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Animation Identification Numbers 12200 through 12299
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People watch a partial eclipse in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Mar. 20, 2015. Credit: Robin Cordiner   12200   Solar Eclipse Safety Images
NASA's continuing this legacy by launching the next generation of satellites. With the addition of TDRS-M NASA is assuring the future of continuous space to ground communication.   12201   TDRS-M: Continuing the Critical Lifeline
A compilation of Webb Telescope videos.   12203   Loop of Webb Videos and Imagery 2017
Complete transcript available.   12204   NASA Views Laser Landscapes of Helheim Glacier
Complete transcript available. Music: Chris White, Afterglow   12206   Hurricane Forecasts Rely on Modeling the Past
Skywatchers will have a chance to see Mercury sail across the sun on May 9, 2016.   12207   None
  12208   The Electric Wind of Venus
Very high resolution banner graphic of the ICESat-2 spacecraft, laser pairs and sea ice.   12209   ICESat-2 Print Material
Time lapse movie of engineers deploying Webb Telescope's Secondary Mirror Support Structure   12210   Webb Secondary Mirror Deploy Timelapse - March 3, 2016
JWST Secondary Mirror Deployment 3_24_2016   12211   JWST Secondary Mirror Deployment
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Secondary Mirror Installed   12212   JWST Secondary Mirror Installation
Engineers instal Aft-Optics System (AOS) into JWST on March 5, 2016   12213   JWST Aft-Optics System (AOS) Installed at GSFC
JWST Secondary Mirror Deployment 3_8_2016   12214   JWST Secondary Mirror Deployment
JWST structure is lifted and attached to the rollover fixture at GSFC on March 22 2016   12215   JWST Structure Lift and Move
Fermi's GBM saw a fading X-ray flash at nearly the same moment LIGO detected gravitational waves from a black hole merger in 2015. This movie shows how scientists can narrow down the location of the LIGO source on the assumption that the burst is connected to it. In this case, the LIGO search area is reduced by two-thirds. Greater improvements are possible in future detections. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Watch this video on the NASAgovVideo YouTube channel .   12216   NASA's Fermi Preps to Narrow Down Gravitational Wave Sources
NASA is designing a space telescope that will take amazingly big pictures of the cosmos.   12217   None
Labeled version. Fermi LAT images showing the gamma-ray sky around the blazar PKS B1424-418. Brighter colors indicate greater numbers of gamma rays. The dashed arc marks part of the source region established by IceCube for the Big Bird neutrino (50-percent confidence level). Left: An average of LAT data centered on July 8, 2011, and covering 300 days when the blazar was inactive. Right: An average of 300 active days centered on Feb. 27, 2013, when PKS B1424-418 was the brightest blazar in this part of the sky. Credit: NASA/DOE/LAT Collaboration   12218   Fermi Helps Link a Cosmic Neutrino to a Blazar Outburst
See why the night sky is never completely dark.   12220   None
Visualization of results from a supercomputer model of ash and sulfur dioxide spreading from an eruption of the Calbuco volcano in April 2015. The supercomputer combines the physics and chemistry of the atmosphere with data from the NASA/NOAA/DoD Suomi NPP satellite to model the full three-dimensional structure of the volcanic cloud.   12221   Tracking Volcanic Ash With Satellites
This image shows the change in leaf area across the globe from 1982-2015. Image credit: Boston University/R. Myneni   12222   Rising CO2 Levels Greening Earth
Hubble Discovers Moon Orbiting Dwarf Planet Makemake Music -   12223   Hubble Discovers Moon Orbiting Dwarf Planet Makemake
Complete transcript available. Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel .">   12224   NASA's SDO Captures Stunning 4K View of April 17 Solar Flare
NASA scientists used almost 30 years of data from the NASA/USGS Landsat satellites to track changes in vegetation in Alaska and Canada. Of the more than 4 million square miles, 30% had increases in vegetation (greening) while only 3% had decreases (browning). This is the first study to produce a continent-scale map while still providing detailed information at the human scale. Music:   12225   Details of Arctic Greening in North America
Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are giving plants a boost.   12226   None
Dante Lauretta, the Principal Investigator for OSIRIS-REx, gives an overview of the asteroid sample return mission. Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel . Complete transcript available.   12227   NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission
George Morrow on Diversity and Inclusion at Goddard   12228   Diversity and Inclusion Driving High Performance Teams
A NASA spacecraft captures stunning views of a solar flare.   12229   None
