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Taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time areas of stellar birth captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). Webb’s NIRCam – with its crisp resolution and unparalleled sensitivity – unveils emerging stellar nurseries and individual stars that are completely hidden in visible-light pictures. In MIRI’s view, young stars and their planet-forming disks shine brightly in the mid-infrared, appearing pink and red. Hot dust, hydrocarbons, and other chemical compounds on the surface of the ridges glow, giving the appearance of jagged rocks.Webb’s detailed image captured in infrared light (left) is juxtaposed with a color composite image (right) of separate exposures made by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). In Hubble’s image on the right, sulfur is represented by red, oxygen by blue, and hydrogen by green.Webb’s new observations of NGC 3324 will shed light on stellar processes and reveal the impact of star formation on the evolution of gigantic clouds of gas and dust.For more information: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-reveals-cosmic-cliffs-glittering-landscape-of-star-birth || carina_nebula_00000_print.jpg (1024x576) [202.8 KB] || carina_nebula_00000_searchweb.png (320x180) [96.5 KB] || carina_nebula_00000_web.png (320x180) [96.5 KB] || carina_nebula_00000_thm.png (80x40) [6.9 KB] || carina_nebula_720p30.mp4 (1280x720) [22.5 MB] || carina_nebula_720p30.webm (1280x720) [9.4 MB] || 3840x2160_16x9_30p (3840x2160) [256.0 KB] || carina_nebula_2160p30_h265.mp4 (3840x2160) [57.7 MB] || ", "hits": 136 }, { "id": 31140, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31140/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2020-03-31T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Curiosity's 1.8-Billion-Pixel Panorama", "description": "360 view of NASA's Curiosity rover! 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The Naples region is one of the brightest in Italy. Roughly three million people live in and around this metropolitan area.The large black circular area in the photo is Mount Vesuvius, the only active volcano on Europe’s mainland. Although any volcanic activity can endanger surrounding communities, eruptive pyroclastic flows of superheated ash and gas are among the most dangerous, moving at speeds of hundreds of kilometers per hour. Vesuvius has erupted on numerous occasions throughout history. Probably the most famous of those eruptions occurred in 79 A.D., when pyroclastic flows destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, trapping more than 16,000 people. Such historic catastrophes—and the fact that 600,000 people currently live in the immediate vicinity—are why the volcano is one of the most heavily monitored in the world, with several dozen sensors located at many points on and around the cone.The different colors of lights in the scene reflect some of the history of development in the area. The green lights are mercury vapor bulbs, an older variety that has been replaced in newer developments by yellow-orange sodium bulbs. To the northeast, the lightless gaps between the homes and businesses are agricultural fields. The bright yellow-orange complex amidst the fields is the Consorzio Intercomunale dei Servizi, the largest commercial facility in Europe. || Unpop_Slopes_Active_Volcan_Naples_It_print.jpg (1024x540) [202.8 KB] || Unpop_Slopes_Active_Volcan_Naples_It.png (4096x2160) [15.3 MB] || Unpop_Slopes_Active_Volcan_Naples_It_searchweb.png (320x180) [109.9 KB] || Unpop_Slopes_Active_Volcan_Naples_It_thm.png (80x40) [6.6 KB] || unpopulated-slopes-of-an-active-volcanonaples-italy.hwshow [347 bytes] || ", "hits": 47 }, { "id": 31117, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31117/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2020-02-12T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Night Fishing Seen From Space—Thailand", "description": "ISS astronaut photograph of Bangkok, Thailand || Night_fishing_thailand_print.jpg (1024x576) [129.6 KB] || Night_fishing_thailand.png (3840x2160) [15.2 MB] || Night_fishing_thailand_searchweb.png (320x180) [88.6 KB] || Night_fishing_thailand_thm.png (80x40) [5.9 KB] || night-fishing-seen-from-spacethailand.hwshow [305 bytes] || ", "hits": 223 }, { "id": 31119, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31119/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2020-02-12T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Lights Out After Matthew—Southeast United States", "description": "Hurricane Matthew || Lights_Out_After_Matthew_print.jpg (1024x576) [143.2 KB] || Lights_Out_After_Matthew.png (3840x2160) [6.6 MB] || lights-out-after-matthewsoutheast-united-states.hwshow [319 bytes] || ", "hits": 21 }, { "id": 30215, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30215/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2019-03-15T18:00:00-04:00", "title": "Urban Growth in Las Vegas", "description": "The city of Las Vegas—meaning the meadows—was established in 1905. Its grassy meadows and artesian springs attracted settlers traveling across the arid Desert Southwest in the early 1800s. In the 1930s, gambling became legalized and construction of the Hoover Dam began, resulting in the city's first growth spurt. Since then, Las Vegas has not stopped growing. Population has reached nearly two million over the past decade, becoming one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the world. These false-color images show the rapid urbanization of Las Vegas between 1972 and 2018. The city streets and other impervious surfaces appear gray, while irrigated vegetation appears red. Over the years, the expansion of irrigated vegetation (e.g., lawns and golf courses) has stretched the city’s desert bounds. || ", "hits": 435 }, { "id": 30922, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30922/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2017-12-14T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "Science Stories from the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting", "description": "Gail Skofronick-Jackson: NASA's Global Rain and Snow Observations for Science and Society || hw_pic.jpg (3000x1996) [1.8 MB] || hw_pic_searchweb.png (320x180) [108.3 KB] || hw_pic_thm.png (80x40) [8.4 KB] || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 30073, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30073/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2017-09-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Water Level in Lake Powell", "description": "Among the dams on the Colorado River is the Glen Canyon Dam, which creates Lake Powell. This series of natural-color Landsat images shows the dramatic drop in Lake Powell’s water level between 1999 and 2025 caused by prolonged drought and water withdrawals.", "hits": 106 }, { "id": 30865, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30865/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2017-03-01T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "Hubble's Sweeping View of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies", "description": "A region of the Coma cluster of galaxies showcases a variety of galaxy shapes and sizes. || coma_cluster_region-hst-4564x3240_print.jpg (1024x726) [116.9 KB] || coma_cluster_region-hst-4564x3240.png (4564x3240) [25.4 MB] || coma_cluster_region-hst-4564x3240_searchweb.png (320x180) [69.0 KB] || coma_cluster_region-hst-4564x3240_thm.png (80x40) [4.9 KB] || coma_cluster_region-hst-30865.key [25.8 MB] || coma_cluster_region-hst-30865.pptx [25.5 MB] || hubbles-sweeping-view-of-the-coma-cluster-of-galaxies.hwshow [343 bytes] || ", "hits": 40 }, { "id": 30864, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30864/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2017-03-01T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Spiral