Earth ID: 65

Galapagos Islands Flyby

Visualizations by Dave Pape Released on March 13, 1994

This animation shows the power of computer graphics to explore data in the sense of virtual reality. In this scene, standard tools are applied to fly around the Galapagos Islands and the ocean floor surrounding the islands.

Video slate image reads "Finally, we show an example of the power of computer graphics to explore data in teh sense of visual reality. In this scene, we apply some standard tools to fly around the Galapagos Islands and the ocean floor surrounding the islands."

Visualization Credits

Dave Pape (NASA): Lead Animator
Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Landsat

Data Used:

Landsat-5/TM

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1-Degree DEM

USGS

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ETOPO5

NOAA NGDC

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Dates of Data Used:
Various

Keywords:
DLESE >> Physical geography
DLESE >> Physical oceanography
GCMD >> Location >> Galapagos Islands
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0