LEAD: A network of Earth-observing satellites is helping to track crop growing conditions around the world. 1. Rainfall, shown here as radar-like moving bands of reds and yellows, can now be tracked every 30 minutes across most of the earth. 2. The base maps of the continents change color indicating the available moisture (water) in the surface soils for growing crops. 3. This information is especially helpful to farmers waiting for the summer monsoon rain in countries such as India that only have limited number of weather stations. TAG: The data is already being used by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.   12230   NASA On Air: NASA's GPM Satellite Tracks Rain For Farmers Around The World (4/28/2016)
NASA scientist Dr. Stephen Rinehart talks about the May 9 Mercury transit, why transits are important and how scientists are using transits in the search for exoplanets.   12232   Mercury Transit Live Shots May 9, 2016
Explore how individual galaxies assemble into colossal cosmic communities.   12233   None
LEAD: NASA researchers are making the first detailed measurements of changes along Greenland's 27,000 mile-long coastal fiords and the outlet glaciers to see how Greenland ice is melting from the bottom up. 1. Relative warm ocean currents flowing into the fiords are melting the bottoms of some of the glaciers. 2. Accurate maps of the sea floor, ocean temperatures and salinity data will help scientists make better estimates of just how much melting is taking place along the coast. TAG: This specific mission will last 5 years and will lead to improved climate models about sea level rise around the world.   12234   NASA On Air: NASA Mission Explores Melting Of Greenland's Fjords And Glaciers (4/29/2016)
Complete transcript available. Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel . Music: Encompass by Mark Petrie   12235   2016 Mercury Transit Timelapse
Interview with NASA Scientist, Dr. Michelle Thaller.   12236   New Hubble Image Of Mars Live Shots. Great Viewing Opportunity Of The Red Planet In Late May
This short video outlines the MMS mission and its first results. Since it launched, MMS has made more than 4,000 trips through the magnetic boundaries around Earth, each time gathering information about the way the magnetic fields and particles move. A surprising result was that at the moment of interconnection between the sun’s magnetic field lines and those of Earth the crescents turned abruptly so that the electrons flowed along the field lines. By watching these electron tracers, MMS made the first observation of the predicted breaking and interconnection of magnetic fields in space. Credit: NASA/GSFC Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel .   12239   MMS First Results
LEAD: NASA Scientists and engineers at Langley Research center have developed quick methods of detecting severe thunderstorms from satellite measurements. 1. These storms often have a signature cauliflower shape- the overshooting top- that indicates powerful updrafts associated with generating hazardous weather such as damaging winds, hail, or tornadoes. 2. This example shows NASA forecast computer quickly detecting the 'overshooting tops' by measuring reflected sunlight and cloud top temperatures. This information will be especially useful for aircraft pilots over oceans and forecasters in developing countries where there are no Doppler radar systems. TAG: The new weather satellite, GOES-R, to be launched by NASA, in October 2016 will help forecasters utilized this method to deliver more accurate severe weather forecasts. This method was designed for GOES-R but it can operate on any satellite measurement across the globe.   12240   NASA On Air: NASA Tracks Overshooting Tops Of Thunderstorms (5/5/2016)
GSFC tilt of JWST primary mirror   12241   JWST Primary Mirror Tilt and Rollover Timelapse
Computer models help scientists see El Niño unfold in the Pacific.   12242   None
Scientists for the first time have detected gravitational waves. But what are they, exactly?   12243   None
Scientists look deep into space and spot one of the first galaxies that formed in the universe.   12244   None
Mercury appears as a black dot while crossing the face of the sun during a rare transit.   12245   None
NASA satellite data could help reduce flights sidelined by volcanic eruptions.   12246   None
The universe is full of strange and surprising things.   12247   None
Astronomers find a moon orbiting a dwarf planet on the outskirts of our solar system.   12248   None
Scientists make a breakthrough in observing the dynamic magnetic system surrounding our planet.   12249   None
Scientists search for distorted light in our galaxy to uncover hidden worlds.   12250   None
Hurricane tracks from 1980 through 2015. Green tracks did not make landfall in US; yellow tracks made landfall but were not Category 3 or higher hurricanes at landfall; red tracks made landfall and were Category 3 or higher. A corresponding chart on the right accumulates the number and types of storms for each year.   12251   Ten-Year Gap in Major Hurricanes Continues
An abridged version of   12252   Monsoons: Wet, Dry, Repeat... Abridged Version
Additional footage: pond5.com Music: Ruminations by Miriam Cutler, 24 Dimensions by Christian Telford, David Travis Edwards, Matthew St. Laurent, and Robert Anthony Navarro Complete transcript available. Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel .   12254   Life of the Monsoon
Complete transcript available. Music: Letting Go by Mario Lauer, 24 Dimensions by Christian Telford, David Travis Edwards, Matthew St. Laurent, and Robert Anthony Navarro   12255   Monsoons: Wet, Dry, Repeat...