Galaxy Messier 106 from Hubble", "description": "An image of the spiral galaxy M106 created through a comibination of Hubble data and ground-based images || m106-hst_gendler-4148x3240_print.jpg (1024x799) [156.5 KB] || m106-hst_gendler-4148x3240.png (4148x3240) [20.8 MB] || m106-hst_gendler-4148x3240_searchweb.png (320x180) [86.1 KB] || m106-hst_gendler-4148x3240_thm.png (80x40) [6.9 KB] || m106-hst_gendler-30864.key [21.3 MB] || m106-hst_gendler-30864.pptx [20.9 MB] || ", "hits": 58 }, { "id": 30860, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30860/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2017-02-28T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Mystic Mountain: Pillars in the Carina Nebula from Hubble", "description": "A collection of pillars in the Carina Nebula create a gaseous landscape nicknamed \"Mystic Mountain\" || 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"title": "Interacting Galaxies Arp 273 from Hubble", "description": "The galaxies of Arp 273 have recently interacted via gravity to make a shape resembling a cosmic rose. || arp273-hst-3197x3240_print.jpg (1024x1037) [133.5 KB] || arp273-hst-3197x3240.png (3197x3240) [14.8 MB] || arp273-hst-3197x3240_searchweb.png (320x180) [67.6 KB] || arp273-hst-3197x3240_thm.png (80x40) [5.0 KB] || arp273-hst-30857.key [478.1 KB] || arp273-hst-30857.pptx [219.7 KB] || interacting-galaxies-arp-273-from-hubble.hwshow [304 bytes] || ", "hits": 88 }, { "id": 30855, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30855/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2017-02-27T15:00:00-05:00", "title": "The Sombrero Galaxy from Hubble", "description": "The majestic Sombrero Galaxy as observed by Hubble || sombrero-hst-c169-5760x3240_print.jpg (1024x576) [91.8 KB] || sombrero-hst-c169-5760x3240.png (5760x3240) [26.0 MB] || sombrero-hst-c169-5760x3240_searchweb.png (320x180) [66.7 KB] || 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"description": "Central Region of Spiral Galaxy Messier 83 || m83_central-hst-4981x3240_print.jpg (1024x666) [396.7 KB] || m83_central-hst-4981x3240.png (4981x3240) [33.4 MB] || m83_central-hst-4981x3240_searchweb.png (320x180) [114.5 KB] || m83_central-hst-4981x3240_thm.png (80x40) [8.5 KB] || m83_central-hst-30853.key [34.1 MB] || m83_central-hst-30853.pptx [33.5 MB] || central-region-of-spiral-galaxy-m83-from-hubble.hwshow [321 bytes] || ", "hits": 58 }, { "id": 30852, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30852/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2017-02-27T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "The Whirlpool Galaxy from Hubble", "description": "The Whirlpool Galaxy and Companion Galaxy || m51_full-hst-4669x3240_print.jpg (1024x710) [171.5 KB] || m51_full-hst-4669x3240.png (4669x3240) [24.8 MB] || m51_full-hst-4669x3240_searchweb.png (320x180) [92.2 KB] || m51_full-hst-4669x3240_thm.png (80x40) [6.5 KB] || m51_full-hst-30852.key [25.2 MB] || m51_full-hst-30852.pptx [24.8 MB] || the-whirlpool-galaxy-from-hubble.hwshow [300 bytes] || ", "hits": 151 }, { "id": 30792, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30792/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2017-02-27T11:00:00-05:00", "title": "The Helix Nebula from Hubble", "description": "The Iridescent Glory of the Helix Nebula, from Hubble || helix-hst-3240x3240_print.jpg (1024x1024) [116.2 KB] || helix-hst-3240x3240.png (3240x3240) [15.8 MB] || helix-hst-3240x3240_searchweb.png (320x180) [69.2 KB] || helix-hst-3240x3240_thm.png (80x40) [5.2 KB] || helix-hst-30792.key [16.2 MB] || helix-hst-30792.pptx [15.9 MB] || the-helix-nebula-from-hubble.hwshow [290 bytes] || ", "hits": 323 }, { "id": 30793, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30793/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2017-02-27T11:00:00-05:00", "title": "Spiral Galaxy Messier 101 in High-Definition from Hubble", "description": "This Hubble Space Telescope image of the face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101 (M101) is one of the largest and most detailed views of a spiral galaxy that has ever been released from Hubble. This galaxy's portrait is actually composed of 51 individual Hubble images, in addition to elements from images from ground-based photos (visible near the edges of the image).The galaxy's spiral arms are sprinkled with large regions of star-forming nebulae. These nebulae are areas of intense star formation within giant molecular hydrogen clouds. Brilliant young clusters of hot, blue, newborn stars trace out the spiral arms. M101 (also nicknamed the Pinwheel Galaxy) lies in the northern circumpolar constellation, Ursa Major (The Great Bear), at a distance of 25 million light-years from Earth. The galaxy fills a region in the sky equal to one-fifth the area of the full moon.The final color image was assembled from individual exposures taken through blue, green, and red (infrared) filters. || ", "hits": 67 }, { "id": 30796, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30796/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2017-02-27T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "Hubble's Panoramic View of the Tarantula Nebula", "description": "Several million young stars are vying for attention in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a raucous stellar breeding ground. Early astronomers gave the nebula its \"tarantula\" nickname because the glowing filaments of gas resemble spider legs. The nebula is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small compainon galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy. This star-forming region is the brightest visible in a neighboring galaxy and is home to the most massive stars ever seen.The nebula is close enough to Earth that Hubble can resolve individual stars, giving astronomers important information about the stars' birth and evolution. It is one of only a few star-forming regions outside of our galaxy that astronomers can study in so much detail. The star-birthing frenzy may be partly fueled by its close proximity to another companion galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud.The image reveals the stages of star birth, from embryonic stars a few thousand years old still wrapped in cocoons of dark gas to behemoths that die young in supernova explosions. In this star-forming factory, Hubble shows star clusters of various ages, from about 2 million to about 25 million years old.The region's sparkling centerpiece is a giant, young star cluster (left of center) named NGC 2070, only 2 million years old. Its stellar inhabitants number roughly 500,000. The cluster is a hotbed for young, massive stars. Its dense core, known as R136, is packed with some of the heftiest stars found in the nearby universe, weighing more than 100 times the mass of our Sun.The massive stars are carving deep cavities in the surrounding material by unleashing a torrent of ultraviolet light, Besides sculpting the gaseous terrain, the brilliant stars also may be triggering a successive generation of offspring. When the radiation hits dense walls of gas, it creates shocks, which may be generating a new wave of star birth.The colors represent the hot gas that dominates regions of the image. Red signifies hydrogen gas and blue, oxygen. || ", "hits": 59 }, { "id": 30801, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30801/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2016-09-02T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "SeaWIFS full mission composite", "description": "Ocean chlorophyll concentration averaged over the full mission–4 Sep 1997 to 30 Nov 2010.The SeaWiFS instrument was launched by Orbital Sciences Corporation on the OrbView-2 (a.k.a. SeaStar) satellite in August 