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Animation of a monsoon over the western coast of India on July 28th, 2014. As the camera moves in, a cutting plane reveals the inner structures of the storm.   4400   India Monsoon - July 2014
Aquarius color bar showing soil moisture range from 0 to 0.4 volumetric fraction, going from red to green to blue.   4401   Aquarius Soil Moisture 2011 -2015
Mollweide projected animation of CO2 data from the OCO-2 mission. Data spans from September 2014 to August 2015. As the data cycles through the year, you can see an increase CO2 concentrations across the northern hemisphere going from winter to spring. Then in the summer, as vegetation reaches it's peak, there is a noticeable decline in CO2 concentration throughout the entire northern hemisphere.   4402   A Year of Global Carbon Dioxide Measurements
The phase and libration of the Moon for 2016, at hourly intervals. Includes supplemental graphics that display the Moon's orbit, subsolar and sub-Earth points, and the Moon's distance from Earth at true scale. Craters near the terminator are labeled.   4404   Moon Phase and Libration, 2016
The phase and libration of the Moon for 2016, at hourly intervals. Includes supplemental graphics that display the Moon's orbit, subsolar and sub-Earth points, and the Moon's distance from Earth at true scale. Craters near the terminator are labeled.   4405   Moon Phase and Libration, 2016 South Up
Plot of time (1950 to 2015) versus sea surface temperature anomalies (-2.5 to +2.5 degrees C)   4406   Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Plot from 1950 to 2015
The final animation of the monthly burned area percent shown in the Robinson projection with a colorbar and date overlay   4407   Monthly burned area from the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED)
The Earth straddling the limb of the Moon, as seen from above Compton crater (51.8°N, 124.1°E). The center of the Earth in this view is 4.05°S, 12.48°W, about 1100 kilometers due south of Sierra Leone. The large tan area in the upper right is the Sahara desert, and just beyond is the Arabian Peninsula. The Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America are visible to the left. WAC E1199291151C (Earth only), NAC M1199291564LR (Earth and Moon); sequence start time 12 October 2015 12:18:17.384 UTC.   4408   LROC Earthset
Global NO2 Concentrations, Endpoint Fade 2005, 2014   4410   2005-2014 NO2 Hyperwall Shows
This global map shows the concentration of nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere as detected by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument aboard the Aura satellite, averaged over 2005.   4412   NASA Images Show Human Fingerprint on Global Air Quality - Release Materials
Animation showing Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly (SSTA) and Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly (TWSA) data from 2002 to 2015 simultaneously. For SSTA data, blues indicate temperatures lower than normal and reds are areas warmer than normal. With this data we can see the comings and goings of El Niño and La Niña across the years. For the TWSA data, browns indicate areas with less ground water than normal and greens are areas with more ground water than normal, which correlates to droughts and floods in these various regions. Furthermore, terrestrial areas that show significant amounts of low water storage are much more sensitive to wildfires.   4413   Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly and Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly Comparison
A fleet of landers, rovers, and orbiters is exploring the Red Planet, providing mission controllers with a remote presence on Mars. This visualization is available for download in 4K Ultra HD .   4414   The Mars Fleet
Animation showing Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly (TWSA) data from 2002 to 2015. Browns indicate areas with less ground water than normal and greens are areas with more ground water than normal, which correlates to droughts and floods in these various regions.   4415   Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly 2002 - 2015
1997 - 1998 El Nino -- Atmospheric River   4416   1997-1998 El Nino Atmospheric River
The close-up view of the atmopheric river in Oct. 2014 - Mar. 2015.   4417   2014 - 2015 Atmospheric River
This animation shows the accumulation of rainfall over the United States during December 2015, from the IMERG precipitation dataset. The black outline indicates the Mississippi-Missouri River basin. This version has been edited to only show the periods of significant rainfall during the month.   4418   IMERG Rainfall Accumulation over the United States for December 2015
