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Animation Identification Numbers 4000 through 4099
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The phase and libration of the Moon for 2013, at hourly intervals. Includes supplemental graphics that display the Moon's orbit, subsolar and sub-Earth points, and the Moon's distance from Earth at true scale.   4000   Moon Phase and Libration, 2013
This animation shows how ice is naturally transported from interior topographic divides to the coast via glaciers. The colors represent the speed of ice flow, with areas in red and purple flowing the fastest at rates of kilometers per year. The vectors indicate the direction of flow.   4001   Ice Flow toward the Petermann Glacier, Greenland
M2.4 flare on July 14, 2017 in SDO/AIA 171 Angstrom filter.   4002   AR2665: The Lonely Sunspot of Solar Minimum
A beautiful view of the Earth. Created for a scientist's presentation.   4003   Earth Banner Showing North America
Animation of Annual Minimum Sea Ice Extent over the Arctic from 1979 to 2012. (Final Composite.)   4004   National Climate Assessment Annual Arctic Minimum Sea Ice Extents (1979-2012)
This set provides movies and frames of the Weather Satellites in Orbit visualization.   4005   Weather Satellites in Orbit (updated 2012)
A movie of changes to the Earth's radiation belts before, during and after the Halloween solar storms of 2003.   4006   The Radiation Belts as seen by SAMPEX
Antarctic traverse radar   4007   Ground-Penetrating Radar Measurements of Antarctic Ice Sheet
5x3 Layout view. This version has the imagery organized in order of increasing wavelength, from upper left to lower right for AIA. The HMI products occupy the bottom row.   4008   SDO Jewelbox: The Many Eyes of SDO
A plot of EVE spectral data with time. The EVE data (yellow) overlays the WHI 2008 reference spectrum of the Sun. Markers along the bottom indicate wavelength coverage for other SDO instruments such as EVE/SAM imager, AIA, and HMI.   4009   The Active Sun from SDO: EUV Variability Experiment (EVE)
Enlil model for the March 2012 coronal mass ejection, plotted out to ten astronomical units (beyond the orbit of Saturn). The top view slices the data in the plane of the Earth's orbit and projects the planetary orbits onto that. The side view is a cross-section through the Sun-Earth line. The wedge-shape of the side view is because the Enlil model only extends above and below the solar equator by 60 degrees.   4010   Space Weather Research: The CME of March 2012
Daily MODIS Active Fires in the United States during 2012 over 16 day composite MODIS NDVI and 16 day composite MODIS snow and ice. In this animation active fires persist for 10 days with newer fires being overlaid on top of older fires.   4011   United States Active Fires 2012
A tour of LandTrendr-processed Landsat data from Redwood National Park to Mount Shasta, up the Cascade Range, over to the Olympic Peninsula, and back down to Redwood National Park.   4012   Life Histories from Landsat: 25 Years in the Pacific Northwest Forest -- North/South Tour
LandTrendr analysis of the Pacific Northwest. No audio.   4013   Life Histories from Landsat: 25 Years in the Pacific Northwest Forest
Side-by-side rotating Moon globes showing LOLA elevation and GRAIL free-air gravity.   4014   GRAIL Primary Mission Gravity Maps (AGU 2012)
Still image showing Evaporative Stress Index data from August 18, 2012, when the drought in the mideast US was extremely high and spread over several states.   4015   Drought 2010-2012
GPM Instruments   4016   Global Precipitiation Measurement Core Satellite Instruments
Visualization of the orbit of comet ISON as it moves into the inner solar system in 2013.   4017   Comet ISON Approaches Perihelion
HD movie of representative orbit of a sungrazing comet.   4018   Kreutz Comet Orbits
Earth at Night, Asia   4019   Unprecedented New Look at Our Planet at Night
Mask for flow colors   4020   Compositing Elements for Loop
Banner version 2   4021   Banner for GPM Group
This narrated animation shows the accumulated change in the elevation of the Greenland ice sheet between 2003 and 2012. This version has the full list of scrolling credits at the end of the animation. If needed, a complete transcript is available.   4022   Measuring Elevation Changes on the Greenland Ice Sheet
GRAIL's final three orbits, with close-ups of the impact site.   4023   GRAIL Impacts the Moon
Example image of how the below elements might be combined to create a print resolution still showing how Landsat-5 Red, Green, and Blue bands can be combined to create a true color map of the Florida Everglades.   4025   Florida Everglades Onion Skin Stills
An HD1080 movie of the coronal rain (right limb of sun) in the 304 A wavelength.   4026   July 2012: Coronal Rain
1080 HD movie of the CME launch in the 171angstrom AIA filter.   4027   A July 2012 CME from SDO
Mosaic of annual, spring, and summer precipition visualizations   4028   National Climate Assessment: 21st Century Precipitation Scenarios
Mosaic of annual and summer temperature visualizations   4029   National Climate Assessment: 21st Century Temperature Scenarios