1997, and collected data from September 1997 until the end of mission in December 2010. SeaWiFS had 8 spectral bands from 412 to 865 nm. It collected global data at 4 km resolution, and local data (limited onboard storage and direct broadcast) at 1 km. The mission and sensor were optimized for ocean color measurements, with a local noon (descending) equator crossing time orbit, fore-and-aft tilt capability, full dynamic range, and low polarization sensitivity. || ", "hits": 50 }, { "id": 30780, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30780/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2016-05-25T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Mercury Transit, May 2016", "description": "mercury transit || Mercury_transit_00720_print.jpg (1024x574) [107.1 KB] || Mercury_transit_00720.png (4104x2304) [7.1 MB] || Mercury_transit_00720_searchweb.png (320x180) [42.6 KB] || Mercury_transit_00720_thm.png (80x40) [3.4 KB] || mercury_transit_720p.mp4 (1280x720) [64.3 MB] || mercury_transit_720p.webm (1280x720) [5.6 MB] || mercury_transit_1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [159.7 MB] || mercury_transit_2160p.mp4 (3840x2160) [534.7 MB] || ", "hits": 37 }, { "id": 30726, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30726/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-11-19T09:00:00-05:00", "title": "NuSTAR Stares at the Sun", "description": "Blue-White areas in composite image with NuSTAR data show most energetic spots. || nustar_sun_PIA19821_print.jpg (1024x576) [80.4 KB] || nustar_sun_PIA19821_searchweb.png (180x320) [45.4 KB] || nustar_sun_PIA19821_thm.png (80x40) [9.5 KB] || nustar_sun_PIA19821.tif (5760x3240) [10.8 MB] || nustar_sun_30726.key [13.4 MB] || nustar_sun_30726.pptx [10.8 MB] || nustar_sun_PIA19821.hwshow [206 bytes] || ", "hits": 74 }, { "id": 30707, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30707/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-10-29T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Curiosity Selfies, Fall 2015", "description": "The Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity has the unique ability to capture self-portraits, or selfies. Curiosity uses the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) located at the end of its robotic arm to capture sets of thumbnail images that are then stitched together to create full-color mosaics. The rover’s robotic arm is positioned out of the shot in the images, or portions of images, used to create the mosaics and therefore, is not visible.These images show Curiosity on October 31, 2012, October 5, 2015, and August 5, 2015. The October 2012 selfie was taken when the rover was located at \"Rocknest,” the spot in Gale Crater where the mission's first scoop sampling took place. The October 2015 selfie was taken nearly 3 years later, when the rover was located at the \"Big Sky” site, where its drill collected the mission's fifth taste of Mount Sharp. Lastly, the August 2015 selfie was taken when the rover was located at \"Buckskin” on lower Mount Sharp. Selfies like this one document the state of the rover and allow mission engineers to track changes over time such as dust accumulation and wheel wear shown here. For scale, the rover's wheels are 20 inches (50 centimeters) in diameter and about 16 inches (40 centimeters) wide. Only MAHLI (among the rover's 17 cameras) is able to image some parts of the craft, including the portside wheels. || ", "hits": 115 }, { "id": 30706, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30706/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-10-28T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Io in Motion", "description": "Io a moon of Jupiter in motion || io_in_motion_grid_1280x720_print.jpg (1024x576) [42.0 KB] || io_in_motion_grid_1280x720_searchweb.png (180x320) [31.9 KB] || io_in_motion_grid_1280x720_web.png (320x180) [31.9 KB] || io_in_motion_grid_1280x720_thm.png (80x40) [3.0 KB] || io_in_motion_grid_1280x720.mp4 (1280x720) [2.2 MB] || io_in_motion_grid_1280x720.webm (1280x720) [1.7 MB] || io_in_motion_grid_4096x2304.mp4 (4104x2304) [15.3 MB] || 4104x2304_16x9_30p (4104x2304) [0 Item(s)] || io_in_motion_grid.key [4.3 MB] || io_in_motion_grid.pptx [2.8 MB] || ", "hits": 189 }, { "id": 30695, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30695/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-10-13T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Rich Color Variations of Pluto", "description": "An enhanced view of Pluto shows color variations across the surface || pluto_enhanced_release_PIA19952_print.jpg (1024x576) [98.9 KB] || pluto_enhanced_release_PIA19952_searchweb.png (180x320) [45.6 KB] || pluto_enhanced_release_PIA19952_thm.png (80x40) [9.2 KB] || pluto_enhanced_release_PIA19952.tif (5760x3240) [14.0 MB] || pluto_enhanced_release_PIA19952.pptx [12.2 MB] || pluto_enhanced_release_PIA19952.key [14.9 MB] || pluto_enhanced_release_30695_PIA19952.key [14.9 MB] || pluto_enhanced_release_30695_PIA19952.pptx [12.2 MB] || pluto_enhanced_release_PIA19952.hwshow [230 bytes] || ", "hits": 48 }, { "id": 30696, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30696/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-10-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Seasonal Water on Mars", "description": "A false color image of lineae in Hale crater. || mars_seasonal_water_hale_crater_view5_print.jpg (1024x576) [246.5 KB] || mars_seasonal_water_hale_crater_view5_searchweb.png (180x320) [124.1 KB] || mars_seasonal_water_hale_crater_view5_thm.png (80x40) [8.3 KB] || mars_seasonal_water_hale_crater_view5.tif (6481x3646) [14.5 MB] || mars_seasonal_water_hale_crater_30696.key [17.3 MB] || mars_seasonal_water_hale_crater_30696.pptx [14.5 MB] || mars_seasonal_water_hale_crater_view5.hwshow [236 bytes] || ", "hits": 62 }, { "id": 30694, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30694/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-10-02T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Charon in Enhanced Color", "description": "A high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon || charon_enhanced_PIA19968_print.jpg (1024x576) [86.3 KB] || charon_enhanced_PIA19968_searchweb.png (180x320) [31.5 KB] || charon_enhanced_PIA19968_thm.png (80x40) [3.7 KB] || charon_enhanced_PIA19968.tif (3840x2160) [2.7 MB] || charon_enhanced_PIA19968_30694-89.key [5.2 MB] || charon_enhanced_PIA19968_30694-89.pptx [2.8 MB] || charon_enhanced_PIA19968.hwshow [216 bytes] || ", "hits": 40 }, { "id": 30669, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30669/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-09-30T18:00:00-04:00", "title": "Modeled Phytoplankton Communities in the Global Ocean", "description": "Phytoplankton are the base of the marine food web and are crucial players in the Earth's carbon cycle. They are also incredibly diverse. This visualization shows dominant phytoplankton types from 1994-1998 generated by the Darwin Project using a high-resolution ocean and ecosystem model. The model contains flow fields from 1994-1998 (generated by the ECCO2 model), inorganic nutrients, 78 species of phytoplankton, zooplankton, as well as particulate and dissolved organic matter. Colors represent the most dominant type of phytoplankton at a given location based on their size and ability to uptake nutrients. Red represents diatoms (big phytoplankton, which need silica), yellow represents flagellates (other big phytoplankton), green represents prochlorococcus (small phytoplankton that cannot use nitrate), and cyan represents synechococcus (other small phytoplankton). Opacity indicates concentration of the carbon biomass.A key part of the Darwin Project is developing theoretical and numerical models of the marine ecosystems. The data shown here are from a simulation of the Darwin