This color-coded map in Robinson projection displays a progression of changing global surface temperature anomalies from 1880 through 2015. Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red and lower then normal termperatures are shown in blue. The final frame represents the global temperatures 5-year averaged from 2011 through 2015. Scale in degree Celsius.   4419   Five-Year Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2015
Global temperature data for December 2015, in degrees Fahrenheit, starting with North America and pulling back to reveal the whole world. The December 2015 temperatures are compared to a baseline of the 1951-1980 average temperature. Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red and lower then normal termperatures are shown in blue.   4420   Global Temperature Anomalies from December 2015
Full disk 4Kx4K frames.   4422   SDO Year 6: A Year of the Sun
The umbral and penumbral shadow cones travel across the surface of the Earth during the March 9, 2016 total solar eclipse.   4424   March 2016 Eclipse Shadow Cones
The Moon orbits the Earth in the months prior to the March 9, 2016 (March 8 in the Americas) total solar eclipse. Viewed from above, the Moon's shadow appears to cross the Earth every month, but a side view reveals the five-degree tilt of the Moon's orbit. Its shadow only hits the Earth when the line of nodes, the fulcrum of its orbital tilt, is pointed toward the Sun.   4425   March 2016 Eclipse and the Moon's Orbit
The Moon moves right to left in its orbit around the Earth. The shadow it casts hits the Earth during the March 9, 2016 total solar eclipse.   4426   March 2016 Eclipse: Earth, Moon and Sun
The animated shadow path of the March 9, 2016 total solar eclipse, showing the umbra (black oval), penumbra (concentric shaded ovals), and path of totality (red) through Indonesia and the western Pacific.   4427   March 2016 Total Solar Eclipse Path
Print resolution image showing less than normal ground water saturation throughout the Mediteranean region on January 15, 2012. This image includes the date and colorbar overlay.   4428   2012 Mediterranean Drought
Animation showing a massive lightning storm form over Northern Alabama on September 2, 2012. Although the data shown here is based on real observations, the cloud cover data was only available for a very limited window of time as an experiment using the GOES-14 satellite. The cloud data comes from ground-based sensors. This animation is a proof-of-concept showing the kind of data that will be gathered by GOES-R on a regular basis.   4429   Massive Lightning Storm Lights up Northern Alabama
Complete visualization (Orbit, Collection, Communication, Constellations) - no narration.   4430   JPSS Multi Mission Concept of Operations
An animation showing flight 13 from the CONTRAST campaign and the backflow trajectories. The trajectories are coloured by observed aircraft ozone level where blue values represent low concentrations of ozone and red represents high values. This includes a date and colorbar.   4431   Ozone Transport in the Tropical Western Pacific
This animation shows the accumulation of rainfall over the United States during December 2015, from the IMERG precipitation dataset.   4432   IMERG Rainfall Accumulation from December 2015 through February 2016
This visualization shows how the Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly (SSTA) data and subsurface Temperature Anomaly from the 1997 El Nino year compares to the 2015 El Nino year. The visualization shows how the 1997 event started from colder-than-average sea surface temperatures – but the 2015 event started with warmer-than-average temperatures not only in the Pacific but also in in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.   4433   El Niño: GMAO Daily Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly from 1997/1998 and 2015/2016
Print resolution still showing Winston's internal (heavy) precipitation structure around the cyclone eye.   4434   Cyclone Winston Slams Fiji (February 20, 2016)
An animation of the annual Arctic sea ice minimum with a graph overlay showing the area of the minimum sea ice in millions of square kilometers.   4435   Annual Arctic Sea Ice Minimum 1979-2015 with Area Graph
Print-res still of the Mars free-air gravity globe, centered at 90degW. Includes an alpha channel.   4436   GMM-3 Mars Gravity Map
Turntable visualization of Cyclone Winston with a cutting plane through the storm's eye. As the camera swings around the cyclone, the cutting plane stays perpendicular to the camera revealing a cross-section of the cyclone's internal precipitation rates. Extremely heavy precipitation remains outside of the clipping plane, showing a wall of heavy rain around the eye.   4437   Inside Cyclone Winston (February 20, 2016)
This visualization shows the anomalously warm month of January 2016. Reds show areas that are warmer than normal and blue shows regions that are colder than normal.   4438   Global Temperature Anomalies from January 2016
Blue ocean layer - this is a static layer   4439   High Resolution Layers from "Monsoons: Wet, Dry, Repeat..."
