Earth  ID: 2630

Looking Down at the Earth's Ocean Floor from Space

Visualizations by Stuart A. Snodgrass Released on August 20, 2002
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Using a combination of different data sets, scientists are able to see what the Earth would look like if it had no oceans.
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Atlantic Ocean floor
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North America
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Pacific Ocean floor
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Video slate image reads, "Looking Down at the Earth's Ocean Floor from Space."

Visualization Credits

Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Lead Animator
Marte Newcombe (GST): Animator
Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Claire Parkinson (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Chris Justice (University of Maryland): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:
Terra/MODIS/Bathymetry
2001/06 - 2001/09
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This item is part of this series:
NASM2002

Keywords:
SVS >> Bathymetry
SVS >> Ocean Floor
DLESE >> Physical geography
DLESE >> Physical oceanography
NASA Science >> Earth