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Jun 19, 2010
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Montgomery, C. G.; Saari, J. M.; Shorthill, R. W.; Six, N. F., Jr
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Directional characteristics and brightness temperatures of thermal lunar emission
Topics: BOUGUER LAW, BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE, INFRARED RADIATION, LUNAR TEMPERATURE, SELENOGRAPHY, THERMAL...
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Nov 5, 2009
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory and the . Image analysis by John Smellie, British Antarctic Survey; and Matt Patrick, HIGP Thermal Alerts Team.
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The first recorded eruption of Mount Belinda Volcano, on Montagu Island in the remote South Sandwich Islands, began in October 2001. The eruption was first detected by the MODIS Thermal Alert System <a href="http://modis.higp.hawaii.edu/">(MODVOLC),</a> an automated volcano alert system based on thermal anomalies, or “hot spots,” detected in satellite data. The first visual confirmation of the eruption came from ships that passed the islands in February...
Topic: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20285
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory and the Image analysis by John Smellie, British Antarctic Survey; and Matt Patrick, HIGP Thermal Alerts Team.
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The first recorded eruption of Mount Belinda Volcano, on Montagu Island in the remote South Sandwich Islands, began in October 2001. The eruption was first detected by the MODIS Thermal Alert System <a href="http://modis.higp.hawaii.edu/">(MODVOLC),</a> an automated volcano alert system based on thermal anomalies, or “hot spots,” detected in satellite data. The first visual confirmation of the eruption came from ships that passed the islands in February...
Topic: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17341
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Oct 14, 2009
10/09
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NASA/JPL/Arizona State University
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(Released 29 May 2002) Color differences in this daytime infrared image taken by the camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft represent differences in the mineral composition of the rocks, sediments and dust on the surface. The image shows a portion of a canyon named Candor Chasma within the great Valles Marineris system of canyons, at approximately 5 degrees south latitude, 285 degrees east (75 degrees west) longitude. The area shown is approximately 30 by 175 kilometers (19 by 110 miles). The...
Topics: What -- Mars, What -- Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)
Source: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03816
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The western margin of northern Scandinavia's largest ice sheet, Svartisen Glacier, edges into the right-hand part of this image of western Norway. The glacier is part of Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park, which encompasses the glacier, the coastal fjords, and the mountains and valleys inland of the glacier (not pictured). This image of the southwestern part of the park shows the diverse topography of the area. In the west, the waters of the Norwegian Sea penetrate the coastline in numerous...
Topic: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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This graph shows that the air 30 meters above the surface of Mars at Gusev Crater, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's landing site, is hotter and fluctuates in temperature to a larger degree than the air higher up at 500 meters. These data, acquired by the rover's miniature thermal emission spectrometer, help scientists understand how the bottom layer of air closest to the surface behaves and interacts with global winds.
Topics: What -- Mars Exploration Rover (MER), What -- Crater, What -- Miniature Thermal Emission...
Source: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05271
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Oct 15, 2009
10/09
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NASA/JPL/Cornell/ASU
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This graph shows that the atmospheric temperatures above the surface of Mars at Gusev Crater, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's landing site, fluctuate to a significant degree. The color red denotes warmer temperatures, while blue is cooler. The red and yellow waves of color represent thermals, or pockets of heat, which rise and fall across the surface. These data, acquired by the rover's miniature thermal emission spectrometer, help scientists understand how the bottom layer of air closest to...
Topics: What -- Mars Exploration Rover (MER), What -- Crater, What -- Miniature Thermal Emission...
Source: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05272
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Oct 15, 2009
10/09
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These plots, or spectra, show that the rock collection dubbed " El Capitan"near the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site at Meridiani Planum, Mars, consists of three primary mineral groups. These data were taken by the rover's miniature thermal emission spectrometer, which uses infrared detectors to determine the mineral composition of rocks and soil. The top curve in the graph is the spectrum of an average sulfate mineral. The two curves in the center are the spectrum of...
Topics: What -- Mars Exploration Rover (MER), What -- Mars, What -- Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer...
Source: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05472
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May 2, 2011
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Chasma Boreale, a long, flat-floored valley, cuts deep into Mars' north polar icecap. Its walls rise about 4,600 feet, or 1,400 meters, above the floor. Where the edge of the ice cap has retreated, sheets of sand are emerging that accumulated during earlier ice-free climatic cycles. Winds blowing off the ice have pushed loose sand into dunes and driven them down-canyon in a westward direction. This scene combines images taken during the period from December 2002 to February 2005 by the Thermal...
