Photon Phriday
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- Visualizations by:
- Cindy Starr,
- Greg Shirah, and
- Kel Elkins
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- Written by:
- Kate Ramsayer
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- Edited by:
- Ryan Fitzgibbons
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- Scientific consulting by:
- Ivona Cetinic and
- Thomas A. Neumann
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- Interviewees:
- Alex S. Gardner,
- Amy Neuenschwander,
- Benjamin E. Smith,
- Eric A Sproles,
- James Garvin,
- Kelly Brunt,
- Lori Magruder,
- Nathan T. Kurtz,
- Steve Palm, and
- Thomas A. Neumann
- View full credits
Photon Phriday is a weekly look at what ICESat-2 is measuring as it orbits the Earth.
PhyTon Phrightday: ICESat-2 and PACE Present Mesodinium rubrum
Music: "Mysterious Green Fluid," Karl Casey @White Bat Audio, "Quantum Phantom," Universal Production Music
Complete transcript available.
Photon Phrightday: Mount Terror, Antarctica
Music: "The Body," Karl Casey @White Bat Audio, "Quantum Phantom," Universal Production Music
Complete transcript available.
Photon Phrightday: Pholcanoes
Music: "Murder Victim," "City of Ghosts," Universal Production Music
Complete transcript available.
Additional Credits: HTHH island evolution research since 2015 (RRNES supported) by James B. Garvin and Dan Slayback of NASA GSFC
Experimental raft-towed sonar (LOWRANCE) by SEA students and enabled by Columbia Univ. Prof. Vicki Ferrini (Oct. 2019)
Additional HTHH remote sensing from Maxar WorldView and CSA’s Radarsat-2 satellites (since 2015 for HTHH)
Special thanks to Prof. Lori Magruder of UTx (CSR) for processing so adeptly the ICESat-2 lidar bathymetry
Permission by Kingdom of Tonga to conduct research into the evolution of HTHH as Earth’s newest land
Video footage of HTHH from SSV Robert C. Seamans sailing vessel (SEA owned and operated) by Captain Chris Nolan (Oct. 2019 visit)
La Soufrière Eruption, St. Vincent
Music: "Sea Mist," Universal Production Music
Complete transcript available.
Indoor Bathymetry, Germany
Music: "Lost in Space," "Gleam," Universal Production Music
Complete transcript available.
Moccasin, Montana, SnowEx 2021 Site
Music: "Chrome Mist," Universal Production Music
Complete transcript available.
Cryo2Ice Arctic Sea Ice
Music: "The Wraith," Universal Production Music
Complete transcript available.
MOSAiC Expedition Underflight
Music: "Chrome Mist," Universal Production Music
Complete transcript available.
Western United States with SnowEx 2020
Music: "Spectral Surfing," Universal Production Music
Complete transcript available.
Transylvanian Alps
Music: "Quantum Phantom," "Exopilot," Universal Production Music
Complete transcript available.
Gilbert, Arizona
Music: "Neon Rider," "Palm Tree City," Universal Production Music.
Complete transcript available.
Nares Strait, Arctic Ocean
Music: "Mysterious Feelings," Killer Tracks Music.
Complete transcript available.
Mount Everest
Music: "Starlit Entrance," "Oscillator Dreams," Killer Tracks Music
Complete transcript available.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animators
- Bailee DesRocher (USRA)
- Chris Burns (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Visualizers
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.) [Lead]
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Kel Elkins (USRA) [Lead]
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Writer
- Kate Ramsayer (Telophase) [Lead]
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Editor
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Scientists
- Ivona Cetinic (USRA) [Lead]
- Thomas A. Neumann (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Carrie Vuyovich (NASA/GSFC)
- Tyler C. Sutterley (University of Washington)
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Interviewees
- Alex S. Gardner (NASA/JPL CalTech) [Lead]
- Amy Neuenschwander (University of Texas at Austin) [Lead]
- Benjamin E. Smith (University of Washington Applied Physics Lab Polar Science Center) [Lead]
- Eric A Sproles (Montana State University) [Lead]
- James Garvin (NASA, Chief Scientist Goddard) [Lead]
- Kelly Brunt (Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center/University of Maryland) [Lead]
- Lori Magruder (University of Texas at Austin) [Lead]
- Nathan T. Kurtz (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Steve Palm (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Thomas A. Neumann (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Producers
- Kate Ramsayer (Telophase) [Lead]
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Videographer
- Jefferson Beck (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Project support
- Kaitlin Harbeck (SGT) [Lead]
- Aimée C Gibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Christine E. Sadlik (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)