Great Zoom into the Amazon, Brazil

  • Released Thursday, September 26, 2002
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Using data from different spacecraft and some powerful computer technology, visualizers at the Goddard Space Flight Center present you with a collection of American cities in a way you have never seen them before. Starting with our camera high above the Earth, we rush in towards the surface at what would be an impossible speed for any known vehicle. Passing though layers of atmosphere, the colors of our destinations shimmer with their own unique characteristics, and suddenly we find ourselves floating in virtual space just above the ground.
This particular zoom was created for possible use in a presentation by Mariko Mori.

Zoom into the Amazon, Brazil

Slate title from video tape reads, 'Great Zoom into the Amazon, Brazil.'

Slate title from video tape reads, 'Great Zoom into the Amazon, Brazil.'

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC)

This page was originally published on Thursday, September 26, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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