Topics: What -- Mars, What -- Polar, What -- Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/528131main_PIA13659_full.jpg
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan
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Located near the east coast of Italy's province of Sicily, Mount Etna is Europe's most active volcano and is one of the world's largest continental volcanoes, standing about 3,350 m (10,991 feet) tall. Mount Etna has a broad base (or shield) spanning roughly 60 by 40 km (36 by 24 miles) and reaching an altitude of about 2,900 m (9,500 feet). The remaining 400 m (1,200 feet) at its top is a stratovolcano made from several vents that have coalesced.Most of the surface of Mount Etna is covered by...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=1867
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Nov 5, 2009
11/09
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
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Pyroclastic flows (avalanches of hot ash, pumice, rock, and volcanic gas) poured down the side of the Augustine Volcano in the early hours of February 1, 2006, when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer <a href="http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/">(ASTER)</a> took this image. This nighttime view of the volcano shows the eruption in terms of heat from the thermal infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The hot flows glow as...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Alaska
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17453
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Nov 5, 2009
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan
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Northeast of Sedona, Arizona, the Brins Fire continued to threaten parts of Oak Creek Canyon on June 23, 2006. This image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer <a href="http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov">(ASTER)</a> on NASA’s <a href="http://terra.nasa.gov">Terra</a> satellite shows the Brins Fire and the town of Sedona. The image doesn’t appear exactly like a digital photo because it...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Arizona
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17590
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Nov 5, 2009
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided by the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan
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The devastating fires that raged across Portugal in July and August 2005 did not spare the country’s largest park their fury. In central Portugal, almost the entire range of the country’s highest mountains, the Serra da Estrela, are part of a national park, in which a rural economy of agriculture, including herding of goats and sheep, co-exists with scenic views, significant cultural and historical sites, and good examples of glacier-carved topography.Although small fires had started and...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Portugal
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20200
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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These Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) images cover an area of 8 x 4 km in Railroad Valley, NV, and were acquired August 17, 2001. The top image shows center-pivot irrigated fields, with healthy vegetation in red. The middle image displays the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), a calculated quantity that portrays the amount of vegetation. (To learn more about NDVI, read: <a...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2145
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Jun 20, 2010
06/10
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Smith, B. G
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Statistical model of lunar surface roughness, shadow, and thermal emission
Topics: LUNAR ORBITER, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, SURFACE ROUGHNESS, THERMAL EMISSION, LUNAR SHADOW, LUNAR...
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New images from the Odyssey spacecraft show material moving downslope near the south pole of Mars. This view of dark material arranged in intricate, leaflike patterns on a lighter surface was taken by the Thermal Emission Imaging System. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Topics: Martian Terrain, What -- Mars, What -- Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)
Source: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/gallery/martianterrain/20070515_ld.html
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided by the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan
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The devastating fires that raged across Portugal in July and August 2005 did not spare the country’s largest park their fury. In central Portugal, almost the entire range of the country’s highest mountains, the Serra da Estrela, are part of a national park, in which a rural economy of agriculture, including herding of goats and sheep, co-exists with scenic views, significant cultural and historical sites, and good examples of glacier-carved topography.Although small fires had started and...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Portugal
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17287
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Nov 5, 2009
11/09
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using ASTER data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan
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By March 1, 2006, the clouds over southern Leyte Island in the Philippines had largely cleared, providing the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (<a href="http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/">ASTER</a>) on NASA’s <a href="http://terra.nasa.gov/">Terra</a> satellite with this view of the landslide that buried a town. Nearly 1,000 people died in the town of Guinsaugon when heavy rains triggered the...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Philippines
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17475
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Nov 5, 2009
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using ASTER data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan
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North of Payson, Arizona, an early-season fire broke out in the rugged terrain along the Mogollon Rim in the Tonto National Forest on February 6, 2006. The fire spread south and southwest through a landscape of chaparral, pine, and juniper for more than a week. It eventually burned through about 4,243 acres (about 17 square kilometers) before firefighters contained it. This false-color image captured on February 15 by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer <a...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Arizona
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20491
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Nov 5, 2009
11/09
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These Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) images cover an area of 8 x 4 km in Railroad Valley, NV, and were acquired August 17, 2001. The top image shows center-pivot irrigated fields, with healthy vegetation in red. The middle image displays the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), a calculated quantity that portrays the amount of vegetation. (To learn more about NDVI, read: <a href="/Library/MeasuringVegetation/">Measuring...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=15861
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of courtesy of Eric Fielding (NASA/JPL), the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
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The Sierra Negra Volcano in the Galapagos Islands began erupting on October 22, 2005. In early November, Sierra Negra’s lava flow was so hot it could be seen at night—by a thermal infrared satellite sensor, that is. On November 2, 2005, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer <a href="http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/ ">(ASTER)</a> flying onboard NASA’s <a...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17356
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Eruption information from the Global Volcanism Network. Satellite data provided by the , University of Hawaii Manoa. ASTER image courtesy NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan
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The Colima Volcano part of a complex of volcanoes that forms the center of the Western Mexico Volcanic Belt. Rising 3,850 meters above the forested valley around the Nevado National Park, Colima is one of Mexico’s most active volcanoes. Most recently, on September 28, 2004, a new lava dome began to rise from Colima’s summit crater. By September 30, block and ash flows—an avalanche of hot volcanic rock—began streaming down the mountain, and lava bubbled out starting on October 1. The...
