exhibit has since been relocated to the west coast. This is a revised version from Animation #116 [The HoloGlobe Project (version 2)].

The entire 6-minute HoloGlobe video with narration and music    The entire 6-minute HoloGlobe video with narration and music
Duration: 6.3 minutes
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This image represents a one month sample (October 1983) of composite images from cloud cover data collected from a suite of U.S., European, and Japanese geostationary satellites and U.S. polar orbiting meteorological satellites.    This image represents a one month sample (October 1983) of composite images from cloud cover data collected from a suite of U.S., European, and Japanese geostationary satellites and U.S. polar orbiting meteorological satellites.

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Orthographic view of cloud data    Orthographic view of cloud data

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Water Vapor, NDVI, and SST    Water Vapor, NDVI, and SST

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From left to right, top to bottom: Water Vapor, SST, Cloud Cover, and Crustal Dynamics    From left to right, top to bottom: Water Vapor, SST, Cloud Cover, and Crustal Dynamics

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Crustal Dynamics showing earthquakes, plate boundaries, and volcanoes simultaneously    Crustal Dynamics showing earthquakes, plate boundaries, and volcanoes simultaneously

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Earth view of crustal dynamics    Earth view of crustal dynamics

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Crustal Dynamic Globe reflected through virtual mirrors    Crustal Dynamic Globe reflected through virtual mirrors

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Earth at Night. Night lights (pictured in white) are from Oct. 1994 to Mar. 1995. Cumulative fire data composited as follows: Fires in Brazil (Sep. 1997 to Oct. 1997), African fires (Oct. 1994 to Mar. 1995), Indonesian fires (Jun. 1997 to Oct. 1997), Austrailian fires (Nov. 1996 to Dec. 1996)    Earth at Night. Night lights (pictured in white) are from Oct. 1994 to Mar. 1995. Cumulative fire data composited as follows: Fires in Brazil (Sep. 1997 to Oct. 1997), African fires (Oct. 1994 to Mar. 1995), Indonesian fires (Jun. 1997 to Oct. 1997), Austrailian fires (Nov. 1996 to Dec. 1996)

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Africa at Night    Africa at Night

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America at Night    America at Night

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Asia at Night    Asia at Night

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Pathfinder data    Pathfinder data

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Pathfinder data wrapped around a globe    Pathfinder data wrapped around a globe

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Earthquakes    Earthquakes

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Earthquake data wrapped around globe    Earthquake data wrapped around globe

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SST Anomaly data showing the Dec. 1983 El Nino event    SST Anomaly data showing the Dec. 1983 El Nino event

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Development of an El Nino event    Development of an El Nino event

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Galileo imagery    Galileo imagery

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A composite of Galileo imagery in a latitude-longitude projection.    A composite of Galileo imagery in a latitude-longitude projection.

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Oceans draining revealing topographic earth    Oceans draining revealing topographic earth

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Sequence showing the oceans drain    Sequence showing the oceans drain

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Plate Boundaries    Plate Boundaries

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Plate Boundaries mapped to a globe    Plate Boundaries mapped to a globe

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Sea Surface Temperature (SST): This image is a composite view of the earth in infrared radiation with clouds removed.    Sea Surface Temperature (SST): This image is a composite view of the earth in infrared radiation with clouds removed.

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SST data mapped onto a globe    SST data mapped onto a globe

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Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI)    Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI)

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NDVI data showing the changing of the seasons    NDVI data showing the changing of the seasons

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Volcanoes    Volcanoes

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Volcanoes wrapped on a globe    Volcanoes wrapped on a globe

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GOES-9 Water Vapor data    GOES-9 Water Vapor data

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Animation Number:155
Completed:1996-08-01
Animators:Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)
 Andy Acuna (Hughes STX)
 John Cavallo (Hughes STX)
 Liam Krauss (Hughes STX)
 Jim Strong (NASA/GSFC)
 Barbara Summey (Raytheon)
 Brian Tighe (NASA)
 Marit Jentoft-Nilsen (RSIS)
 Kannappan Palaniappan (NASA/GSFC)
 Alex Kekesi (GST)
Narrator:James Earl Jones
Scientists:Jim Strong (NASA/GSFC)
 Fritz Hasler (NASA/GSFC)
 Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
 Tom Watters (Smithsonian/Air and Space)
Writer:Tom Watters (Smithsonian/Air and Space)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:DMSP/OLS
 FY-2
 GMS-5
 GOES-8
 GOES-9
 Galileo/Solid-State Imaging Camera
 Meteosat
 NOAA/AVHRR
 TAO/TRITON
 Seismic Recording Networks
 ISCCP/D2/Cloud Cover
 NOAA/AVHRR/NDVI
 NOAA/AVHRR/Sea Surface Temperature
 NOAA/AVHRR/Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly
 ETOPO5
 USGS/NEIC/Earthquake Activity
Data Collected:Various
Series:HoloGlobe and Earth Today
 Narrated Movies
Video:SVS1997-0005 *
Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Cloud Cover
SVS >> Earthquake
SVS >> El Nino
DLESE >> Geology
SVS >> HoloGlobe
DLESE >> Human geography
SVS >> NDVI
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Night lights
DLESE >> Physical geography
DLESE >> Physical oceanography
SVS >> Plate boundaries
SVS >> SST
SVS >> SST Anomaly
SVS >> Sea Surface Temperature
SVS >> Topography
 
 
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center -
Scientific Visualization Studio,
Smithsonian Institution,
Global Change Research Project (GCRP),
National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA),
United States Geological Survey,
National Science Foundation (NSF),
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),
Dynamic Media Associates (DMA),
New York Film and Animation Company,
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI),
Hughes STX Corporation


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