Earth ID: 2331

Great Zoom into Beltsville, MD: Beltsville Agricultural Research Center

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on December 1, 2001

Using data from different spacecraft and some powerful computer technology, visualizers at the Goddard Space Flight Center present you with a collection of American cities in a way you have never seen them before. Starting with our camera high above the Earth, we rush in towards the surface at what would be an impossible speed for any known vehicle. Passing though layers of atmosphere, the colors of our destinations shimmer with their own unique characteristics, and suddenly we find ourselves floating in virtual space just above the ground.

A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and ending at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Beltville, Maryland

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Marte Newcombe (GST): Animator
Michael Mangos (GST): Animator
John McGinnis (NASA): Animator
Jeffrey Morisette (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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Missions:
Landsat
Terra

Data Used:

Landsat-7/ETM+

1999/05/11

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IKONOS

2000/09/29

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Terra/MODIS

2000/03/06

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Great Zooms

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Keywords:
DLESE >> Human geography
DLESE >> Physical geography
SVS >> Zoom
NASA Science >> Earth