model in a physical run of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology general circulation model by the Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) group. The model provides a laboratory to explore the controls on biodiversity and the biogeography of different phytoplankton species. In particular, the role of the swirls and filaments (mesoscale features) appear important in maintaining high biodiversity in the ocean. || ", "hits": 127 }, { "id": 30687, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30687/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-09-25T17:00:00-04:00", "title": "Across the Universe: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field", "description": "A flight through the Hubble Ultra Deep Field || hudf_fly-example_frame-1920x1080.png (1920x1080) [639.8 KB] || hudf_fly-example_frame-1920x1080.jpg (1920x1080) [153.0 KB] || hudf_fly-example_frame-1920x1080_searchweb.png (180x320) [47.7 KB] || hudf_fly-example_frame-1920x1080_thm.png (80x40) [4.6 KB] || hudf-b-1920x1080.m4v (1920x1080) [42.6 MB] || hudf-b-1280x720.m4v (1280x720) [21.3 MB] || hudf-b-1280x720.wmv (1280x720) [29.3 MB] || hudf-b-1920x1080.wmv (1920x1080) [47.6 MB] || hudf-b-1920x1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [7.0 MB] || hudf-b-30687.key [45.6 MB] || hudf-b-30687.pptx [43.2 MB] || hudf-b-1920x1080p30.mov 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"hits": 223 }, { "id": 30667, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30667/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-09-24T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Visualization of the Veil Supernova Remnant", "description": "This 3-D visualization flies across a small portion of the Veil Nebula as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. This region is a small part of a huge expanding remnant from a star that exploded many thousands of years ago. Hubble resolves tangled rope-like filaments of glowing gases.The 3-D model has been created for illustrative purposes and shows that that the giant bubble of gas has a thin, rippled surface. It also highlights that the emission from different chemical elements arises from different layers of gas within the nebula. In the imagery, emission from hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen are shown in red, green, and blue, respectively. || ", "hits": 72 }, { "id": 30666, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30666/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-09-24T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Flight to Star Cluster Westerlund 2", "description": "This visualization provides a three-dimensional perspective on Hubble's 25th anniversary image of the nebula Gum 29 with the star cluster Westerlund 2 at its core. The flight traverses the foreground stars and approaches the lower left rim of the nebula Gum 29. Passing through the wispy darker clouds on the near side, the journey reveals bright gas illuminated by the intense radiation of the newly formed stars of cluster Westerlund 2. Within the nebula, several pillars of dark, dense gas are being shaped by the energetic light and strong stellar winds from the brilliant cluster of thousands of stars. || ", "hits": 45 }, { "id": 30623, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30623/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-07-29T23:00:00-04:00", "title": "Ultra-High-Definition Video from the International Space Station", "description": "Footage from a 4k video camera on ISS || iss_red_camera_2015.png (3840x1920) [5.4 MB] || iss_red_camera_2015_print.jpg (1024x512) [94.4 KB] || iss_red_camera_2015_searchweb.png (180x320) [65.2 KB] || iss_red_camera_2015_thm.png (80x40) [4.9 KB] || iss_red_camera_2015_720p.mp4 (1280x720) [25.7 MB] || iss_red_camera_2015_1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [51.5 MB] || iss_red_camera_2015_720p.webm (1280x720) [14.3 MB] || UDH_ISS_30623.key [29.1 MB] || UDH_ISS_30623.pptx [26.6 MB] || iss_red_camera_2015_3840x1920.mp4 (3840x1920) [145.3 MB] || ", "hits": 954 }, { "id": 30624, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30624/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-07-29T23:00:00-04:00", "title": "One-Year Crew Docking to the International Space Station", "description": "This video has been prepared for use on the hyperwall. It has been speeded up by a factor of 50 from real-time.This video was taken by the crewmembers aboard the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft which docked to the International Space Station at 9:33 PM EDT March 27, 2015. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka arrived just six hours after launching from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, completing four orbits around the Earth before catching up with the orbiting laboratory. The vehicle docked to the Poisk module (also known as the Mini-Research Module 2) on the space-facing side of the Russian Service Module. The spinning object in view is an antenna that is part of the automatic rendezvous and docking system known as KURS.Kelly and Kornienko will spend about a year living and working aboard the space station to help scientists better understand how the human body reacts and adapts to the harsh environment of space. Most expeditions to the space station last four to six months. By doubling the length of this mission, researchers hope to better understand how the human body reacts and adapts to long-duration spaceflight. This knowledge is critical as NASA looks toward human journeys deeper into the solar system, including to and from Mars, which could last 500 days or longer. It also carries potential benefits for humans here on Earth, from helping patients recover from long periods of bed rest to improving monitoring for people whose bodies are unable to fight infections. || ", "hits": 112 }, { "id": 30619, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30619/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-07-27T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Close-Ups of Pluto", "description": "Images of Pluto from New Horizons prepared for the hyperwall. || Close-up of a Mountain range on Pluto || pluto_icy_mountains_20150715_print.jpg (1024x574) [146.7 KB] || pluto_icy_mountains_20150715.jpg (1515x1005) [524.8 KB] || pluto_icy_mountains_20150715_searchweb.png (180x320) [83.3 KB] || pluto_icy_mountains_20150715_thm.png (80x40) [25.3 KB] || close_up_Pluto_30619.key [2.8 MB] || close_up_Pluto_30619.pptx [321.9 KB] || pluto_icy_mountains_20150715.hwshow [224 bytes] || ", "hits": 87 }, { "id": 30620, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30620/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-07-27T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Pluto's Moons", "description": "Images of Pluto from New Horizons prepared for the hyperwall. || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 30617, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30617/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-07-27T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Pluto's Atmosphere", "description": "Images of Pluto from New Horizons prepared for the hyperwall. || A photo of Pluto backlit by the sun reveals a layer of haze || pluto_haze_print.jpg (1024x574) [27.2 KB] || pluto_haze.jpg (1920x1080) [196.4 KB] || pluto_haze_searchweb.png (180x320) [12.9 KB] || pluto_haze_thm.png (80x40) [7.6 KB] || pluto_haze_30617.key [2.5 MB] || pluto_haze_30617.pptx [115.9 KB] || pluto_haze.hwshow [188 bytes] || ", "hits": 48 }, { "id": 30614, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30614/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-07-21T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Blue Marble 2002", "description": "Blue Marble 2002 || 