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Towards the end of the visualization, the study area of the Rink Glacier is compared to the future coverage of the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), as represented by bright green crisscrossing ground tracks. || ", "release_date": "2018-09-07T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-01-06T00:13:26.492567-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 400318, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004600/a004678/rink_comp_03_2300_print.jpg", "filename": "rink_comp_03_2300_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This visualization explores 25 years of elevation measurements from the Airborne Topographic Mapper over the Rink glacier in Greenland. Each year is color-coded with blues representing the oldest data and red representing the newest. The camera zooms in to a view comparing data collected from many aircraft flights over the same region, showing the ice loss over several years. The camera then zooms out to see the coverage pattern for ICESat-2, which will study ice loss on a global scale. This video is also available on our YouTube channel.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 406899, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4455, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4455/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Arctic Sea Ice from March to September 2017", "description": "In this visualization, the daily Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change progress through time, from this year’s wintertime maximum extent on March 7, 2017, through September 13, 2017 when the sea ice reached its annual minimum extent for the year. Over the water, Arctic sea ice changes from day to day showing a running 3-day minimum sea ice concentration in the region where the concentration is greater than 15%. The blueish white color of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running minimum of the AMSR2 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the terrain, monthly data from the seasonal Blue Marble Next Generation fades slowly from month to month. || SeaIceMin2017_1920x1080_print.jpg (1024x576) [161.8 KB] || SeaIceMin2017_1920x1080_searchweb.png (320x180) [98.0 KB] || SeaIceMin2017_1920x1080_thm.png (80x40) [6.7 KB] || 1920x1080_16x9_60p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || SeaIceMin2017_30fps_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [22.0 MB] || SeaIceMin2017_1920x1080.tif (1920x1080) [3.3 MB] || SeaIceMin2017_30fps_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [1.5 MB] || SeaIceMin2017_30fps_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [193 bytes] || ", "release_date": "2017-09-19T15:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-01-05T23:02:05.516632-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 411135, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004400/a004455/SeaIceMin2017_1920x1080_print.jpg", "filename": "SeaIceMin2017_1920x1080_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "In this visualization, the daily Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change progress through time, from this year’s wintertime maximum extent on March 7, 2017, through September 13, 2017 when the sea ice reached its annual minimum extent for the year. Over the water, Arctic sea ice changes from day to day showing a running 3-day minimum sea ice concentration in the region where the concentration is greater than 15%. The blueish white color of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running minimum of the AMSR2 89 GHz brightness temperature. 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The 2017 Arctic maximum was 14.42 million square kilometers (5.57 million square miles). 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The 2017 Arctic maximum was 14.42 million square kilometers (5.57 million square miles). The average maximum (1981-2010) is 15.64 million square kilometers.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 406904, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4578, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4578/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Image: September 10, 2016", "description": "This image shows the Arctic sea ice on September 10, 2016 when the ice reached its minimum extent. The opacity of the sea ice is derived from the sea ice concentration where it is greater than 15%. The blueish white color of the sea ice is derived the AMSR2 89 GHz brightness temperature.The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) provides many water-related products derived from data acquired by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) instrument aboard the Global Change Observation Mission 1st-Water \"SHIZUKU\" (GCOM-W1) satellite. Two JAXA datasets used in this animation are the 10-km daily sea ice concentration and the 10 km daily 89 GHz Brightness Temperature. || Arctic_Sea_Ice_Sep_10_2016.6398_print.jpg (1024x1024) [194.1 KB] || Arctic_Sea_Ice_Sep_10_2016.6398_searchweb.png (320x180) [81.8 KB] || Arctic_Sea_Ice_Sep_10_2016.6398_thm.png (80x40) [6.3 KB] || Arctic_Sea_Ice_Sep_10_2016.6398.tif (3200x3200) [52.2 MB] || ", "release_date": "2017-07-08T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:47:34.212106-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 413496, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004500/a004578/Arctic_Sea_Ice_Sep_10_2016.6398_print.jpg", "filename": "Arctic_Sea_Ice_Sep_10_2016.6398_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This image shows the Arctic sea ice on September 10, 2016 when the ice reached its minimum extent. The opacity of the sea ice is derived from the sea ice concentration where it is greater than 15%. 