Topics: What -- Crater, What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19070
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Nov 5, 2009
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using expedited ASTER data provided the NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS and U.S./Japan
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The Karymsky Volcano in far northeastern Russia had been erupting several times a day for about a week prior to emitting this ash plume on June 19, 2006. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (<a href="http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/">ASTER</a>) on NASA’s <a href="http://terra.nasa.gov/">Terra</a> satellite captured this false-color image. In this picture, red indicates vegetation, which is...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Russia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20760
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Located near the east coast of Italy's province of Sicily, Mount Etna is Europe's most active volcano and is one of the world's largest continental volcanoes, standing about 3,350 m (10,991 feet) tall. Mount Etna has a broad base (or shield) spanning roughly 60 by 40 km (36 by 24 miles) and reaching an altitude of about 2,900 m (9,500 feet). The remaining 400 m (1,200 feet) at its top is a stratovolcano made from several vents that have coalesced.Most of the surface of Mount Etna is covered by...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=15790
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Jun 26, 2011
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NASA -- Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/ ASTER Science Team
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These Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) images cover an area of 8 x 4 km in Railroad Valley, NV, and were acquired August 17, 2001. The top image shows center-pivot irrigated fields, with healthy vegetation in red. The middle image displays the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), a calculated quantity that portrays the amount of vegetation. (To learn more about NDVI, read: ../Features/MeasuringVegetation/ Measuring Vegetation ) The color code...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=1806
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NASA -- NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/ ASTER Science Team
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In coming years, the shores of San Francisco Bay south of the San Mateo Bridge will begin to look a bit more like their former, pre-developed selves. The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project will be converting several clusters of salt evaporation ponds, pictured in vivid color in this Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov (ASTER) image from October 6, 2003, back into the tidal marshes, mudflats and other wetland ecosystems that pre-date human...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=4877
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The rising sun bathes the eastern half of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula with light, casting long shadows in the west. The shadows highlight the plume of ash that continues to rise from the Klyuchevskaya Volcano. The largest and most active volcano on the peninsula, Klyuchevskaya has erupted regularly since its first recorded eruption in 1697. Its most recent activity began in mid-January 2005, and has not abated. Dark ash from the ongoing eruption dusts the snow in this image, acquired by the...
Topics: What -- Sun, What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19907
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
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Hot pyroclastic flows (avalanches of hot ash, pumice, rock and volcanic gas) poured down the side of the Augustine Volcano in the early hours of February 1, 2006, when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer <a href="http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/">(ASTER)</a> took this image. This nighttime view of the volcano shows the eruption in terms of heat from the thermal infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The hot flows glow...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Alaska
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20463
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Nov 5, 2009
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.
