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Caption for Item 1: FROM A DISTANCE: MARS

Mars -- the reddish orb that moves across the night sky against a background of seemingly fixed stars -- has beckoned to humans for thousands of years. In the middle of this image, which is a composite of many smaller images, is Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the solar system. Credit: NASA/JPL

Caption for Item 2: THE MARTIAN LANDSCAPE

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this interesting view of martian topography just below the "West Spur" portion of the "Columbia Hills" on sol 208 (Aug. 2, 2004). The view is looking southwest. The rover's wheel tracks show the contrast between soft martian soil and the harder "Clovis" rock outcrop, which scientists are now studying. Credit: NASA/JPL

Caption for Item 3: ERUPTION OF SHIVELUCH VOLCANO, KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA

The ASTER instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this thermal image of Russia's Shiveluch volcano erupting on the night of June 4, 2001. The lower image is color coded: red is hot, light to dark greens are progressively colder areas.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/
JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

Caption for Item 4: S'COOL

Any primary or secondary school teacher and their class is eligible to participate in S'COOL. We suggest students be at least 9 or 10 years old, but younger students are welcome if the teacher feels it is appropriate. The web site is: http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/ Credit: NASA/LaRC

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September 14, 2004 - (date of web publication)

NASA ANNOUNCES GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING PRESENTATIONS

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NASA researchers will present Earth and space science
findings at the 2004 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Sept. 20-24 at the Egan
Convention Center, Anchorage, Alaska. The Symposium theme is "Exploring and Managing a Changing Planet."

FROM EARTH TO THE MOON, MARS AND BEYOND AND BACK AGAIN:
Monday Sept. 20, 1-4 p.m. EDT, Performing Arts Center,
Discovery Theatre
Alphonso V. Diaz, Associate Administrator for NASA's Science
Mission Directorate.

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GLOBAL EARTH OBSERVATIONS:
Monday, Sept. 20, 6:20 p.m. EDT,
Performing Arts Center, Discovery Theatre
Ron Birk, Program Director for Applied Sciences, NASA's
Science Mission Directorate will co-leads a panel about the
Global Earth Observation System.

MARS-LIKE LANDSCAPES ON EARTH:
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 6 p.m. EDT,
Performing Arts Center, Discovery Theatre
James Garvin, Chief Scientist for Mars Exploration, NASA
Headquarters, Washington, discusses landscapes found on Earth
similar to those on Mars.

ASTER IMAGING OF VOLCANOES AS SURROGATES FOR MARS TERRAINS:
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 6:20 p.m. EDT, Performing Arts Center,
Discovery Theatre
David Pieri, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena,
Calif., presents research from the Advanced Spaceborne
Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER). It has
collected a nearly ideal image data set for close analog
comparisons with Martian landscapes, particularly those of
volcanic and fluvial origin.

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONSIDERATIONS FOR COLLABORATIVE MARS-EARTH EXPLORATION CAMPAIGN: Tuesday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m. EDT,
Performing Arts Center, Discovery TheatreDan Clancy, NASA's
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., hosts the
discussion.

REMOTE SENSING ON MARS WITH EARTH AS AN ANALOG: Tuesday,
Sept. 21, 8 p.m. EDT, Performing Arts Center, Discovery Theatre
Granville Paules, Lead Technologist, NASA's Science Mission
Directorate, moderates panel discussion on remote sensing.

MAKING NASA EARTH-OBSERVING SYSTEM SATELLITE DATA ACCESSIBLE TO THE K-12 AND CITIZEN-SCIENTIST COMMUNITIES:
Friday, Sept. 24, 12:40 p.m. EDT, Egan Lower Level, Room 8
Carrie S. Phelps, Lin H. Chambers, Pauline T. Detweiler and
Susan W. Moore, NASA's Langley Research Center (LaRC),
Hampton, Va., discuss the "Mentoring and inquiry using NASA
Data on Atmospheric and Earth science for Teachers and
Amateurs."

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NASA'S S'COOL PROJECT: BRIDGING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THE REAL WORLD AND THE CLASSROOM:

Friday, Sept. 24, 5:40-9:40 p.m.
EDT, Explorer's Hall
Roberto Sepulveda, Susan W. Moore, and Lin H. Chambers, LaRC, present information about the CERES Students' Cloud
Observations On-Line Project.

For Alaska local times, subtract four hours.

For more information, please see the following websites:

IGARSS 2004 conference

NASA's Mars Exploration Program

MY NASA DATA (Mentoring and Inquiry using NASA Data on Atmospheric and earth science for Teachers and Amateurs)

S'COOL (Student Cloud Observations On-Line)

ASTER

NASA

Strategic Plan for the U.S. Integrated Earth Observation System

U.S. Interagency Working Group on Earth Observations

Global Earth Observation System

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