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Animation Identification Numbers 4200 through 4299
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Visualization depicting TDRS satellites communicating with customer satellites. White lines represent periods of communication between satellites. Constant contact between TDRS satellites and ground stations is also displayed using grey lines.   4201   Tracking Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Orbital Fleet Communicating with User Spacecraft 2017 - 360 video
The flare at ejected CME launches from the western limb of the Sun (lower left of image) in this sequence from the SDO/AIA 304 angstrom filter.   4202   August 24, 2014: Magnificent M-flare
This animation shows rain data collected by the GPM Core Observatory and the partner satellites currently in orbit on March 17, 2014. The end of the animation focuses in on a storm system that moved over the eastern United States, showing GPM Microwave Imager data of rain and snow rates. This is the first time a single satellite has collected simultaneous data on rain and snow for a single storm.   4203   GPM Constellation
Monthly sea ice extent arranged in a grid pattern with years running horizontally from 1979 to 2014 and months running vertically from January through December   4204   Small Multiples of NSIDC North Pole Sea Ice Extent
Animation simulating a head-up display on the Space Station for comparing data related to Earth System Science.   4205   Earth Science Heads-up Display
This animation shows the difference in the area, volume and depth of the average September Arctic sea ice between 1979 and 2013.   4206   Average September Arctic Sea Ice Comparison: 1979 vs 2013
Earth Observing Fleet starting with Terra, Aqua, and Aura, then fading in the entire fleet   4207   NASA Earth Observing Fleet fade from Terra, Aqua, Aura to All
NASM version of the fleet starting with Terra, Aqua, and Aura and then adding the rest of the Earth observing fleet   4208   NASA Earth Observing Fleet (August 2014)
This visualization shows the cumulative forest cover loss from 2000 through 2012 for Colorado, Oklahoma, and Saskatechewan. The movie starts with a view of the United States using landsat data showing tree cover data. Then, the movie zooms into Colorado where forest loss from 2000 through 2001 is highlighted. Next, the cumulative loss from 2000 through 2002 is displayed with the most recent loss shown in bright red. The frame sequence continues to show the total cumulative loss from 2000 through 2012 with the latest loss in bright red and the earlier loss in yellows and greys. Next the camera zooms into Oklahoma to see the cumulative forest cover loss from 2000 through 2012 in that region. Finally the camera goes to Saskatchewan, Canada to see the forest cover loss in that region between 2000 and 2012.   4209   Forest Cover Loss 2000-2012 in Colorado, Oklahoma, and Saskatechewan
Wind vectors are shown from tropical depression 95L (September 19-20 2013) at various levels in the atmosphere   4210   HS3 Global Hawk Observes winds from tropical depression A95L in September 2013
Full-disk view from Solar Dynamics Observatory of an eruption on the limb of the Sun (lower right).   4211   Just over the Limb Solar Event captured by SDO and IRIS
MAVEN and Comet Siding-Spring encounter Mars   4212   Comet Siding Spring wide shots
Print resolution still showing the volumetric precipitation structure of Hurricane Odile looking Northward.   4213   GPM captures Hurricane Odile
Print-resolution still, no date   4215   North Polar Sea Ice Minimum, 2014
In the 131 angstrom filter, we see the 'sigmoid' structure of the flare.   4216   September 2014 X-Flare
A complete movie presenting the geocentric coodinate systems in the order described below.   4217   Coordinated Earth: Measuring Space in the Near-Earth Environment
Gravity anomalies (red) bordering the Procellarum region are overlaid on a global elevation map.   4218   Procellarum Rifts for the Cover of Nature
An animation of the Antarctic sea ice between March 21 and September 19, 2014 when the sea ice reached its maximum extent. The red extent line shows the average of the annual maximum extents from 1979 through 2014. This animation displays the daily dates.   4219   Maximum Antarctic Sea Ice 2014
LROC NAC image M162350671, cropped and scaled for 5 x 3 hyperwall.   4220   Hyperwall: Tycho Central Peak
A close-up of the crater rim, at the same pixel scale as the original NAC image.   4221   Hyperwall: Dionysius Crater
Comet Siding-Spring moves through the Martian system   4222   Sun view of Comet Siding Spring and the Mars orbiting fleet