Abbreviated 13 second movie starting from 1950 through 2012 with dates and colorbar applied.   4030   Five-Year Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2012
Enlil model for the Jan. 13, 2013 coronal mass ejection, plotted out to ten astronomical units (beyond the orbit of Saturn). The top view slices the data in the plane of the Earth's orbit and projects the planetary orbits onto that. The side view is a cross-section through the Sun-Earth line. The wedge-shape of the side view is because the Enlil model only extends above and below the solar equator by 60 degrees.   4031   First Earth-Directed CME of 2013
Animation zooming down to Beijing, China in 1978 via Landsat-3. The data then dissolves to Beijing in 2010 through the sensors of Landsat-5. The red areas are non-vegetated urban areas.   4032   Urban Sprawl in Beijing, China (Hyperwall version)
Full colorized 4Kx4K frames of SDO data.   4033   Monster Prominences with an Earth Eclipse (September 16, 2012)
HD movie of the prominence eruption   4034   September 23, 2012 Solar Prominence
The Global Hawk UAV flies over Hurricane Karl to reveal a hot tower. Red shows reflectivity that is 12 km from the surface, orange is 10 km, yellow is 7.5 km, green is 6 km, and blue is under 6 km.This movie shows the eyewall of the storm develop as the UAV monitors from above.   4035   High Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Profiler(HIWRAP) onboard the Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes(GRIP) Experiment monitors Eye Wall Development
HIWRAP measures a burst of convection often called a   4036   Global Hawk Takes High Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) Data
An HD movie of the sunspot evolution.   4037   Sunspot Growth in June 2012
HD movie of the prominence.   4038   Solar Prominence Dance - December 31, 2012
HD movie of the prominence & eclipse   4039   SDO: September 13, 2012 Earth Eclipse
Animation showing how different LDCM bands can be combined to obtain different information over the Florida Everglades.   4040   Florida Everglades LDCM Band Remix
The GRAIL free-air gravity map of the Moon, rendered on the Moon's surface as it floats in front of a starry backdrop (the constellation Hydra). About 75% of the visible disk is illuminated from the left, lighting longitudes roughly between 75deg and 180deg east. The view is centered on Mare Moscoviense, a feature on the far side.   4041   GRAIL Free-Air Gravity Map for the Cover of Science
GRACE Groundwater Depletion   4042   Freshwater Losses In The Middle East
Beginning with a full-frame Moon, the camera flies to the lunar south pole and shows areas of permanent shadow. Realistic shadows evolve through several months.   4043   LRO Peers into Permanent Shadows
Nile Basin Water Balance   4044   The Distributed Water Balance of the Nile Basin
A tour of Aquarius sea surface salinity data highlighting interesting features including: the North Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, Amazon outflow, Labrador current, and Indian Ocean.   4045   Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Tour 2012
Aquarius spinning globe without dates and with public colorbar.   4046   Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity on Rotating Globes 2012
Animation of a generic satellite collecting digital elevation map data over the Ganges and Brahmaputra River basin.   4047   Collecting LIDAR data over the Ganges and Brahmaputra River Basin
Full 3-D belt visualization.   4048   Van Allen Probes New View of the Radiation Belts
A standard HD movie of the SDO/AIA 131 A dataset.   4049   'X' Marks the Spot: SDO Observes a Reconnection Event
Flat map projection of Aquarius sea surface salinity   4050   Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Flat Maps 2012
HD movie of February 2013 prominence   4051   Boiling Solar Prominence from February 2013
Animation of Arctic sea ice from March 2012 to February 2013.   4052   Arctic Daily Sea Ice Concentration from March 2012 to February 2013
Global distribution of glaciers (yellow) and area covered (size of the circle), sub-divided into the 19 RGI regions (white number) referenced in Table 4.2 of the IPCC report. The area portion covered by tidewater terminating (TW) glaciers in each region is shown in blue.   4053   Regional Assessments of Glacier Mass
LRO flies over the north pole of the Moon, where it has a very good view of the GRAIL impact. The second part is the view from LRO through LAMP's slit, showing the impact and the resulting plume. The orbits, impact locations, terrain, LAMP field of view, and starfield are accurately rendered.   4054   LAMP Observes GRAIL Impact
This 30 second animation shows 907 days (~2.5 years) of MODIS snow data overlaid on top of MODIS NDVI data. The still image is from January 2.   4055   Seasonal Vegetation and Snow Change
Visualization generated from the CCMC Enlil model showing the projected propagation of the CME from the Sun to Earth.   4056   The CME of March 15, 2013
We follow LRO to the south pole and watch as the LEND instrument integrates neutron counts over the three years from July 2009 to June 2012.   4057   LEND Looks for Water at the South Pole
