Great Zoom out of Washington, DC: The US Capitol Building
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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 the ground to space, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and starting at the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC
Duration: 31.0 seconds
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Full globe view
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Eastern North America view
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Mid-Atlantic view
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Washington DC metro area view
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Capitol and surrounding area view
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U. S. Capitol
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| Animation Number: | 2122 |
| Animators: | Greg Shirah (Lead) |
| | Horace Mitchell |
| | Marte Newcombe |
| | Michael Mangos |
| Studio: | SVS |
| Completed: | 2001-04-10 |
| Scientist: | Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC) |
| Instruments: | IKONOS
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| | Landsat-7/ETM+ |
| | Terra/MODIS |
| Data Collected: | Terra/MODIS: 2000/03/06, Landsat: 1999/05/11, IKONOS: 2000/04/01 |
| Series: | Great Zooms |
| Video: | SVS2001-0015 * |
| Goddard TV Tape: | G2001-027 |
Keywords:
DLESE
>> Human geography
DLESE
>> Physical geography
SVS
>> Zoom
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio |
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