Animation revealing a swath of GPM/GMI precipitation rates over Typhoon Phanfone. The camera then moves down closer to the storm to reveal DPR's volumetric view of Phanphone. A slicing plane dissects the Typhoon from south to north and back again, revealing it's inner precipitation rates. Shades of blue indicate frozen precipitation (in the upper atmosphere). Shades of green to red are liquid precipitation which extend down to the ground.   4224   GPM Scans Typhoon Phanfone
In this 171 angstrom image, the group of coronal loops on the lower right of the solar limb launches a stream of plasma.   4225   The M7 Flare of October 2, 2014, seen from SDO
Part of the LOLA slope map of the Moon centered on the south pole. The prime meridian (0° longitude) is up.   4226   Hyperwall: LOLA Slope Map
HD1080 version of full disk SDO imagery in the 131 Angstrom filter.   4228   The Little Flux Rope that Couldn't
Print resolution still of GPM GMI and DPR data, displaying high and mid-level density regions of the storm.   4229   GPM Explores Typhoon Vongfong
Print resolution still of GPM/GMI rain rate data on October 16th, 2014 (1342 UTC)   4230   GPM Explores Hurricane Gonzalo
SDO 131 angstrom visual with overlaid plot of GOES X-ray flux during the time span.   4232   Twelve Days of AR12192 from SDO and GOES
Rectangular flat map projection (Atlantic-centered) with grid lines showing Sea Surface Salinity measurements taken by Aquarius between September 2011 and September 2014.   4233   Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity 2011-2014 - Flat Maps
Print resolution still of the oceans around the Americas   4234   Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity 2011-2014 - Rotating Globes
Active Region AR12192 erupts with an X-class flare in the visualization in the SDO AIA 171 angstrom filter.   4235   October X-flare from Solar Dynamics Observatory
The phase and libration of the Moon for 2015, 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. Craters near the terminator are labeled.   4236   Moon Phase and Libration, 2015
The phase and libration of the Moon for 2015, 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. Craters near the terminator are labeled.   4237   Moon Phase and Libration, 2015 South Up
Global surface wind vector flow lines over sea surface temperature from June 1, 2011 to October 31, 2011.   4240   CCMP Winds from June through October 2011
Visualization of the radiation belts with confined charged particles (blue & yellow) and plasmapause boundary (blue-green surface)   4241   Radiation Belts & Plasmapause
Artist's conception of the March 17, 2013 lunar impact as seen from near the impact site in Mare Imbrium.   4242   March 17, 2013 Lunar Impact Forms a New Crater
This is a photorealistic rendering of clouds using GEOS-5 model data. The camera is looking westard - from above the Pacific Ocean towards Asia. A simulated typhoon is visible near the center.   4243   Volume-Rendered Global Atmospheric Model: Photorealistic Rendering
4Kx4K SDO Quick-Look imagery at 5 minute cadence using the 131 angstrom filter and standard color table.   4244   December 4, 2014: M6 Flare as Seen by Solar Dynamics Observatory & GOES
Side by side comparison of Sea-Ice Fraction and TOA Absorbed Solar Radiation Change   4245   Link between Sea-Ice Fraction and Absorbed Solar Radiation over the Arctic Ocean
The view from the SDO AIA 171 angstrom filter of AR 12192 moving across the solar disk.   4246   The Big Sunspot of 2014
This animation starts with an overview of the Earth looking down upon North America. It then zooms into Greenland taking up most of the frame, and slowly dissolves in the research areas of interest. This animation ends where the following 4 animations pick up, so they can be composited together, if desired.   4247   Greenland Survey Areas
Animation revealing a swath of GPM/GMI precipitation rates over Typhoon Hagupit. As the camera moves in on the storm, DPR's volumetric view of the storm is revealed. A slicing plane moves across the volume to display precipitation rates throughout the storm. Shades of green to red represent liquid precipitation extending down to the ground.   4248   GPM Dissects Typhoon Hagupit
This print resolution image shows one cross-section of the age of the Greenland Ice Sheet as determined by MacGregor et al. (See citation under the   4249   Greenland Ice Sheet Stratigraphy
The Trebuchet eruption (upper left) as seen in the SDO AIA 304 angstrom filter. This is probably one of the more popular views of the event.   4250   Trebuchet Solar Eruption of February 2011
Multiyear Arctic Ice   4251   Multi-year Arctic Sea Ice 2014
