+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds Previous Animation Next Animation Great Zoom into Houston, Texas: Reliant Stadium Using data from different spacecraft and some powerful computer technology, visualizers at the Goddard Space Flight Center present you with a collection of American cities in a way you have never seen them before. Starting with our camera high above the Earth, we rush in towards the surface at what would be an impossible speed for any known vehicle. Passing though layers of atmosphere, the colors of our destinations shimmer with their own unique characteristics, and suddenly we find ourselves floating in virtual space just above the ground. Special thanks to Digital Globe and Space Imaging for providing the highest reolution data sets used. This animation was produced to accompany the NASA/Columbia tribute during the Super Bowl XXXVIII pregame show.    Zoom into Reliant Stadium Duration: 36.0 seconds Available formats:   1920x1080 (30 fps) Frames (Stars bg)   1920x1080 (30 fps) Frames (Zoom fg)   1280x720 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   79 MB   864x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   26 MB   256x144 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   5 MB   256x144     GIF           170 KB How to play our movies    Full Earth view Available formats:   1920 x 1080     TIFF 2 MB   160 x 80           PNG 39 KB   320 x 180         JPEG 5 KB   80 x 40             PNG 12 KB    View of Central and North America Available formats:   1920 x 1080     TIFF 5 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 9 KB    View of Southern U.S. and Mexico Available formats:   1920 x 1080     TIFF 4 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 11 KB    View of Texas and Louisiana Available formats:   1920 x 1080     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 9 KB    View of Southeast Texas Available formats:   1920 x 1080     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 9 KB    View of Houston metro area Available formats:   1920 x 1080     TIFF 4 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 13 KB    View of southern Houston Available formats:   1920 x 1080     TIFF 5 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 14 KB    Wide view of Reliant Stadium and the Astrodome Available formats:   1920 x 1080     TIFF 5 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 17 KB    Reliant Satdium and Astrodome grounds Available formats:   1920 x 1080     TIFF 4 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 16 KB    Reliant Stadium with Super Bowl field and stands in view Available formats:   1920 x 1080     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 15 KB    Wide angle view of Super Bowl field Available formats:   1920 x 1080     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 11 KB    Tight view of the field with NFL and Super Bowl logos Available formats:   1920 x 1080     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 9 KB Animation Number: 2888 Animators: Greg Shirah (SVS) (Lead)   Horace Mitchell (SVS)   Marte Newcombe (SVS)   Alex Kekesi (SVS)   Stuart A. Snodgrass (SVS)   Cindy Starr (SVS)   Kevin Mahoney (SVS)   Randall Jones (SVS)   Eric Sokolowsky (SVS) Completed: 2004-01-24 Scientist: Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC) Instruments: IKONOS   Landsat-7/ETM+   QuickBird   Terra/MODIS Data Collected: Terra/MODIS: 2002/11/17, Landsat-7/ETM+: 1999-2000, IKONOS:2004/01/19, QuickBird: 2002/12/22 Series: Great Zooms Goddard TV Tapes: G2003-046   G2004-006 Keywords: SVS >> HDTV SVS >> Houston DLESE >> Human geography DLESE >> Physical geography SVS >> Super Bowl SVS >> Zoom GCMD >> Location >> Texas     Please give credit for this item to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, and Digital Globe/QuickBird; Space Imaging/IKONOS; MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: SVS Contact: Curator: