Earth
Planets and Moons
ID: 4801
This visualization was created as an introductory shot to video celebrating the 50th anniersary of Earth Day. The camera approaches the moon from the far side, with Earth behind the moon. The camera moves over the limb revealing Apollo-8, when Bill Anders took the iconic "Earthrise" photo that inspired Earth Day and the environmental movement.
The camera then pushes in quickly to the Earth revealing the Earth observing spacecraft that were in orbit in 1970, the year of the first Earth Day. Finally, the orbits from other years are flashed on until we reach the orbits for 2020, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
Earth Day 2020: Apollo-8 to Earth observing fleet
The camera then pushes in quickly to the Earth revealing the Earth observing spacecraft that were in orbit in 1970, the year of the first Earth Day. Finally, the orbits from other years are flashed on until we reach the orbits for 2020, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
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Visualization Credits
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Visualizer
Ernie Wright (USRA): Visualizer
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Visualizer
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Producer
Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Ernie Wright (USRA): Visualizer
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Visualizer
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Producer
Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
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Mission:
Apollo
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This item is part of this series:
Earth Day 2020
Keywords:
SVS >> Moon
SVS >> Hyperwall
NASA Science >> Earth
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
SVS >> Fleet
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4801
Mission:
Apollo
Data Used:
CelesTrak Spacecraft Orbit Ephemeris
EphemerisTerra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation also referred to as: BMNG
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
LRO/LOLA/Digital Elevation Map also referred to as: DEM
GEOS-5 Atmospheric Model on the Cubed-Sphere also referred to as: GEOS-5 Cubed-Sphere
Model - NASA GMAO
The model is the GEOS-5 atmospheric model on the cubed-sphere, run at 14-km global resolution for 30-days. GEOS-5 is described here http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/systems/geos5/ and the cubed-sphere work is described here http://sivo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cubedsphere_overview.html.
Apollo 8 Trajectory Reconstruction
Ephemeris - NASAThis item is part of this series:
Earth Day 2020
Keywords:
SVS >> Moon
SVS >> Hyperwall
NASA Science >> Earth
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
SVS >> Fleet