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A nighttime view of Mount Merapi, on the island of Java, shows characteristics of the volcano not usually seen during the day. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (<a href="http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/">ASTER</a>) on NASA’s <a href="http://terra.nasa.gov/">Terra</a> satellite captured this thermal image of the volcano on May 30, 2006. Shown mostly in shades of gray, this image shows the...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20715
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using ASTER data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan
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On October 7, 1593, the superintendent of the Republic of Venice founded a revolutionary new kind of settlement: Palmanova. The city’s founding date commemorated the victory of European forces (supplied primarily by the Venetian republic) over Ottoman Turks in the Battle of Lepanto. October 7 also celebrated Saint Justina, chosen as the city’s patron saint. Using all the latest military innovations of the 16th century, this tiny town was a fortress in the shape of a nine-pointed star. In...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Italy
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17472
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan
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In coming years, the shores of San Francisco Bay south of the San Mateo Bridge will begin to look a bit more like their former, pre-developed selves. The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project will be converting several clusters of salt evaporation ponds, pictured in vivid color in this Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer <a HREF="http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov" target="outlink">(ASTER)</a> image from October 6, 2003,...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=16958
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Nov 5, 2009
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The southern tip of South America tapers off into a collection of rugged islands known as Tierra del Fuego. The southernmost headland in this archipelago (group of islands) is Cape Horn. Before the completion of the Panama Canal, ships had to “round the Horn” in order to move goods or people from the Atlantic side of North and South America to the Pacific. The area is notorious for its sailing hazards: strong winds, large waves, and icebergs drifting up from Antarctica.This image from the...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Panama
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17543
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of courtesy of Eric Fielding (NASA/JPL), the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
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The Sierra Negra Volcano in the Galapagos Islands began erupting on October 22, 2005. In early November, Sierra Negra’s lava flow was so hot it could be seen at night—by a thermal infrared satellite sensor, that is. On November 2, 2005, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer <a href="http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/ ">(ASTER)</a> flying onboard NASA’s <a...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20369
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.
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Alaska’s Augustine Volcano started 2006 with a bang, producing explosive eruptions in mid-January. The volcano had quieted by March 2006, although the Alaska Volcano Observatory <a href="http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Augustine.php">(AVO)</a> warned that explosive eruptions could still occur at any time. The volcano continued a fairly similar behavior pattern in April.The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer <a...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Alaska
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20615
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan .
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The Klyuchevskaya Volcano is the highest volcano on northeastern Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. The 4,750-meter (15, 584-foot) peak is also the peninsula’s most active. A new phase of eruptive activity began in January 2005, with seismic activity higher than normal and repeated ash and steam plumes. On February 21, the Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team reported that an eruption of Klyuchevskaya had produced a lava flow down the northern flank of the volcano that melted a large...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- Crater
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17105
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Resembling a work of modern art, variegated green crop circles cover what was once shortgrass prairie in southwestern Kansas. The most common crops in this region—Finney County—are corn, wheat, and sorghum. Each of these crops was at a different point of development when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (<a href="http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/">ASTER</a>) captured this image on June 24, 2001, accounting for the varying...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Kansas
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17278
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using ASTER data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan
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By March 1, 2006, the clouds over southern Leyte Island in the Philippines had largely cleared, providing the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (<a href="http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/">ASTER</a>) on NASA’s <a href="http://terra.nasa.gov/">Terra</a> satellite with this view of the landslide that buried a town. Nearly 1,000 people died in the town of Guinsaugon when heavy rains triggered the...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Philippines
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20505
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The mineralogy of "Bounce" rock was determined by fitting spectra from a library of laboratory minerals to the spectrum of Bounce taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's miniature thermal emission spectrometer. The minerals that give the best fit include pyroxene, plagioclase and olivine -- minerals commonly found in basaltic volcanic rocks -- and typical martian dust produced by the rover's rock abrasion tool.
Topics: What -- Rock Abrasion Tool, What -- Mars Exploration Rover (MER), What -- Miniature Thermal...
Source: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05757
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.
