• Narrated Hologlobe (version 2)
     ID: 116 Visualization

    The HoloGlobe Project (Version 2)

    October 25, 1996

    This animation was produced for the Smithsonian Institution's HoloGlobe Exhibit which opened to the public on August 10, 1996. The various orthographic data sets showing progressive global change were mapped onto a rotating globe and projected into space to create a holographic image of the Earth. Showing Earthandapos;s atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere are dynamic, changing on timescales of days, minutes, or even seconds. This animation is a revised version of Animation #96 [The HoloGlobe Project (Version 1)]. ||

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  • This image represents a one month sample (October 1983) of composite images from cloud cover data collected from a suite of U.S., European, and Japanese geostationary satellites and U.S. polar orbiting meteorological satellites.
     ID: 155 Visualization

    The HoloGlobe Project (Version 3)

    August 1, 1996

    These animations were produced for the Smithsonian Institution's HoloGlobe Exhibit which opened to the public on August 10, 1996 at the Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. The various data sets show progressive global change mapped onto a rotating globe and projected into space to create a holographic image of the Earth. The exhibit shows that Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere are dynamic, changing on timescales of days, minutes, or even seconds. The exhibit has since been relocated to the west coast. This is a revised version from Animation #116 [The HoloGlobe Project (version 2)]. ||

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  • Countdown Animation
     ID: 328 Visualization

    Earth Today 1998 Countdown

    October 20, 1998

    The ability to see Earth from space has forever changed our view of the planet. We are now able to look at the Earth as a whole, and observe how its atmosphere, oceans, land masses, and life interact as global systems. Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere are dynamic, changing on timescales of days, minutes, or even seconds. Monitoring the Earth in near real time allows us to get an up to date picture of conditions on our planet. More SVS visualizations for the Earth Today exhibit are in animation ids 1401 and 1402. ||

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  • Sea surface temperature anomaly in the Pacific for the last week of December 1982 during El Niño, as measured by NOAA AVHRR. Red regions are 2 to 5 degrees warmer than normal and cyan regions are 2 to 5 degrees colder than normal. The shades of blue on the background ocean represent sea surface temperature, with dark blues representing temperatures less than about 10 degrees Celsius.
     ID: 1274 Visualization

    HoloGlobe: Sea Surface Temperature and Temperature Anomaly on a Globe

    August 10, 1996

    This is one of a series of animations that were produced to be part of the narrated video shown in the HoloGlobe exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Earth Today exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. ||

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  • Global sea surface temperature anomaly for the last week of December 1982 during El Niño, as measured by NOAA AVHRR. Red regions are 2 to 5 degrees warmer than normal and cyan regions are 2 to 5 degrees colder than normal. The shades of blue on the background ocean represent sea surface temperature, with dark blues representing temperatures less than about 10 degrees Celsius.
     ID: 1275 Visualization

    HoloGlobe: Sea Surface Temperature and Temperature Anomaly on a Flat Earth

    August 10, 1996

    This is one of a series of animations that were produced to be part of the narrated video shown in the HoloGlobe exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Earth Today exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. ||

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  • Global sea surface temperature anomaly for the period January 1982 through December 1988, as measured by NOAA AVHRR. Red regions are 2 to 5 degrees warmer than normal and cyan regions are 2 to 5 degrees colder than normal. The warm region in the Pacific early in this animation is the El Niño that occurred during the winter of 1982-1983. The shades of blue on the background ocean represent sea surface temperature, with dark blues representing temperatures less than about 10 degrees Celsius.
     ID: 1276 Visualization

    HoloGlobe: Sea Surface Temperature and Temperature Anomaly on a Flat Earth (with Dates)

    August 10, 1996

    This is one of a series of animations that were produced to be part of the narrated video shown in the HoloGlobe exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Earth Today exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. ||

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  • Sea surface temperature anomaly on a rotating globe for the period January 1982 through November 1988, as measured by NOAA AVHRR. Red regions are 2 to 5 degrees warmer than normal and cyan regions are 2 to 5 degrees colder than normal. The warm region in the Pacific early in this animation is the El Niño that occurred during the winter of 1982-1983. The shades of blue on the background ocean represent sea surface temperature, with dark blues representing temperatures less than about 10 degrees Celsius.
     ID: 1277 Visualization

    HoloGlobe: Sea Surface Temperature and Temperature Anomaly on a Globe (with Dates)

    August 10, 1996

    This is one of a series of animations that were produced to be part of the narrated video shown in the HoloGlobe exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Earth Today exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. ||

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  • Global sea surface temperature anomaly for the period January 1982 through December 1988, as measured by NOAA AVHRR. Red regions are 2 to 5 degrees warmer than normal and cyan regions are 2 to 5 degrees colder than normal. The warm region in the Pacific early in this animation is the El Niño that occurred during the winter of 1982-1983.
     ID: 1279 Visualization

    HoloGlobe: Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly on a Flat Earth

    August 10, 1996

    This is one of a series of animations that were produced to be part of the narrated video shown in the HoloGlobe exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Earth Today exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. ||

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  • Sea surface temperature anomaly on a rotating globe for the period January 1982 through December 1988, as measured by NOAA AVHRR. Red regions are 2 to 5 degrees warmer than normal and cyan regions are 2 to 5 degrees colder than normal. The warm region in the Pacific early in this animation is the El Niño that occurred during the winter of 1982-1983.
     ID: 1280 Visualization

    HoloGlobe: Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly on a Globe (with Dates)

    August 10, 1996

    This is one of a series of animations that were produced to be part of the narrated video shown in the HoloGlobe exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Earth Today exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. ||

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  • Global sea surface temperature anomaly for the period January 1982 through December 1988, as measured by NOAA AVHRR. Red regions are 2 to 5 degrees warmer than normal and cyan regions are 2 to 5 degrees colder than normal. The warm region in the Pacific early in this animation is the El Niño that occurred during the winter of 1982-1983.
     ID: 1281 Visualization

    HoloGlobe: Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly on a Flat Earth (with Dates)

    August 10, 1996

    This is one of a series of animations that were produced to be part of the narrated video shown in the HoloGlobe exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Earth Today exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. ||

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