This visualization shows the CME launching from the Sun, with Earth as the focus of interest in the top and side views. We see that the CME is not heading towards Earth.   4058   Space Weather @ Mars: The CME of March 5, 2013
The complete narrated animation with labels and flight paths.   Complete transcript available.   4060   Antarctic Bedrock
A view of the limb of the Sun, in the H-line of singly-ionized calcium. A sunspot is visible as are many spicules (the grass-like wavy things).   4061   Solar Close-ups with Hinode's Solar Optical Telescope
Animation of a Northeastern suburb of Atlanta from 1984 to 2010 through the eyes of Landsat satellite images. The animation begins with a view of the United States and zooms into the Atlanta suburb, which then cycles through Landsat images of the area from 1984 to 2010. While the animation moves through time, the viewer should be able to see the Mall of Georgia spring into existence along with the growth of all the surrounding neighborhoods.   4062   Georgia Urban Sprawl
Visualization generated from the CCMC Enlil model showing the projected propagation of the CME from the Sun to Earth.   4064   The CME of April 11, 2013
At the ultraviolet wavelength of 160 nm, we see an image which still resembles the view in visible light, but with the faculae surrounding the sunspots more visible. The flare appears like a bright arc from the regions.   4065   The X-Class Flare of January 2014
In the 30.4nm wavelength of the helium ion, we can see both the flare, as well as some of the ejected solar material.   4066   SDO's Multi-wavelength View of a May 2013 Solar Flare
The phase and libration of the Moon for 2013, at hourly intervals. Includes supplemental graphics that display the Moon's orbit, subsolar and sub-Earth points, and the Moon's distance from Earth at true scale.   4067   Moon Phase and Libration, 2013 South Up
A view of Moon orbiting Earth from a point above the north ecliptic pole. Moon and Earth are five times larger than their true scale.   4068   Earth and Moon
HD resolution version of NASA's Earth Observing Fleet (including Landsat 8)   4070   NASA Earth Observing Fleet including Landsat 8
This sequence shows the MODIS' satellites' derived CROP NDVI Anomaly relative to Average (2000-2011) with the USDA's end of season crop production for wheat for the focus countries of Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.   4071   Normalized Differential Vegetation Index critical to Agricultural Monitoring in Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan
This sequence shows NASA MODIS' derived crop NDVI anomaly relative to the average (2000-2011) with the USDAA's end of season crop production for wheat and corn in the United States.Orange and brown indicate below average and green indicates above average crop production. This still image is from March 30, 2013 showing below average conditions for most of the United States.   4072   Normalized Differential Vegetation Index critical to Agricultural Monitoring in the United States
Year 140 of simulation showing data from June, July, and August.   4073   Greenhouse Warming Linked to Shifts in Rainfall
Model simulations spanning 140 years show that warming from carbon dioxide will change the frequency that regions around the planet receive no rain (brown), light rain(tan), moderate rain (yellow), and very heavy rain (blue). The occurrence of no rain and heavy rain will increase, while moderate rainfall will decrease. Zoom to the United States to see the impact on June, July, and August rainfall.Blue areas are projected to receive 9 mm/day on average during the summer months.   4074   Greenhouse Warming Linked to Shifts in June, July, and August Rainfall (AMS Version) with zoom to the United States
The southern limb of the Moon transits across the Sun in this sequence of images from Solar Dynamics Observatory on October 7, 2010. Five peaks near the lunar south pole, visible in silhouette, are identified. A visualization of the Moon using Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data is precisely aligned with the SDO image, then rotated to show these five peaks on a false-color global elevation map.   4075   Lunar Transit from Solar Dynamics Observatory (2010)
Example animation compositing the Landsat swath traverse with window tracker. The window tracker highlights where we are on the swath.   4076   Landsat-8 Long Swath
This movie is a combined visualization of PBL and wind dynamics over the LA basin for a one month period.   4077   Never at rest: the air over Los Angeles
This movie shows the forecast trajectory of the CME launched from AR 11748 through the solar system.   4078   CMEpalooza - May 15, 2013
This movie shows the 'rapid-fire' launch of three CMEs which merge together as they move out from the sun.   4079   CMEpalooza - May 14, 2013
A polar view of the satellite alignments, with and without satellite labels. The visualization slows around the time of the event at July 3, 2012 09:45GMT.   4080   Reconnection Fronts - When Satellites Align...