An image of the Arctic sea ice on March 24, 2016.   4440   Arctic Sea Ice Maximum - 2016
This visual of the February 2016 monthly GISTEMP shows temperatures that are warmer than normal in red and colder than normal in blue.   4441   Global Temperature Anomalies from February 2016
Soil Moisture / Precipitation in Australia, Absolute   4443   NASA-USDA-FAS Soil Moisture / IMERG
The camera zooms from an overhead, global view centered on the northern rim of Prinz crater, at 26.3degN 43.7degW, down to an oblique, close-up view of Vera crater and the associated rille, Rima Prinz.   4444   Rima Prinz and Vera
The atmospheric river in Jan 2016.   4445   El Niño - Atmospheric River in January 2016
There are two images showing surface ozone over Asia and the North Pacific on June 2 and June 5, 2013.   4447   KORUS-AQ: Surface Ozone Levels Over the Korean Peninsula in June 2013
CH 2 O levels over the Korean peninsula in June 2013. CH 2 O is commonly known as methanal or formaldehyde.   4448   KORUS_AQ: CH2O Levels over the Korean Peninsula in June 2013
The visualizatiion of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) over the Korean peninsula in June 2013.   4449   KORUN_AQ: NO2 levels over the Korean Peninsula in June 2013
Total Tropospheric Ozone over the Korean peninsula in June 2013.   4450   KORUS_AQ: Total Tropospheric Ozone levels over the Korean Peninsula in June 2013
A low-magnitude threshold version of the skymap. The threshold magnitude is 3.0 so the galactic disk is very faint. Good for when you just want the brighter stars and have a wide field of view.   4451   The Alternative Night Sky - Another Time - Another Place
This animation examines the change in the vegetation trend over Canada and Alaska between 1984 and 2012.   4452   Vegetation Greening Trend in Canada and Alaska: 1984-2012
The visualization starts with an overview of the MMS orbit.   4453   Zoom in to MMS and Magnetopause Reconnection
Fly along with MMS satellite configuration with particle and field measurements.   4454   MMS Fly Along with Magnetopause Reconnection
In this visualization, the daily Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change progress through time, from this year’s wintertime maximum extent on March 7, 2017, through September 13, 2017 when the sea ice reached its annual minimum extent for the year. Over the water, Arctic sea ice changes from day to day showing a running 3-day minimum sea ice concentration in the region where the concentration is greater than 15%. The blueish white color of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running minimum of the AMSR2 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the terrain, monthly data from the seasonal Blue Marble Next Generation fades slowly from month to month.   4455   Arctic Sea Ice from March to September 2017
This animation shows how NASA scientists used an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft to study Hurricane Edouard. Dropsonde data is compared to SHIS curtain data as the aircraft flies back and forth over the storm. Relative humidity is displayed with blue representing dry air and red representing moist air. Additionally, dropsonde wind vector data is displayed using white arrows.   4456   Global Hawk aircraft observes Hurricane Edouard
Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, August 27, 2017.   4458   Harvey Floods Texas and Threatens Louisiana (Final Tropical Storm Update)
A slow fly-around of the MMS tetrahedral formation to better view the 3-dimensional structure of the data.   4460   Data Tour of MMS and Magnetopause Reconnection
Full-Disk imagery sampled at 3 second cadence.   4461   Mercury Transit 2016 from SDO/HMI
Composited full-disk imagery sampled at 12 second intervals.   4462   Mercury Transit 2016 from SDO/AIA at 171 Angstroms
Composited full-disk imagery sampled at 12 second intervals.   4463   Mercury Transit 2016 from SDO/AIA at 304 Angstroms
Visualization depicting Mars opposition and closest approach occurring in May 2016   4465   2016 Mars Opposition
Insolation (the amount of sunlight reaching the ground) is affected dramatically by the Moon's shadow during the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse.   4466   Insolation during the 2017 Eclipse
The August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse as seen from a satellite in orbit around L1, a point about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth in the direction of the Sun.   4467   2017 Solar Eclipse from L1
Beginning with a full-globe view of the lunar near side, the camera flies to a close-up, increasingly oblique view of the lunar swirl called Reiner Gamma.   4468   Lunar Swirls: Reiner Gamma
This is the complete Dynamic Earth excerpt with a new beginning at 1080p and 4K resolution.   4469   Dynamic Earth-A New Beginning
This visualization follows the WFIRST telescope on its trajectory to the Sun-Earth Lagrange Two point.   4470   WFIRST: The Road to L2
This visualization views the WFIRST trajectory to Sun-Earth Lagrange Two point from above the ecliptic plane.   4471   WFIRST: The Road to L2. The view from above
This visualization views the WFIRST trajectory to Sun-Earth Lagrange Two point from above the ecliptic plane.   4472   WFIRST: The Road to L2. Oblique view
This visualization shows the rainfall accumulation in the US during the period 5/27/2016 through 6/9/2016, from the IMERG dataset. The visualization clearly shows the effects of the series of rain storms across Texas during that period.   4473   IMERG Rainfall Accumulation over the United States for 5/27/2016-6/9/2016
North American monsoon   4474   North American Monsoon
A visualization of Ceres spinning on its axis. The virtual camera moves from the equator toward the north pole, revealing the permanently shadowed regions recently found there.   4475   Permanent Shadows on Ceres