This color-coded map in Robinson projection displays a progression of changing global surface temperature anomalies from 1880 through 2014. Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red and lower then normal termperatures are shown in blue. The final frame represents the global temperatures 5-year averaged from 2010 through 2014.   4252   Five-Year Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2014
This narrated video introduces two views of the Moon's far side. Transcript .   4253   Moon Phase and Libration, from the Other Side
This visualization of global surface temperatures from November 2014 starts with a local view of the United States and then zooms out to see the global color-coded map. Blue represents colder then normal temperatures and red represents warmer.   4254   Global Temperature Anomalies from November 2014
This visualization of annual global temperature anomalies from 2014 starts with a local view of the United States and then zooms out to the global color-coded map. Blue represents colder then normal temperatures and red represents warmer then normal temperatures.   4255   2014 Global Temperature Anomalies: United States to Global view
This animation shows the snow cover over North America during the 2013-2014 winter as well as the ice concentration over the Great Lakes. The date and a graph showing the percent of ice cover over the Great Lakes and Lake Superior is shown on this version.   4256   The Winter of 2013 - 2014: A Cold, Snowy and Icy Winter in North America
Animation of IMERG precipitation rates from 4/1/2014 through 9/30/2014   4257   IMERG Global Precipitation Rates
A gravity map of Mercury shows mass concentrations (red) centered on the Caloris basin (center) and the Sobkou region (right limb).   4258   Mercury Mascons for the Cover of JGR Planets
Full disk movie of the flare and eruption, as seen through the 304 angstrom filter.   4259   April 2012 Solar Flare & Eruption
Ozone Test   4260   Ozone Volumetric Rendering Tests
Visualization from two camera positions of simple 2-dimensional gyro-motion of charged particles in a magnetic field.   4261   Plasma Zoo: Gyromotion in Two Dimensions
Visualization from two camera positions of simple 3-dimensional gyro-motion of charged particles in a magnetic field.   4262   Plasma Zoo: Gyromotion in Three Dimensions
Visualization from two camera positions of simple gyro-motion of charged particles in a changing magnetic field.   4263   Plasma Zoo: Particle Drift in a Magnetic Gradient
Visualization from two camera positions of gyro-motion of charged particles in parallel electric and magnetic fields.   4264   Plasma Zoo: Field-Aligned Current (Birkeland Current)
Visualization from two camera positions of gyro-motion of charged particles in perpendicular electric and magnetic fields.   4265   Plasma Zoo: E-cross-B Drift
Print resolution still of GPM/GMI and DPR data over the Nor'easter as it sits offshore the New England coast.   4266   GPM Sees 2015 Nor'easter Dump Snow on New England
A view of the X-flare in the 131 angstrom filter.   4267   December 2014 Sparkling X-Flare from Solar Dynamics Observatory
Soil moisture (surface down to 30cm) from 1950 to 2095 based on a 10 year moving average of 17 CMIP5 models using a high future emissions scenario (RCP 8.5). The year shown is the middle of the 10-year moving average.   4270   Megadroughts in U.S. West Projected to be Worst of the Millennium
Landsat 8 observed this arctic swath of data on June 21, 2014. This section captures Victoria Island, the boundary between the Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada, and the Amundsen Gulf. The Prince Albert Sound and the Dolphin and Union Strait are still ice covered.   4271   Landsat-8 Long Arctic Swath
World Avoided Ozone Full Animation   4272   What Would have Happened to the Ozone Layer if Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) had not been Regulated? (UPDATED)
Saharan Dust - 2010 transport event visualized using CALIPSO data curtains   4273   CALIPSO observes Saharan dust crossing the Atlantic Ocean
Orbital fleet including SMAP, TRMM, and EO-1   4274   NASA Earth Observing Fleet (February 2015)
This narrated video shows visualizations of the March 20, 2015 solar eclipse from several vantage points in space, as well as an actual photo of a previous eclipse in 2012 taken by LRO from lunar orbit. Transcript .   4275   The Total Solar Eclipse of 20 March 2015
Animation showing a snow storm over the Baltimore/Washington area on Saturday, Feb. 21st, 2015 at 10:05 am. The heavy snow event left upwards of 9 inches of snow in some areas.   4276   GPM Sees Baltimore/Washington Corridor Snow Storm (Feb. 21, 2015)
HD movie of solar prominence launch in the AIA 304 angstrom filter (upper left limb of Sun).   4277   July 12, 2011: A Bright Limb Prominence from Solar Dynamics Observatory
