Earth  ID: 3381

Great Zoom out of Chicago, IL: The Adler Planetarium

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on November 14, 2006
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 Adler Planetarium. The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago, Illinois was built in 1930 by philanthropist Max Adler. It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan near the Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum of Natural History, and Soldier Field.
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A seamless zoom from the ground to space, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and starting at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Illinois.
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The animation begins from this full global view.
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Next, the animation zooms to a view of central North America.
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As we get closer, the region around Lake Michigan is seen.
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The Chicago metropolitan area is in view.
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In 1998, Chicago officially opened the Museum Campus, a 10-acre lakefront park surrounding three of the city's main museums: the Adler Planetarium, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the Shedd Aquarium.

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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/earthday2001/index.html

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Marte Newcombe (GST): Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Visualizer
James Garvin (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Missions:
Terra
Landsat

Data Used:
IKONOS
2000/09/27, 2000/10/11
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Landsat-7/ETM+
2000/10/10, 2000/10/19
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Terra/MODIS
2000/03/06
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This item is part of this series:
Great Zooms

Goddard TV Tapes:
G2001-027
G2003-046

Keywords:
SVS >> Chicago
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Human geography
DLESE >> Physical geography
SVS >> Zoom
GCMD >> Location >> Illinois
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