Model simulations of December, January, and February show that warming from carbon dioxide will change the frequency that regions around the planet receive no rain (brown), light rain(brown), moderate rain(yellow) and very heavy rain(dark blue). The occurrence of no rain and heavy rain will increase, while moderate rainfall will decrease. This visual zooms into the United States to see the impact on the December. January, and February time periods.   4081   Greenhouse Warming Linked to Shifts in December, January, and February Rainfall
Monthly Carbon Dioxide images for hyperwall.   4082   AIRS Monthly Carbon Dioxide, September 2009 - September 2010
Outer heliosphere view (to orbit of Saturn) of coronal mass ejections. The timesteps of the model are six hours apart.   4083   CMEpalooza: The Complete Series
The geometry of the Moon's orbit in motion, from late May until the supermoon on June 23, 2013. Frame sequences with alpha channel are available for the separate elements of the animation.   4084   Supermoon 2013
Sample composite of the Hurricane Sandy segment for the SOS show   4085   Water Falls (Science On a Sphere show): Hurricane Sandy
Land plant fluorescence across North America and South America   4086   Fluorescence Visualizations in High-Resolution
Same as the movie above, but without the object labels.   4087   IBEX Heliotail Observations
Magnetic field in x-y plane (approximately Earth equatorial plane) but pointed in the z-direction. Purple has the field pointed towards the camera, orange has the field pointed away from the camera. The solar wind approaches Earth (blue dot) from the left. The magnetotail extends to the right.   4088   Reconnection Fronts - What the Models Say...
Movie of a serene but still active Sun.   4089   June 2013's 'Busy Sun'
A large solar prominence (left limb of the Sun) hovers for hours before launching into space.   4090   Solar Prominence from SDO: July 1, 2013
This movie zooms into the region of the Sun imaged by IRIS.   4091   IRIS First Light: The View from SDO/AIA @ 160 nm
This visual shows the Mean Fire Radiative Power (FRP) from the MODIS Climate Modeling Grid fire products. Agricultural and prescribed fires are shown in dark red. More intense fires are shown in orange. Regions where the gridded statistical summaries show the most intense fires are shown in bright yellow.   4092   Mapping the Fire Intensity Record for the United States (2000 through 2013)
This visual shows the global view of Mean Fire Radiative Power (FRP) from the MODIS Climate Modeling Grid fire products. Agricultural and prescribed fires are shown in dark red. More intense fires are shown in orange. Regions where the gridded statistical summaries show the most intense fires are shown in bright yellow.   4093   Mapping the Fire Intensity Global Record (2000 through 2013)
This visualization shows the how observations by the Suomi NPP satellite's Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) Limb instrument, and information from the GEOS-5 computational atmospheric model, together revealed the bolide plume snaking around the atmosphere. For complete transcript, click here .   4094   Chelyabinsk Bolide Plume as seen by NPP and NASA Models
No Colorbar, No Dates   4095   Potential Evaporation in North America Through 2100
The full composited animation of the Arctic sea ice between May and August, 2013 with the date overlay and the star background.   4096   Summer Arctic Sea Ice Retreat: May - August 2013
Animation of Greenland's mega-canyon.   4097   Greenland's Mega-Canyon beneath the Ice Sheet
This visualization shows comet ISON's approach to perihelion from a point of view perpendicular to the orbit plane of the comet.   4098   Chasing Comet ISON
Movie with research run of three CMEs merging into one.   4099   Multiple CMEs of October 2013
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