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The blueish white color of the sea ice is a false color derived from the AMSR2 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the Antarctic continent, the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica data shown here has a resolution of 240 meters per pixel. || Antarctic_seaIce_max_2016_09_28_1080p_flat.11698_print.jpg (1024x576) [105.7 KB] || Antarctic_seaIce_max_2016_09_28_1080p_flat.11698_searchweb.png (320x180) [66.1 KB] || Antarctic_seaIce_max_2016_09_28_1080p_flat.11698_thm.png (80x40) [5.8 KB] || Antarctic_seaIce_max_2016_09_28_1080p_flat.11698.tif (1920x1080) [14.5 MB] || Antarctic_seaIce_max_2016_09_28_1080p_layers.11698.tif (1920x1080) [42.3 MB] || Antarctic_seaIce_max_2016_09_28_4k_flat.11698.tif (3840x2160) [55.8 MB] || Antarctic_seaIce_max_2016_09_28_4k_layers11698.tif (3840x2160) [167.0 MB] || ", "release_date": "2017-07-08T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:47:34.144001-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 413522, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004500/a004577/Antarctic_seaIce_max_2016_09_28_1080p_flat.11698_print.jpg", "filename": "Antarctic_seaIce_max_2016_09_28_1080p_flat.11698_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This is an image of the Antarctic sea ice on August 28, 2016, the date on which the sea ice reached its maximum annual extent. The opacity of the sea ice is determined by the AMSR2 sea ice concentration. The blueish white color of the sea ice is a false color derived from the AMSR2 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the Antarctic continent, the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica data shown here has a resolution of 240 meters per pixel.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 406906, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4492, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4492/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "ICESat-2 Measurements Over Antarctica (prelaunch)", "description": "ICESat-2 has 3 pairs of lasers that will measure the heights of ice and snow at very high resolution || walls75.1870_print.jpg (1024x576) [34.7 KB] || walls75.1870_searchweb.png (320x180) [29.8 KB] || walls75.1870_thm.png (80x40) [3.4 KB] || walls_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [50.0 MB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || walls_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [11.9 MB] || walls_360p30.mp4 (640x360) [8.1 MB] || Slide1.hwshow || ", "release_date": "2016-11-09T15:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2025-05-13T00:26:00.420731-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 420784, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004400/a004492/walls75.1870_print.jpg", "filename": "walls75.1870_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "ICESat-2 has 3 pairs of lasers that will measure the heights of ice and snow at very high resolution", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 406907, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 3658, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3658/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "The Thermohaline Circulation - The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt", "description": "The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These two regions don't mix except in certain special areas. The ocean currents, the movement of the ocean in the surface layer, are driven mostly by the wind. In certain areas near the polar oceans, the colder surface water also gets saltier due to evaporation or sea ice formation. In these regions, the surface water becomes dense enough to sink to the ocean depths. This pumping of surface water into the deep ocean forces the deep water to move horizontally until it can find an area on the world where it can rise back to the surface and close the current loop. This usually occurs in the equatorial ocean, mostly in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. This very large, slow current is called the thermohaline circulation because it is caused by temperature and salinity (haline) variations.This animation shows one of the major regions where this pumping occurs, the North Atlantic Ocean around Greenland, Iceland, and the North Sea. The surface ocean current brings new water to this region from the South Atlantic via the Gulf Stream and the water returns to the South Atlantic via the North Atlantic Deep Water current. The continual influx of warm water into the North Atlantic polar ocean keeps the regions around Iceland and southern Greenland mostly free of sea ice year round.The animation also shows another feature of the global ocean circulation: the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The region around latitude 60 south is the the only part of the Earth where the ocean can flow all the