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"result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2014-12-05T11:00:00-05:00", "title": "Projected Suitable Habitats for Whitebark Pine", "description": "Projected changes in suitable habitats for whitebark pine from 2010-2099. || proj_suitable_habitats_whitebark_pine_print.jpg (1024x576) [127.0 KB] || proj_suitable_habitats_whitebark_pine_searchweb.png (320x180) [91.3 KB] || proj_suitable_habitats_whitebark_pine_web.png (320x180) [91.3 KB] || proj_suitable_habitats_whitebark_pine_thm.png (80x40) [6.2 KB] || proj_suitable_habitats_whitebark_pine.webm (1280x720) [8.1 MB] || 4104x2304_16x9_30p (4104x2304) [256.0 KB] || proj_suitable_habitats_whitebark_pine.mp4 (1280x720) [201.0 MB] || Projected_Hab_Whitebark_pine_4096x2304.mp4 (4104x2304) [284.3 MB] || proj_suitable_habitats_whitebark_pine.pptx [202.2 MB] || proj_suitable_habitats_whitebark_pine.key [205.0 MB] || projected-suitable-habitats-for-whitebark-pine.hwshow [243 bytes] || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 30554, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30554/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2014-12-02T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "Climate Change in Yellowstone", "description": "Projected changes in late spring temperatures for the US from 1950-2100. || climate_change_in_yellowstone_print.jpg (1024x576) [77.7 KB] || climate_change_in_yellowstone_searchweb.png (320x180) [40.9 KB] || climate_change_in_yellowstone_web.png (320x180) [40.9 KB] || climate_change_in_yellowstone_thm.png (80x40) [4.1 KB] || climate_change_in_yellowstone.webm (1280x720) [3.5 MB] || climate_change_in_yellowstone.mov (1280x720) [15.8 MB] || climate_change_in_yellowstone.pptx [16.5 MB] || climate_change_in_yellowstone.key [19.1 MB] || ", "hits": 61 }, { "id": 30520, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30520/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2014-08-07T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Day the Earth Smiled", "description": "On July 19, 2013, in an event celebrated the world over, NASA's Cassini spacecraft slipped into Saturn's shadow and turned to image the planet, seven of its moons, its inner rings, and, in the background, our home planet, Earth. With the sun's powerful and potentially damaging rays eclipsed by Saturn itself, Cassini's onboard cameras were able to take advantage of this unique viewing geometry. They acquired a panoramic mosaic of the Saturn system that allows scientists to see details in the rings and throughout the system as they are backlit by the sun.With both Cassini's wide-angle and narrow-angle cameras aimed at Saturn, Cassini was able to capture 323 images in just over four hours. This final mosaic uses 141 of those wide-angle images. Images taken using the red, green and blue spectral filters of the wide-angle camera were combined and mosaicked together to create this natural-color view. This image spans about 404,880 miles (651,591 kilometers) across. || ", "hits": 259 }, { "id": 30518, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30518/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2014-08-06T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "Earth From the Outer Solar System", "description": "On July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft had the unusual opportunity to image the whole Saturn system as well as our home planet, Earth, and its moon. In this rare image, Earth is 898 million miles (1.44 billion kilometers) away and appears as a blue dot while the moon can be seen as a fainter protrusion off its right side. Opportunities to image Earth from the outer solar system are few and far between and special care must be taken to avoid damaging the cameras onboard the spacecraft. NASA informed the public about their planet’s portrait being taken from interplanetary distances and invited them to celebrate by finding Saturn in their part of the sky and waving at the ringed planet.This is one of many images that scientists will stich together to create a mosaic of the diffuse rings that encircle Saturn and check for change over time. The previous mosaic of the Saturn system captured by Cassini in 2006 revealed that the dusty E ring, which is fed by the water-ice plume of the moon Enceladus, had unexpectedly large variations in brightness and color around its orbit. Scientists want to see how the E ring looks seven Earth years later, in hopes that it will provide clues about the forces at work in the Saturn system. || ", "hits": 144 }, { "id": 30513, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30513/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2014-06-19T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hubble Sees Rare Stellar Light Echo", "description": "In January 2002, a red supergiant star named V838 Monocerotis expanded very quickly, heating the surrounding interstellar dust to extreme, glowing temperatures. This movie, created using eight images from the Hubble Space Telescope, reveals the dramatic changes observed between 2002 and 2006. A morphing sequence has been applied to create smooth, seamless transitions between images.For reasons unknown, the star’s outer surface suddenly greatly expanded with the result that it became the brightest star in the entire Milky Way Galaxy. Although the star’s flash appears to expel material into space (like a supernova), what is actually seen is an outwardly moving light echo of the bright flash. In a light echo, rings of interstellar dust that already surround the star reflect light from the flash. The light echo spans about six light years in diameter. The star, which lies about 20,000 light-years away from Earth, presumably ejected the illuminated dust shells in previous outbursts. The star has some similarities to highly unstable aging stars called eruptive variables, which suddenly and unpredictably increase in brightness. || ", "hits": 38 }, { "id": 30507, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30507/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2014-05-14T15:00:00-04:00", "title": "Topsy Turvy Black Holes", "description": "The magenta spots in this image indicate two black holes in the spiral galaxy called NGC 1313, the Topsy Turvy galaxy. Both black holes belong to a class called ultraluminous X-ray sources, or ULXs. The magenta X-ray data come from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescopic Array (NuSTAR) and are overlaid on a visible image from the Digitized Sky Survey. ULXs consist of black holes actively accreting, or feeding, off material drawn in from a partner star. Astronomers are trying to figure out why ULXs shine so brightly with X-rays. NuSTAR's new high-energy X-ray data on NGC 1313 helped narrow down the masses of the black holes in the ULXs: the black hole closer to the center of the galaxy is about 70 to 100 times that of our sun. The other black hole is probably smaller, about 30 solar masses. The Topsy Turvy galaxy is located about 13 million light-years away in the Reticulum constellation. || ", "hits": 32 }, { "id": 30500, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30500/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2014-05-13T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Altimetry: Past, Present and Future", "description": "Launched in 1978, Seasat was the first NASA Earth-orbiting satellite mission designed to observe the world’s ocean. Seasat carried five major instruments, including a radar altimeter that measured the distance between the satellite and sea surface, indicating global sea surface height and the topography of the ocean surface. This visualization shows the progression of improved data resolution from satellite altimeters in the past, present, and future, beginning with 1.5-degree resolution data in 1978 