LEAD: A project using NASA/USGS satellite and citizen science has resulted in new pop-up wetlands for shorebirds. 1. An 11-year satellite database helps predict where surface water (ponds) is located through-out the year. 2. Ponds are needed for rest and food by the millions of shorebirds that migrate northward along the Pacific flyway each spring. 3. Matching the water availability with the number of birds arriving makes it possible for farmers to flood unused rice fields and provide temporary wetlands to aid birds precisely when the birds migrate. TAG: The program, called Bird Returns, is a project of The Nature Conservancy and has produced over 20,000 acres of temporary wetlands in California in the last two years.   12256   NASA On Air: NASA Satellites Help Feed Migrating Birds (5/13/2016)
LEAD: NASA scientists are developing new ways to map and forecast the ash plumes from volcano eruptions and redirect aircraft from dangerous plumes. 1. The small volcanic ash particles are especially dangerous to the jet engines of airplanes. 2. Because only volcanic clouds contain significant abundances of SO2 (sulfur dioxide) the Suomi NPP satellite (launched in 2011) is able to track the volcanic plumes. 3. The high-resolution vertical profiles will allow more accurate forecasts and help reduce airline cancellations and re-routing costs. TAG: This capability of three-dimensional mapping of a moving volcanic cloud has never been done before.   12257   NASA On Air: NASA Scientists Helping To Track Dangerous Volcanic Ash Plumes (5/17/2016)
60-second video for social media Music:   12260   Hubble's New View of Mars and Planets
LEAD: NASA's latest precipitation satellite, the Global Precipitation Measurement, or GPM, is measuring the size and distribution of raindrops in storms around the world. 1. A dual-frequency precipitation radar and a microwave imager scan storm clouds from the GPM satellite, 250 miles above the earth. 2. The smallest rain droplets, indicated here in blue, are about half a millimeter in diameter, or two one-hundredths of an inch across. The updrafts in clouds blow these lightweight drops to the upper regions of the storm clouds. 3. The heavier large rain droplets, indicated here in orange, fall to the lower regions of the clouds.These droplets are about 5 millimeters or about 3/16 inches in diameter. TAG: The raindrop size and distribution is one of many factors that determine how much rain a storm will produce.   12261   NASA On Air: NASA Measures Rain Drop Size From GPM Satellite (5/19/2016)
Complete transcript available. Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel . Music credits: The Answer by Laurent Levesque in the KillerTracks catalog.   12262   NASA Launches Super-Pressure Balloon
The LISA Pathfinder mission is an ESA-led effort to demonstrate technologies for a future gravitational wave observatory in space. NASA Goddard astrophysicist Ira Thorpe, a member of the team, discusses the mission and its spectacular results so far. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel . Complete transcript available.   12264   LISA Pathfinder Spaceflight Experiment a Rousing Success
NASA Goddard astronomer Erin Kara discusses the discovery of X-ray echoes from Swift J1644+57, a black hole that shattered a passing star. X-rays produced by flares near this million-solar-mass black hole bounced off the nascent accretion disk and revealed its structure. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Music:   12265   X-ray Echoes Map a 'Killer' Black Hole
Artist concept image of an early wet Mars.   12266   Mars Evolution from Wet to Dry for Planetariums
Scientists think solar storms may have been key to warming our planet.   12267   None
4K time-lapse of the 2016 Mercury Transit. Complete transcript available. Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel .   12268   2016 Mercury Transit in 4K
LEAD: Bonnie, the second tropical storm of the 2016 season, drenched parts of the Atlantic coast from Georgia to Rhode Island with up to 8 inches this past Memorial Day weekend. What’s ahead for the hurricane season of 2016? 1. Over the past 10 years there have been 69 Atlantic hurricanes but during that time no hurricanes of Category 3 or higher have hit the U.S. coastline. Such a string of lucky years is likely to happen only once in 270 years, according to a NASA study. 2. Storms less than Category 3, such as Sandy in 2012, can still be dangerous. 3. But what about this upcoming hurricane season? Statistical analysis indicates that for any given year there is a 40% chance of a Category 3 or higher hurricane landing across the U.S. coastline. TAG: But remember it only takes one storm in your area. Be prepared this summer.   12269   NASA On Air: Ten-Year Gap In Major Hurricanes Continues For U.S. (5/31/2016)
LEAD: NASA is on a mission to probe the lifecycle of plankton, especially the effects on clouds and climate. 1: Plankton are the tiniest of sea creatures, but when they multiply in what's called a 'bloom' they can be seen from space. 2: Using satellites, planes and ships NASA's 5-year mission will explore the complete life cycle of plankton. 3: Of special interest is how plankton help produce minute particles in the air that initiate cloud formation. TAG: The indirect effects of tiny particles on clouds are the single largest uncertainty in current estimates of climate change warming models.   12270   NASA On Air: NASA Probes Lifecycle Of Plankton (5/31/2016)
