Great Zoom out of Houston, Texas: Reliant Stadium (with spin)
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. Special thanks to Digital Globe and Space Imaging for providing the highest reolution data sets used. This animation was produced to accompany the NASA/Columbia tribute during the Super Bowl XXXVIII pregame show.
Zoom out of Reliant Stadium with spin at the end
Crescent shaped Earth #1
Crescent shaped Earth #2
Half Earth #1
Half Earth #2
View of Central and North America
View of Southern U.S. and Mexico
View of Texas and Louisiana
View of Southeast Texas
View of Houston metro area
View of southern Houston
Wide view of Reliant Stadium and the Astrodome
Reliant Satdium and Astrodome grounds
Reliant Stadium with Super Bowl field and stands in view
Wide angle view of Super Bowl field
Tight view of the field with NFL and Super Bowl logos
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio. Additional credit should go to: Digital Globe/QuickBird; Space Imaging/IKONOS; MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
-
Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
- Marte Newcombe (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Stuart A. Snodgrass (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Kevin Mahoney (CSC)
- Randall Jones (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Eric Sokolowsky (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
-
Visualizer
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
-
Scientist
- Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Saturday, January 31, 2004.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.
Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
-
[IKONOS]
ID: 39 -
[Landsat-7: ETM+]
ID: 55This dataset can be found at: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/wrs.html
See all pages that use this dataset -
[QuickBird]
ID: 84 -
[Terra: MODIS]
ID: 116
Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.