way around the world with no land in the way. As a result, both the surface and deep waters flow from west to east around Antarctica. This circumpolar motion links the world's oceans and allows the deep water circulation from the Atlantic to rise in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and the surface circulation to close with the northward flow in the Atlantic.The color on the world's ocean's at the beginning of this animation represents surface water density, with dark regions being most dense and light regions being least dense (see the animation Sea Surface Temperature, Salinity and Density). The depths of the oceans are highly exaggerated to better illustrate the differences between the surface flows and deep water flows. The actual flows in this model are based on current theories of the thermohaline circulation rather than actual data. The thermohaline circulation is a very slow moving current that can be difficult to distinguish from general ocean circulation. 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NASA utilizes advanced satellite lidar technology to better understand and observe Earth’s forests—crucial ecosystems that absorb roughly 30 percent of atmospheric carbon. Remote sensing scientist, Laura Duncanson, explains the challenge of studying vast, remote regions where traditional field research is limited. For over 50 years, satellites like Landsat have tracked forest cover, but have lacked the ability to measure how much carbon these forests contain. That’s where NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission comes in. GEDI provides high-resolution 3D data on tree canopy height, canopy structure, and surface elevation, allowing scientists to determine forest biomass. However, based on GEDI’s orbit on the International Space Station (ISS), it is unable to capture data near Earth’s poles. To fill that gap, NASA uses the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), which, although not originally designed for forests, provides complementary 3D forest data, especially in boreal regions. Together, the two lidar systems enable the first comprehensive global biomass map, revealing where and how much carbon is being lost or regained in forests. With this new understanding comes smarter conservation and restoration efforts, assisting in identifying carbon-rich areas to prioritize protection. With these NASA Earth science missions, we can see a clearer global picture of our planet and its carbon balance. Find out more about NASA’s Earth Sciences Division at https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/earth.This video can be freely shared and downloaded. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, some individual imagery provided by external sources (see list below) is obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. 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NASA uses satellite lidar technology to study Earth’s forests, key carbon sinks. The GEDI mission maps forest height and biomass from the ISS, while ICESat-2 fills polar data gaps. Together, they enable a first-of-its-kind global biomass map, guiding smarter forest conservation and carbon tracking.Find out more about NASA’s Earth Sciences Division at https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/earth.This video can be freely shared and downloaded. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, some individual imagery provided by external sources (see list below) is obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.htmlComplete transcript available.", "width": 1024, "height": 1820, "pixels": 1863680 } } }, { "id": 499049, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 14795, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14795/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "ICESat-2 Applied User Program Testimonials", "description": "ICESat-2 provides the public with new measurements on the heights of Earth's surfaces. The mission's application program is designed to engage people -- ice scientists, ecologists, hydrologists, the Navy, and others -- who use these height observations to provide fundamental knowledge of how ICESat-2 data products are used in resource management, policy development and decision making. The applications program connects ICESat-2 science to practical societal needs. It facilitates and fosters new collaborations, with the realized expectations that ICESat-2 data has benefits beyond what the mission currently imagines. || ", "release_date": "2025-03-10T11:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-11-18T15:40:33.093223-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 1153258, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a014700/a014795/Smith_thumb_print.jpg", "filename": "Smith_thumb_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Ross Smith, TCartaComplete transcript available.Music: \"Fretting,\" \"Floating on Air,\" Universal Production Music", "width": 1024, "height": 577, "pixels": 590848 } } }, { "id": 406908, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 14261, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14261/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Leaders in Lidar", "description": "In this series, we dive into the legacy of Goddard's lead role in developing laser altimetry, which has revolutionized the way we map our planet, the Moon and other planets. Each chapter looks at the successes and failures of these lidar instruments, beginning with the Mars Observer Laser Altimeter in the late 1980s, through the current generation of laser altimeters on ICESat-2 and GEDI. 