Produced video showing engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center installing the science instruments into the Webb Telescope.   12271   Webb Telescope's Science Instruments Installed
B-Roll Video of engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center installing Webb Science Instruments.   12272   Webb Telescope's Science Instruments Installed B-Roll
Time Lapse video of the science instrument package installation into the Webb Telescope.   12273   Webb Telescope's Science Instrument Installation Time Lapse
Summer Interns First Day 2016 This video includes interviews with interns Robert Kunkel (University of Oklahoma), Marjorie Rodriguez (University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez), Chaddon Law (Capitol Technology University), Hector Delgado (University of Puerto Rico - Cayey), Mengyu   12274   Summer Interns' First Day 2016
Piers Sellers Interview at Goddard Space Flight Center Hyperwall   12275   Piers Sellers Media Resources
A NASA study provides the most detailed look yet at plant life across Alaska and Canada.   12276   None
The 2016 Arctic sea ice annual minimum ties second lowest on record.   12277   None
Planets emerge from the dense disk of gas and dust encircling young stars.   12278   None
Dry, dusty formations on the surface of Mars are evidence of the planet’s watery past.   12279   None
NASA spacecraft fly through a magnetic explosion in space, and scientists visualize the result.   12280   None
Energy from our young sun – 4 billion years ago -- aided in creating molecules in Earth's atmosphere that allowed it to warm up enough to incubate life. This is a text-only version of the video. Music credit: Ocean Travel by Laurent Dury from the KillerTracks Catalog. Complete transcript available. Watch this video on the NASA Goddard Instagram .   12281   Instagram: Solar Storms May Have Been Key to Life on Earth
Scientists Richard Binzel, Rebecca Masterson, and Branden Allen discuss how the REXIS instrument aboard OSIRIS-REx works. Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel .   12282   OSIRIS-REx Technology: REXIS
Aboard the R/V Atlantis, scientists, engineers, and the ship's crew set off for nearly a month at sea as part of the 2016 NAAMES research expedition. The R/V Atlantis is a research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Find out more about the NAAMES expedition HERE.   12285   NAAMES (North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study)
  12286   Instagram: The Electric Wind of Venus
Extreme Precipitation Facebook Live Teaser.   12287   Extreme Precipitation Facebook Live Event
NASA gets down to Earth this year with eight major new field research campaigns.   12289   None
A NASA spacecraft en route to Jupiter will study the origin of the solar system’s largest planet.   12291   None
SDO Watches Twisting Solar Material Solar material twists above the sun’s surface in this close-up captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on June 7-8, 2016, showcasing the turbulence caused by combative magnetic forces on the sun. This spinning cloud of solar material is part of a dark filament angling down from the upper left of the frame. Filaments are long, unstable clouds of solar material suspended above the sun’s surface by magnetic forces. SDO captured this video in wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light, which is typically invisible to our eyes, but is colorized here in red for easy viewing. Watch this video on the NASA.gov Video YouTube channel . Find this image feature on NASA.gov .   12292   Solar Highlights
NASA’s Juno spacecraft will create a detailed map of Jupiter’s magnetic field.   12293   None
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has entered orbit around Jupiter.   12294   None
Reflections on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's gold-coated mirrors   12295   Reflections on JWST
NASA is sending the Juno spacecraft to peer beneath the cloudy surface of Jupiter. Juno's twin magnetometers, built at Goddard Space Flight Center, will give scientists their first look at the dynamo that drives Jupiter's vast magnetic field. Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel . Complete transcript available.   12296   Exploring Jupiter's Magnetic Field
A revolutionary instrument aboard the ill-fated Hitomi satellite returned the most detailed measurements yet made of the million-degree atmosphere at the core of a galaxy cluster. Watch the video to learn more. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Music:   12297   Hitomi Measures X-ray Winds of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster
OPSPARC High School Winners   12298   OPSPARC 2016
CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS NEW FRONTIER FIELD IMAGE!!   12299   New Hubble "Frontier Field" Image Live Shots
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