from Seasat and ending with 0.05-degree resolution data from NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, planned to launch in 2020. A single satellite (Geosat) provided 0.5-degree resolution data from 1986 to 1990, while numerous international satellite missions (ERS-1, TOPEX/Poseidon, ERS-2, Jason-1, Envisat, and Jason-2) have provided 0.25-degree resolution data from 1992 until now. These measurements and their continuity are important for monitoring large-scale features such as Rossby and Kelvin waves, the evolution of El Niño and La Niña events, and variation of global sea level in relation to climate change. SWOT (with 0.05-degree-resolution) will offer an unprecedented combination of spatial and temporal resolution while continuing and extending the ocean altimeter data record for years to come. || ", "hits": 30 }, { "id": 30504, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30504/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2014-05-13T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Wind-Blown Marine Debris from Japanese Tsunami", "description": "On Friday, March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Japan that generated tsunami waves that reached 40.5 meters (~133 feet) high, traveling up to 10 kilometers (6 miles) inland in some areas (e.g., Sendai). The earthquake and resulting tsunami generated an estimated 24-25 million tons of rubble and debris in Japan. This simulation shows how winds near the ocean surface impacted the movement of marine debris as they moved across the Pacific from March 2011 to July 2012. The colors show the percentage of windage, or the amount of force (i.e., wind) created on an object by friction. Objects that float mostly above water are more impacted by the speed of the wind than the speed of the water; therefore, they have high windage values (orange and red shades). These objects move more quickly than objects that float mostly below water that are impacted more by the speed of the water and thus have low windage values (purple and blue shades). The results were used to assess the location of the tsunami debris in the ocean and the timeline of its arrival on the west coast of the United States. The International Pacific Research Center, Surface Currents Diagnostic model was used to run the simulation. || ", "hits": 52 }, { "id": 30497, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30497/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2014-03-09T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Milky Way Galaxy's Circumnuclear Ring", "description": "The Circumnuclear Ring (CNR) is a torus of ionized gas and warm dust 10 light-years in diameter orbiting about Sagittarius A-star (Sgr A*), the 4-million solar-mass black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, 27,000 light-years from Earth. Large quantities of interstellar dust and gas between the Galactic center and Earth make it nearly impossible to study the CNR at visible or ultraviolet wavelengths. Fortunately, radiation at infrared wavelengths can pass through the clouds of dust and gas. These images capture the infrared emission from stars (HST/NICMOS), ionized gas (HST/NICMOS), and warm dust (SOFIA/FORCAST) within the central 10 light-years of the Galaxy. A cluster of massive, young stars seen at the center of the upper right image is responsible for ionizing the gas (middle right image) and heating the dust (lower right image) in the CNR. Observations from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)/Faint Object Infrared Camera for the SOFIA Telescope (FORCAST) instrument present the highest spatial resolution images of the warm dust emission from the CNR at the far-infrared wavelengths and reveal its \"clumpy\" nature. Calculations predict that such clumps within the CNR should be ripped apart due to the strong tidal forces from Sgr A*, which means that the CNR will appear as a much different structure 50,000 years from now. || ", "hits": 82 }, { "id": 30481, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30481/", "result_type": "Infographic", "release_date": "2013-12-02T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "Heliophysics and Space Weather", "description": "The sun and its atmosphere consist of several zones, or layers, from the inner core to the outer corona. Beyond the corona is the solar wind, which is an outward expansion of coronal plasma that extends well beyond the orbit of Pluto. This entire region of space influenced by the sun is called the heliosphere. Controlled by the Earth’s magnetic field, the magnetosphere acts as a shield protecting the planet from solar wind. The shape of the Earth's magnetosphere is the direct result of being impacted by solar wind, compressed on its sunward side and elongated on the night-side, the magnetotail. The shock wave where the solar wind encounters Earth's magnetosphere is called the bow shock, which slows and diverts the solar wind. Solar activity lead to solar eruptions, which includes such phenomena as sunspots, flares, prominences, and coronal mass ejections that influence space weather, or near-Earth environmental conditions. Modern society depends heavily on a variety of technologies that are susceptible to space weather. CMEs for example can cause geomagnetic storms that can disrupt satellite communications and navigational equipment, and even cause blackouts. || ", "hits": 298 }, { "id": 30466, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30466/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-11-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Sharpest-Ever Images of the Sun's Corona", "description": "In July 2012 NASA's High Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, telescope launched on a sounding rocket and captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of the sun's million-degree atmosphere, or corona. The square area outlined in yellow in the full disk image of the sun [left], taken by the Atmospheric Imaging Array (AIA) on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), represents the Hi-C field-of-view. The Hi-C telescope captured five minutes of data of the solar corona at about five times finer resolution than SDO's AIA. Within the Hi-C field-of-view [center], scientists identified several examples of coronal braiding—structures that appear to be wrapped and woven together. Zoomed in [right], these braided structures appear to be several strands, or magnetic field lines, tangled together, illuminated by hot plasma. This particular braided structure released energy in a small solar flare, shortly after the Hi-C flight. For decades scientists have sought to understand why the corona is 50 to 100 times hotter than the surface of the sun. Images like these, taken by Hi-C, hint that these braided structures release magnetic energy that likely contributes to the intense heating of the solar corona.Used in 2014 Calendar. || ", "hits": 62 }, { "id": 30467, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30467/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-11-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Under the 'Wing\" of the Small Magellanic Cloud", "description": "The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors. Even though it is a small, or so-called dwarf galaxy, the SMC is so bright that it is visible to the unaided eye from the Southern Hemisphere and near the equator. Many navigators, including Ferdinand Magellan who lends his name to the SMC, used it to help find their way across the oceans. NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope has made the first detection of X-ray emission from young solar-type stars—stars with characteristics broadly similar to those of our sun—that lie outside our Milky Way galaxy. These stars live in a region known as the \"Wing\" of the SMC. This image of the Wing is a composite that combines data from three sources into one. X-ray data from Chandra are shown in purple; optical (i.e., visible) light seen by the Hubble Space Telescope is in red, green, and blue; and infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope are colored red. X-rays from young stars trace the activity and strength of stellar magnetic fields. Magnetic activity provides clues to a star's convection (the rising and falling of hot gas in the star's interior) and rotation rates. The combined X-ray, optical, and infrared data also reveal, for the first time outside our galaxy, objects that resemble very young, lowmass stars, which scientists call \"young stellar objects.