Animation depicting a snowstorm over Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. A slicing plane reveals the inside of the storm, showing where the precipitation switches from rain (yellow, green, and red) to snow and ice (light blue and purple).   4278   GPM Observes Snow Storm over Kentucky, West Virginia, and North Carolina (Feb. 17, 2015)
Oblique view of magnetosphere. Density data slice in x-z plane.   4279   Magnetospheric Reconnection - July 2012
An animation of the Arctic sea ice from October 1, 2014 to February 25, 2015 when the ice reached its maximum annual extent. The 2015 maximum is then compared to the average 1979-2014 maximum shown in yellow. A distance indicator shows the difference between the two in the Sea of Okhotsk north of Japan.   4281   Arctic Sea Ice Maximum - 2015
Zoom in on the view of the flare, using SDO and IRIS.   4282   March Solar X-flare from IRIS and SDO
An animation depicting the build-up of precipitation data on the globe from the Global Precipitation Measurement constellation of satellites, resulting in the IMERG global precipitation data set.   4283   Painting the World with Water
An animation showing global precipitation accumulating from 8/4/2014 through 8/10/2014. The very large accumulation near Japan is Typhoon Halong. This accumulation is calculated from the IMERG precipitation dataset.   4284   Accumulated Precipitation from the IMERG Global Precipitation Data
An animation of the most currently available global precipitation data from IMERG.   4285   Near Real-Time Global Precipitation from the Global Precipitation Measurement Constellation
Animation of IMERG precipitation rates across the United States from August 4th, 2014 through August 11th, 2014. Hurricane Bertha can be seen off the east coast early in the animation.   4286   IMERG Precipitation Rates Across the USA
Table layer with alpha   4287   Major Hurricane Drought: Nine Years Without a Major Hurricane Making US Landfall
Pulling out from Earth for a wider view...   4288   The 2015 Earth-Orbiting Heliophysics Fleet
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter flies over Shackleton crater near the lunar south pole in this computer rendering.   4289   LRO Lowers Periapsis
Animation of Precipitation Rates in the South Pacific. Notice the consistent frontal bands as they travel eastward across the southern Pacific Ocean.   4290   IMERG Precipitation Rates in the South Pacific
Animation showing the precipitation left by Hurricane Bertha as it churned off the United States East Coast. It then weakens from Hurricane status. However, despite it's loss of Hurricane strength, the remaining storm proceeds to march across the Atlantic eventually drenching the United Kingdom.   4291   IMERG Precipitation Rates from Hurricane Bertha
Animation of precipitation rates as three Hurricanes (Genevieve, Iselle, and Julio) threaten the Hawaiian Islands, eventually making landfall.   4292   IMERG Precipitation Rates of Three Hurricanes Threatening Hawaii
Animation of precipitation rates over the Amazon Rain Forest as it pulsates with the diurnal cycle. Notice how during the day precipitation amounts increase and then decrease nightly.   4293   IMERG Precipitation Rates Pulsing Over the Amazon
Animation of precipitation rates across India and surrounding countries. Notice the heavy rains throughout the Ghats Mountain range which resulted in devastating landslides along India's west coast.   4294   IMERG Precipitation Rates Across India's Ghats Mountains
Animation showing precipitation rates resulting from Cyclone Halong as it makes landfall over Japan.   4295   IMERG Precipitation Rates from Cyclone Halong
Animation showing accumulated precipitation over the United States from August 4, 2014 through August 10, 2014.   4296   IMERG Accumulated Precipitation Rates Across the USA
Animation showing the accumulated rainfall rates from Hurricane Bertha as it skirted the United States East Coast. It's remnants continued to travel across the Atlantic eventually drenching the United Kingdom.   4297   IMERG Accumulated Precipitation Rates from Hurricane Bertha
Animation showing accumulated precipitation from three seperate hurricanes (Genevieve, Iselle, and Julio) around the Hawaiian Islands, with Hurricane Iselle making landfall.   4298   IMERG Accumulated Precipitation of Three Hurricanes Threatening Hawaii
Animation showing accumulated precipitation over India. Notice the extremely high amounts of accumulated rain over the Ghats Mountains. These heavy rains led to major landslides along this mountain range.   4299   IMERG Accumulated Precipitation Across India's Ghats Mountains
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