Earth ID: 1320

HoloGlobe: Earth at Night

Visualizations by Jim Strong Released on 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.

A rotating globe showing the visible light sources on the Earths surface as measured by the DMSP satellites during the 1980s. White dots represent city lights, red dots represent forest fires, and yellow dots represent oil well fires.

The visible light sources on the Earths surface as measured by the DMSP satellites during the 1980s. White dots represent city lights, red dots represent forest fires, and yellow dots represent oil well fires.

For More Information

http://www.mnh.si.edu/museum/VirtualTour/Tour/First/Hologlobe/

Visualization Credits

Jim Strong (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Tom Watters (Smithsonian/Air and Space): Scientist
Woodruff Sullivan (University of Washington): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Data Used:

DMSP/OLS

1972-1989

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Operational Linescan System

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This item is part of this series:
HoloGlobe and Earth Today

Goddard TV Tape:
G1997-045

Keywords:
DLESE >> Human geography
SVS >> Urban
NASA Science >> Earth