Animation showing Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly (TWSA) data from March 2015 to March 2016. Shades of orange indicate areas with less ground water than normal and shades of blue are areas with more ground water than normal, which correlates to droughts and floods in these various regions.   4476   Global Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly (March 2015 - March 2016)
Example animation showing significant ground water storage loss in the northern half of Brazil. This animation starts with a global view of the Americas, then zooms into the country of Brazil. Finally, monthly GRACE water storage anomaly data from March 2015 to March 2016 are shown.   4477   GRACE over Brazil (March 2015 - March 2016)
Electrons gyrating along the lines of Earth's magnetic field make another orbit around Earth and strike the Van Allen Probe A AGAIN!   4480   Prompt Electron Acceleration in the Radiation Belts
In this animation, the Earth rotates slowly as the Arctic sea ice advances over time from January 18 through July 7, 2016   4481   Arctic Sea Ice Extent: January - June 2016
OSIRIS-REx outbound orbit to asteroid Bennu, including an Earth-gravity assist approximately one year after launch. The gravity assist will adjust the spacecraft’s orbit, putting it in the same inclination as the orbit of Bennu.   4482   OSIRIS-REx orbits, maneuvers, and mapping
This visualization pulls out from Tanzania to show global view of the planet.   4483   Monitoring Chimpanzee Habitats in western Tanzania
Global Fires 2015-2016, with Dates and Colorbar   4484   Global Fires 2015-2016 Visualizations
Hurricanes and climate modes -- 8-wave simulation with 3 members in 2005.   4485   Hurricanes and Climate Modes
This image shows the core region (red outline) and extended region (purple outline) of the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment over a background of the NDVI trend from 1983-2012.   4486   Study Domain for the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment
An animation of the Arctic sea ice from March to August 2016   4487   Arctic Sea Ice from March to August 2016
This animation shows the annual change in sea ice age at each year's minimum extent. Younger sea ice, or first-year ice, is shown in a dark shade of blue while the ice that is four years old or older is shown as white. A bar graph displayed in the lower right corner quantifies the area covered by the ice in each age category on the day of the annual minimum. In addition, memory bars shown in green portray the maximum annual value for each age range seen since January 1, 1984 on the day of the annual minimum.   4489   Yearly Arctic Sea Ice Age with Graph of Ice Age by Area: 1984 - 2016
Accumulated rainfall over the United States from May 1, 2016 to August 29, 2016, derived from the IMERG global precipitation dataset.   4490   IMERG Rainfall Accumulation over the United States for May through August of 2016
ICESat-2 has 3 pairs of lasers that will measure the heights of ice and snow at very high resolution   4492   Icesat-2 Measurements Over Antarctica (prelaunch)
An animation of the flows along the rivers of the Mississippi watershed. This animation does not show actual flow rates of the rivers. All rivers are shown with identical rates. The river colors and widths correspond to the relative lengths of river segments.   4493   The Rivers of the Mississippi Watershed
In this animation, the Earth rotates slowly as the Arctic sea ice advances over time from March 24, 2016 to September 10, 2016, when the sea ice reached its annual minimum extent. The 2016 Arctic minimum sea ice extent is the second lowest minimum extent on the satellite record.   4494   Arctic Sea Ice from March to September 2016
Visualization depicting Post-Tropical Cyclone Hermine as observed by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Satellite on September 6th, 2016. GPM/GMI precipitation rates are displayed as the camera moves in on the storm.   4495   GPM scans hurricane Hermine
STEREO-B (Left Eye) movie   4496   STEREO in stereo: Spring 2007 at 171 Angstroms
This visualization begins with an overview of the United States showing the clouds and rainfall accumulation of the massive rain event over Louisiana beginning on August 11th, 2016 through August 13th, 2016. The camera then begins to zoom in as time resets to August 11th. Time then slows way down on August 12th to show the first of GPM's passes. In this close up of GPM's volumetric DPR data over Louisiana, a cutting plane materializes into view to show the inner structure of this giant storm system. From this view, one can clearly see the heavy amounts of rain in the center of the storm (depicted in yellow, orange, and red). The GPM data then dissolves away as time speeds up before slowing down again later on that same day. This time GPM captures a much larger swath of the storm. Dissolving in the cutting plane again reveals huge amounts of rainfall at this later time. As the GPM data dissolves away again, time speeds back up to show the rest of the rainfall accumulation partway through August 13. At this time, a large portion of Louisiana can be seen completely saturated with rainfall accumulations (depicted in shades of orange to red).   4497   GPM sees Louisiana Floods
A simple view of the orbits for ICON and GOLD. In this version, the oxygen ion ionosphere model is sampled at 15 minute cadence which creates some 'jumping' in the ionosphere enhancements.   4498   ICON and GOLD: Exploring the Interface to Space
The Orientale impact basin, combining shaded relief with free air gravity.   4499   Orientale Impact Basin for the Cover of Science
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