GEMx Animations

  • Released Tuesday, July 15, 2025
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Conceptual animation illustrating the ER-2 aircraft collecting spectroscopic mineral data over the American West.

The Geological Earth Mapping Experiment (GEMx) research project uses NASA's Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) instrument flown on NASA's ER-2 to collect the measurements over the country's arid and semi-arid regions, including parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Individual elements of the conceptual animation.

Conceptual animation visualizing the ER-2 aircraft with two of the instruments (AVIRIS Classic/5 & MASTER) used during the GEMx airborne mission.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

This page was originally published on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
This page was last updated on Monday, October 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM EDT.