\" These objects have ages of a few thousand years and are still embedded in the pillar of dust and gas from which stars form.Used in 2014 Calendar. || ", "hits": 74 }, { "id": 30468, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30468/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-11-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Colliding Galaxies", "description": "This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image illustrates that close encounters between galaxies are messy business. This interacting galaxy duo contains the disturbed, star-forming spiral galaxy NGC 2936—which looks like the profile of a celestial bird—along with its elliptical companion, NGC 2937 at lower left. Once a normal, flat, spiral-disk galaxy, NGC 2936’s appearance and the orbits of its stars have become scrambled due to gravitational tidal interactions with NGC 2937. The interactions have warped and distorted NGC 2936’s spiral shape and interstellar gas has been strewn out into giant tails that look like stretched taffy. Collectively, these two galaxies are called Arp 142—so named because astronomer Halton C. Arp was the first to observe them in the 1960s. Arp 142 lies 326 million light-years away in the southern constellation Hydra and is a member of the Arp catalog of peculiar galaxies. The image is a composite of photos from the Wide Field Camera 3 taken in blue-green, yellow-red, and near-infrared light.Used in 2014 Calendar. || ", "hits": 165 }, { "id": 30469, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30469/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-11-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Landsat Data Help Water-Resource Managers", "description": "In the Western United States between 80 and 90% of freshwater is used for agriculture. In Southern California irrigated farmland stretches southward across the desert from the Salton Sea—an artificial inland sea—to the Mexico border. In the natural-color image [left] acquired on May 15, 2013, by Landsat 8’s Operational Land Imager, blocks of square farmland appear in shades of green and tan, while urban areas such as El Centro, California and Mexicali, Mexico appear in shades of gray. Accurate estimates of total crop area provided by Landsat satellites can be used to help forecast commodities in the United States and the world food market. On that same day, thermal measurements from Landsat 8’s Thermal Infrared Sensor [right] show different temperatures between crop fields as well as urban and desert areas. Cooler areas (e.g., irrigated crops) appear as dark purple and red shades, while warmer areas (e.g., urban and desert areas) appear as shades of bright yellow and white. Plants cool down when they transpire, so the combination of water evaporating from the plants and the ground (i.e., evapotranspiration) lowers the temperature of the irrigated land. Pixels representing cooler areas in thermal images from TIRS help water-resource managers determine where water is being used for irrigation, allowing them to make management decisions on water distribution to preserve this scarce resource. When an earlier design of Landsat 8 did not include a thermal infrared band, the Western States Water Council advocated for its inclusion.Used in 2014 Calendar. || ", "hits": 21 }, { "id": 30470, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30470/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-11-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Van Allen Probes Discover New Radiation Belt", "description": "Shortly after launch on August 30, 2012, particle detection instruments aboard NASA's twin Van Allen Probes revealed to scientists the existence of a new, transient, third radiation belt around Earth. In this image, three distinct radiation belts are represented as orange and red shades with the emergence of a second empty slot region [green], in between the second and new, outermost third belt. Named after their discoverer James Van Allen, these belts are critical regions for modern society, which is dependent on many space-based technologies. The Van Allen belts are affected by space weather and can swell dramatically during solar storms. When this occurs, they can pose dangers to communications and global positioning system (GPS) satellites, as well as humans in space. This discovery shows the dynamic and variable nature of the radiation belts and improves our understanding of how they respond to solar activity. Scientists observed the third belt for four weeks before a powerful interplanetary shock wave from the sun annihilated it. Data from the Van Allen Probes are important for the study of the effect of space weather on Earth, as well as the fundamental physical processes observed around other objects, such as planets in our solar system and distant nebulae.Used in 2014 Calendar. || ", "hits": 1498 }, { "id": 30471, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30471/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-11-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Curiosity's Self-Portrait", "description": "On October 31, 2012, the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover captured this “self-portrait.” Curiosity used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) located at the end of its robotic arm to capture a set of 55 thumbnail images that were then stitched together to create this full-color mosaic. The rover is located at \"Rocknest,\" the spot in Gale Crater where the mission's first scoop sampling took place. Four scoop scars can be seen in the regolith in front of the rover. A fifth scoop was collected later. The rover’s robotic arm was positioned out of the shot in the images, or portions of images, used to create the mosaic and therefore, is not visible. Self-portraits like this one document the state of the rover and allow mission engineers to track changes over time, such as dust accumulation and wheel wear. Only MAHLI (among the rover's 17 cameras) is able to image some parts of the craft, including the port-side wheels. August 5, 2014, is the second Earth-year anniversary of Curiosity’s landing on Mars. After a nearly perfect landing in 2012, the rover has been working its way up the rugged slopes of Mount Sharp, which rise about 3.4 miles (5.5 kilometers) above Gale Crater. Along the way, the rover has been using its 10 instruments to study the composition of the Martian surface and search for any signs that this area could have ever supported life.Used in 2014 Calendar. || ", "hits": 54 }, { "id": 30472, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30472/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-11-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Dwarf Galaxy Caught Ramming into a Large Spiral", "description": "Shown here, observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope reveal a massive cloud of multimillion-degree gas in a galaxy about 60 million light years from Earth. The hot gas cloud is likely caused by a collision between a dwarf galaxy [bottom left] and a much larger galaxy called NGC 1232 [center]. The