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Alaska’s Augustine Volcano started 2006 with a bang, producing explosive eruptions in mid-January. The volcano had quieted by March 2006, although the Alaska Volcano Observatory <a href="http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Augustine.php">(AVO)</a> warned that explosive eruptions could still occur at any time. The volcano continued a fairly similar behavior pattern in April.The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer <a...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Alaska
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17523
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan
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Northeast of Sedona, Arizona, the Brins Fire continued to threaten parts of Oak Creek Canyon on June 23, 2006. This image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer <a href="http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov">(ASTER)</a> on NASA’s <a href="http://terra.nasa.gov">Terra</a> satellite shows the Brins Fire and the town of Sedona. The image doesn’t appear exactly like a digital photo because it...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Arizona
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20776
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Image created by Jess Clark at the U.S. Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center using data provided by the Science Team and the
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In the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests in north-central Washington, the Pot Peak Fire has been burning since it was started by lightning on June 26, 2004. In late July, another lightning-caused fire, the Deep Harbor Fire, sprang up nearby and the two had grown to more than 47,000 acres by August 17. The fires were burning in the Sawtooth Mountains around Lake Chelan about 15 miles northwest of the town of Chelan.This image shows the Pot Peak (left of center) and Deep Harbor (above and...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- Washington
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19476
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This Global Digital Elevation Model, or GDEM, is a product of the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), a joint program of NASA and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The image was released on June 29, 2009, and was created by processing and stereo-correlating the 1.3 million-scene ASTER archive of optical images, covering Earth's land surface between 83 degrees North and 83 degrees South latitudes. The GDEM is produced with 98-feet postings, and...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1545.html
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Solar absorption and thermal emission of coatings for thermal control of spacecraft - conference
Topics: ABSORPTION, COATING, CONFERENCE, OPTICAL PROPERTY, SPACECRAFT DESIGN, TEMPERATURE CONTROL, THERMAL...
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This image shows the hematite abundance map for a portion of the Meridiani Planum rock outcrop near where the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed. It was acquired by the rover's miniature thermal emission spectrometer instrument from a spot called "Echo." Portions of the inner crater wall in this region appear rich in hematite (red). The sharp boundary from hematite-rich to hematite-poor (yellow and green) surfaces corresponds to a change in the surface texture and color. The...
Topics: What -- Mars Exploration Rover (MER), What -- Opportunity, What -- Miniature Thermal Emission...
Source: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05550
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This figure shows the first ever atmospheric temperature profile measured from the top of the Mars atmosphere all the way to the surface. It was made using the combination of a temperature measurements derived from the Mars Global Surveyor thermal emission spectrometer (lines) and temperature measurements from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's miniature thermal emission spectrometer instrument (dots). The orbiter's instrument can measure the temperature downward from the top of the...
Topics: What -- Mars Exploration Rover (MER), What -- Surveyor, What -- Thermal Emission Spectrometer...
Source: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05559
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan Thanks to Robert Johnson of the Navajo Nation Museum for information on the mythology of Tsé Bit'a'í.
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In the northwestern corner of New Mexico, a ragged dome of dark volcanic rock emerges from the dusty plateau like the sails of a ship against the horizon. Long, narrow ridges called “dikes” flank the dome, which is known in English as Shiprock Peak, and in Navajo as Tsé Bit'a'í, “the winged rock.” Millions of years ago, a volcano stood in this place. As its activity decreased, the magma feeding the volcano hardened into solid rock, crystallizing part of the volcano’s “circulatory...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Where -- New Mexico
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17587
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The Hayman Fire, which started on June 8, continues to burn in the Pike National Forest, 57 kilometers (35 miles) south-southwest of Denver. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the fire has consumed more than 100,000 acres and has become Colorado's worst fire ever. More than 50 neighborhoods have been evacuated, forcing more than 5,000 people from their homes. Erratic winds continue to produce extreme fire behavior. The fire is less than 50 percent contained and has already cost more than $11...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER, Where --...
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17828
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of Eric Fielding (NASA/JPL, the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan
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The massive earthquake that shattered Pakistan on October 8, 2005, was centered in the steep mountains of Kashmir. Communities already hard to reach because of the treacherous mountain topography were cut off entirely when landslides slumped over roads. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s <a href="http://terra.nasa.gov/">Terra</a> satellite captured this image of one such landslide on October 11, 2005. A...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER, Where --...
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20318
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On the island of Java, a ''mud volcano'' has been spewing thousands of cubic meters of mud every day since late May 2006. According to BBC news, British geologists believe that oil and gas drilling ruptured pressurized limestone rock and enabled water and mud to reach the surface. The oil company and others have suggested that the event could be related to the May 27 earthquake earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13629 near Yogyakarta. Regardless of the...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER, What -- Terra
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=18006
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On the island of Java, a ''mud volcano'' has been spewing thousands of cubic meters of mud every day since late May 2006. According to BBC news, British geologists believe that oil and gas drilling ruptured pressurized limestone rock and enabled water and mud to reach the surface. The oil company and others have suggested that the event could be related to the May 27 earthquake earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13629 near Yogyakarta. Regardless of the...
Topics: What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, What -- ASTER, What -- Terra
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=7412
