NASA's ICESat-2 Looks Beyond the Icy Poles

Photon Phrightday: Mount Terror, AntarcticaMusic: "The Body," Karl Casey @White Bat Audio, "Quantum Phantom," Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available. Mt. RainierMusic: "Sea Mist," Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available. Photon Phrightday: PholcanoesMusic: "Murder Victim," "City of Ghosts," Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available.Additional Credits: HTHH island evolution research since 2015 (RRNES supported) by James B. Garvin and Dan Slayback of NASA GSFCExperimental 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 bathymetryPermission by Kingdom of Tonga to conduct research into the evolution of HTHH as Earth’s newest landVideo 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. VincentMusic: "Sea Mist," Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available. Indoor Bathymetry, GermanyMusic: "Lost in Space," "Gleam," Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available. Moccasin, Montana, SnowEx 2021 SiteMusic: "Chrome Mist," Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available. Cryo2Ice Arctic Sea IceMusic: "The Wraith," Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available. Clouds of the DeadMusic: "Quantum Phantom," "Fire Breath," "Exopilot," Universal Production Music MOSAiC Expedition UnderflightMusic: "Chrome Mist," Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available. Western United States with SnowEx 2020Music: "Spectral Surfing," Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available. Cascade MountainsMusic: "It's Over," Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available. BotswanaMusic: "Crescent Moon," Universal Production Music Complete transcript available. Transylvanian AlpsMusic: "Quantum Phantom," "Exopilot," Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available. Gilbert, Arizona Music: "Neon Rider," "Palm Tree City," Universal Production Music.Complete transcript available. Nares Strait, Arctic OceanMusic: "Mysterious Feelings," Killer Tracks Music.Complete transcript available. Great Bahama BankMusic: "Spectral Surfing," Killer Tracks MusicComplete transcript available. Mount EverestMusic: "Starlit Entrance," "Oscillator Dreams," Killer Tracks MusicComplete transcript available. Photon Phriday is a weekly look at what ICESat-2 is measuring as it orbits the Earth. ICESat-2 Project Scientist Tom Neumann takes a look back at some recent passes in celebration of the first year on orbit for the mission. Follow @NASA_ICE for new Photon Phridays and results from NASA's ice-observing missions. Related pages