image, which combines X-rays and optical light, shows the scene of the collision. Chandra X-ray data, in purple, show the hot gas has a comet-like appearance, caused by the motion of the dwarf galaxy. Optical data from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope reveal the spiral galaxy in blue and white. The X-ray emission source at the top right of the image appears to be unrelated to the galaxy collision. If confirmed, this discovery would mark the first time such a collision has been detected only in X-rays, and could have implications for understanding how galaxies grow through similar collisions. The impact between the dwarf galaxy and the spiral galaxy caused a shock wave—akin to a sonic boom on Earth—that generated the hot gas with a temperature of about 6 million degrees.Used in 2014 Calendar. || ", "hits": 48 }, { "id": 30473, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30473/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-11-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Observing Freshwater Losses in the Middle East", "description": "A study using data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites found that large parts of the arid Middle East region lost freshwater reserves rapidly during the past decade. Meanwhile, demand for freshwater continues to rise. The two natural-color images on the left were acquired by the Landsat 5 satellite and show the shrinking of the Qadisiyah Reservoir in Iraq between September 7, 2006 [top left] and September 15, 2009 [bottom left]. The graph below these two images shows the elevation of the water in that reservoir between January 2003 and December 2009. The elevation is a proxy measurement for the total volume of water stored there. The two regional images on the right were created with GRACE data and show total water storage in the Tigris and Euphrates river basins for September 2003 [top right] and September 2009 [bottom right]. The graph shows a decrease in water storage for the study area as measured by GRACE from January 2003 to December 2009. The gray line depicts total water storage—groundwater, surface water bodies, and soil moisture—while the green line depicts changes in surface water. The difference between those two lines reflects the change in water stored in underground aquifers. The total water storage shows a seasonal fluctuation, but also an overall downward trend, suggesting that groundwater is being pumped and used faster than natural processes can replenish it. Data from satellites such as GRACE are essential to providing a more complete global picture of water storage trends.Used in 2014 Calendar. || ", "hits": 44 }, { "id": 30474, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30474/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-11-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Voyager 1 Exits Heliosphere", "description": "At 122 times our distance from the sun, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is the first human-made object to leave the heliosphere, the far-reaching extended atmosphere of the sun. Launched in 1997, Voyager 1 is traveling away from Earth at a speed of about 340 million miles (540 million kilometers) per year. In the summer of 2012, Voyager 1 started its journey into interstellar space, or the space between stars. This artist's concept depicts Voyager 1 exiting the heliosphere and entering the interstellar medium (brown hue at the top of the image). When Voyager 1’s Plasma Wave Subsystem detects vibrations it allows scientists to characterize the plasma, or ionized gas, the spacecraft is embedded in. From October to November 2012 and again from April to May 2013, Voyager 1's plasma wave instrument detected vibrations caused by previous explosions on the sun. The inset graph shows the frequency of the waves, which is directly related to the plasma density. The high density clearly indicates that Voyager 1 is embedded in “cold” interstellar plasma, left over from the death of nearby giant stars millions of years ago, which dominates interstellar space. Through extrapolation of measured plasma densities from both events, teams of scientists determined that Voyager 1 first entered interstellar space in the summer of 2012. To listen to the audio version of the oscillations detected by Voyager 1, visit: www.nasa.gov/voyager. Its increasing pitch indicates increasing interstellar plasma density over time.Used in 2014 Calendar. || ", "hits": 618 }, { "id": 30475, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30475/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-11-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "GRAIL Creates Most Accurate Moon Gravity Map", "description": "This colorful image of Earth’s moon shows variations in the lunar gravity field, as measured by NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) satellites. Dark blue shades indicate areas that have a low local gravity, while red shades indicate areas that have a high degree of local gravity. The high-resolution gravity field map resolves spatial scales as fine as 13 kilometers (~8 miles) and reveals distinct lunar features including impact basins, complex craters, and simple craters. As the twin spacecraft move along the same orbit, they react to the mass of features on the surface below them (e.g., mountains and craters) as well as features hidden beneath the surface. In orbit, the two spacecraft transmit radio signals to define precisely the distance between them. Scientists translate this information into highly precise maps of gravity that allows them to learn about the moon's internal structure and composition, providing a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed and evolved. After revealing much about the moon’s interior composition, GRAIL’s extremely successful primary mission ended in December 2012; unlike most missions, however, GRAIL went out with a bang. The twin spacecraft, called Ebb and Flow, were intentionally crashed into a mountain near the moon’s north pole to study the resulting dust cloud and learn more about the composition of the lunar surface.Used in 2014 Calendar. || ", "hits": 279 }, { "id": 30465, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30465/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-10-30T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Analyzing Superstorm Sandy", "description": "A rare convergence of environmental conditions during Hurricane Sandy’s lifecycle led to a storm of unforgettable destruction—hence its nickname, Superstorm Sandy. Scientists can analyze the structure and lifecycle of severe storms like Sandy using weather prediction models and incorporate what they learn into newer models, which hopefully result in even more accurate hurricane forecasts in the future. Scientists at NASA used the Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5 (GEOS-5) to simulate surface wind speeds across the Atlantic during Sandy’s lifecycle. The large image above shows surface wind speeds on October 29, 2012, as simulated by the GEOS-5 at 7-kilometer (~4.3-mile) resolution just before the storm made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey. Wind speeds range from approximately 10 miles per hour (15 kilometers per hour), shown as dark blue, to 80 miles per hour (130 kilometers per hour), shown as very light purple. In the days following landfall, the remnants of Sandy moved inland over Northern New England and Canada before finally dissipating. The three smaller images show how GEOS-5 simulations of sea level pressure [left], surface wind speeds [center], and accumulated rainfall amounts [right] from October 26, 2012 to October 31, 2012, compare to observations from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Hurricane Center.Used in 2014 Calendar. || ", "hits": 46 } ] }