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Great Zoom into GWU
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.

This particular zoom was created for a talk given by Greg Shirah and Jim Williams at the George Washington University.


Zoom into GWU    Zoom into GWU
Duration: 39.0 seconds
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Slate image from video tape reads, 'Great Zoom into George Washington University (Washingon, DC).'    Slate image from video tape reads, 'Great Zoom into George Washington University (Washingon, DC).'

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Animation Number:2729
Animators:Greg Shirah (Lead)
 Horace Mitchell
 Marte Newcombe
Studio:NASA
Completed:2003-03-05
Scientist:Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC)
Instruments:IKONOS
 Landsat-7/ETM+
 Terra/MODIS
Data Collected:Terra/MODIS: 2000/03/06, Landsat: 1999/05/11, IKONOS: 2000/04/01
Series:Great Zooms
Video:SVS2003-0001 *
Keywords:
DLESE >> Human geography
DLESE >> Physical geography
SVS >> Washington DC
SVS >> Zoom
 
 
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