EPIC New Science from 1 Million Miles Away
- Written by:
- Samson K. Reiny
- Produced by:
- Kathryn Mersmann
- View full credits
EPIC has been imaging the sunlit side of Earth between 13 and 22 times a day since 2015. Now, scientists have developed ways to use these images to study specific elements of our home planet's atmosphere and plant life, like ozone in the stratosphere, the makeup of clouds and the health of vegetation on land.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Image processing
- Joycelyn Thomson Jones (NASA/GSFC)
Writer
- Samson K. Reiny (Wyle Information Systems) [Lead]
Scientist
- Alexander Marshak (NASA/GSFC)
Producer
- Kathryn Mersmann (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Related pages
EPIC Observations of Ice in Earth's Atmosphere, from a Million Miles Away
May 15, 2017, 9 a.m.
Read moreMusic: Crystal Sound Bath by James Alexander Dorman [PRS]Complete transcript available. || Parked in space a million miles from Earth, the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) onboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) captures glimmers of reflected sunlight, evidence of ice crystals in the atmosphere. || DSCOVR orbits Lagrange point 1, where it is balanced between the gravity of Earth and the sun.
One Year In The Life of Earth
July 20, 2016, 6:30 a.m.
Read moreScientist Jay Herman narrates this video showing one year in the life of Earth seen through the lens of NASA || EPIC Earth highlight video for social media.Run time = 45 sec. || Excerpt of Earth time-lapse for TV weathercasters. Clip is from May 2016.Run time = 23 sec.