Radar view of New Guinea, Indonesia

  • Credit

    NASA JPL

This SIR-A image shows rivers emptying into the sea on the southern coast of the Indonesian half of New Guinea. The objective of SIR-A was to ovserve the Earth by use of radar imagery, acquire and transmit data of different geologic regions, demonstrate the capability of the Space Shuttle as a platform for making spaceborne scientific investigations.

Note: This image was scanned from physical media.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Space Shuttle/SIR-A

  • Visualization Date

    2000-11-14