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With a powerful laser altimeter system in space, NASA’s Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) is helping scientists \"see\" under the ice.For more on the story: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-space-lasers-map-meltwater-lakes-in-antarctica-with-striking-precisionComplete transcript available.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 406910, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 13824, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13824/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "NASA Satellite Measures the Human Impact in Water Storage", "description": "Music: \"Cycle of the Moon,\" \"Domestic Idyll,\" Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available.This video can be freely shared and downloaded. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, some individual imagery provided by pond5.com and is obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on stock footage may be found here. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html.Notes on footage:0:27-0:33; 0:57-1:06; 2:00-2:05; 2:14-2:45 provided by pond5. || reservoirthumb_print.jpg (1024x555) [244.0 KB] || reservoirthumb.png (3152x1710) [8.9 MB] || reservoirthumb_searchweb.png (320x180) [131.1 KB] || reservoirthumb_thm.png (80x40) [11.3 KB] || Reservoirs_prores.mov (1920x1080) [4.2 GB] || Reservoirs_3-2-v2.mp4 (1920x1080) [202.9 MB] || Reservoirs_prores.webm (1920x1080) [22.0 MB] || Reservoirs.en_US.srt [3.9 KB] || Reservoirs.en_US.vtt [3.9 KB] || ", "release_date": "2021-03-03T09:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:44:18.601265-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 379633, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013800/a013824/reservoirthumb_print.jpg", "filename": "reservoirthumb_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Music: \"Cycle of the Moon,\" \"Domestic Idyll,\" Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available.This video can be freely shared and downloaded. 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For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html.Notes on footage:0:27-0:33; 0:57-1:06; 2:00-2:05; 2:14-2:45 provided by pond5.", "width": 1024, "height": 555, "pixels": 568320 } } }, { "id": 406911, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 13779, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13779/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "NASA's ICESat-2 Looks Beyond the Icy Poles", "description": "The Hidden Talents of ICESat-2 || hiddentalentsthumb.png (1651x922) [2.1 MB] || hiddentalentsthumb_print.jpg (1024x571) [165.8 KB] || hiddentalentsthumb_searchweb.png (320x180) [74.8 KB] || hiddentalentsthumb_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] || IS2HiddenTalents_Twitter.mp4 (1280x720) [41.0 MB] || IS2HiddenTalents_Prores.webm (1920x1080) [20.4 MB] || IS2HiddenTalents_FB.mp4 (1920x1080) [224.9 MB] || IS2HiddenTalents_Youtube.mp4 (1920x1080) [300.5 MB] || IS2HiddenTalents.en_US.srt [3.2 KB] || IS2HiddenTalents.en_US.vtt [3.2 KB] || IS2HiddenTalents_Prores.mov (1920x1080) [2.6 GB] || ", "release_date": "2020-12-04T00:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:44:26.528009-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 380781, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013700/a013779/hiddentalentsthumb.png", "filename": "hiddentalentsthumb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "The Hidden Talents of ICESat-2", "width": 1651, "height": 922, "pixels": 1522222 } } }, { "id": 406912, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 13600, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13600/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "NASA Mission Maps 16 Years of Ice Loss", "description": "Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, scientists have made precise, detailed measurements of how the elevation of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have changed over 16 years. The results provide insights into how the polar ice sheets are changing, demonstrating definitively that small gains of ice in East Antarctica are dwarfed by massive losses in West Antarctica. The scientists found the net loss of ice from Antarctica, along with Greenland’s shrinking ice sheet, has been responsible for 0.55 inches (14 millimeters) of sea level rise between 2003 and 2019 – slightly less than a third of the total amount of sea level rise observed in the world’s oceans. || ", "release_date": "2020-04-30T14:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:44:59.955070-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 385465, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013600/a013600/landicethumb_print.jpg", "filename": "landicethumb_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Music: \"Frozen Waves,\" Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available.", "width": 1024, "height": 571, "pixels": 584704 } } }, { "id": 406913, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 