Earth ID: 2885

Great Zoom out of Houston, Texas: Reliant Stadium (with spin)

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on January 31, 2004

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. Special thanks to Digital Globe and Space Imaging for providing the highest reolution data sets used. This animation was produced to accompany the NASA/Columbia tribute during the Super Bowl XXXVIII pregame show.

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Marte Newcombe (GST): Animator
Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Animator
Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Visualizer
Kevin Mahoney (CSC): Animator
Randall Jones (GST): Animator
Eric Sokolowsky (GST): Animator
Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Additional credit should go to: Digital Globe/QuickBird; Space Imaging/IKONOS; MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

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Missions:
Landsat
Terra

Data Used:

IKONOS

2004/01/19

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Landsat-7/ETM+

1999-2000

http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/wrs.html

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QuickBird

2002/12/22

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Terra/MODIS

2002/11/17

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This item is part of this series:
Great Zooms

Goddard TV Tapes:
G2003-046
G2004-006

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Houston
DLESE >> Human geography
DLESE >> Physical geography
SVS >> Super Bowl
SVS >> Zoom
GCMD >> Location >> Texas
SVS >> For Educators
SVS >> Earth >> Texas >> Houston
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0