13525, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13525/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Science on Thin Ice", "description": "Music: \"Crystalline,\" \"Simple Truths,\" \"Afterlife,\" \"Echoes on Echoes,\" Universal Production Music.Complete transcript available. || mosaic_thumb_print.jpg (1024x572) [55.8 KB] || mosaic_thumb.png (3258x1820) [6.6 MB] || mosaic_thumb_searchweb.png (180x320) [73.1 KB] || mosaic_thumb_thm.png (80x40) [5.1 KB] || MOSAiC_prores.mov (1920x1080) [3.4 GB] || MOSAiC_social.mp4 (1920x1080) [257.6 MB] || MOSAiC_prores.webm (1920x1080) [27.6 MB] || MOSAiC.en_US.srt [4.6 KB] || MOSAiC.en_US.vtt [4.6 KB] || ", "release_date": "2020-01-20T00:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2024-03-14T13:50:44.458436-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 387965, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013500/a013525/mosaic_thumb_print.jpg", "filename": "mosaic_thumb_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Music: \"Crystalline,\" \"Simple Truths,\" \"Afterlife,\" \"Echoes on Echoes,\" Universal Production Music.Complete transcript available.", "width": 1024, "height": 572, "pixels": 585728 } } }, { "id": 406914, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, 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Complete transcript available.
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Complete transcript available.
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PRSComplete transcript available.", "width": 1079, "height": 1912, "pixels": 2063048 } }, { "id": 406920, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 13065, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13065/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Countdown to ICESat-2 Launch", "description": "\"Stars Align,\" Andrew Michael Britton, Atmosphere Music Ltd.; \"A New Hope,\" Al Lethbridge, Atmosphere Music Ltd.Complete transcript available. || countdown_Thumb_print.jpg (1024x577) [75.2 KB] || countdown_Thumb_searchweb.png (320x180) [76.0 KB] || countdown_Thumb_thm.png (80x40) [6.3 KB] || 13065_Countdown_prores.mov (1920x1080) [2.4 GB] || 13065_Countdown_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [228.5 MB] || 13065_Countdown_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [40.0 MB] || 13065_Countdown_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [314.1 MB] || 13065_Countdown.webm (960x540) [73.1 MB] || 13065_Countdown.en_US.srt [3.7 KB] || 13065_Countdown.en_US.vtt [3.7 KB] || ", "release_date": "2018-09-06T11:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:46:28.366373-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 400622, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013000/a013065/countdown_Thumb_print.jpg", "filename": "countdown_Thumb_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "\"Stars Align,\" Andrew Michael Britton, Atmosphere Music Ltd.; \"A New Hope,\" Al Lethbridge, Atmosphere Music Ltd.Complete transcript available.", "width": 1024, "height": 577, "pixels": 590848 } } }, { "id": 406921, "type": "media_group", "extra_data": null, "title": "ICESat-2 Elevates Our View of Earth - Short Version", "caption": "ICESat-2 will provide scientists with height measurements that create a global portrait of Earth’s third dimension, gathering data that can precisely track changes of terrain including glaciers, sea ice, forests and more. The single instrument on ICESat-2 is ATLAS, the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System, will measure melting ice sheets and investigate how this effects sea level rise, investigate changes in the mass of ice sheets and glaciers, estimate and study sea ice thickness, and measure the height of vegetation in forests and other ecosystems worldwide.", "instance": { "id": 413050, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012600/a012663/ICESat-2_Height_SHORT_prores_youtube_1080.00258_searchweb.png", "filename": "ICESat-2_Height_SHORT_prores_youtube_1080.00258_searchweb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "ICESat-2 will provide scientists with height measurements that create a global portrait of Earth’s third dimension, gathering data that can precisely track changes of terrain including glaciers, sea ice, forests and more. The single instrument on ICESat-2 is ATLAS, the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System, will measure melting ice sheets and investigate how this effects sea level rise, investigate changes in the mass of ice sheets and glaciers, estimate and study sea ice thickness, and measure the height of vegetation in forests and other ecosystems worldwide.", "width": 180, "height": 320, "pixels": 57600 } }, { "id": 406922, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 12905, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12905/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "The 88-South Antarctic Traverse", "description": "NASA cryospheric scientist Kelly Brunt and ICESat-2 Deputy Project Scientist Tom Neumann recall some of the highlights and challenges from the recent 88-South Antarctic Traverse.Music: \"Lights,\" Alexius Tschallener [SUISA], Dominik Johnson [PRS]; \"Vulnerable Moment,\" John Ashton Thomas [PRS]Complete transcript available. || 12905_thumbstill_print.jpg (1024x576) [48.3 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