+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds Previous Animation Next Animation Seasonal Landcover Change over Western Asia in 2004 The Blue Marble Next Generation data set provides a monthly global cloud-free true-color picture of the Earth's land cover at a 500-meter spatial resolution. This visualization of the data set shows seasonal variations such as snowfall, spring greening and droughts in a seamless fashion, thereby heightening awareness of changes in the Earth's climate. Here we focus on the seasonal land cover changes over the Westerm Asia. This data set is derived from imagery taken in 2004 by the MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite.    This animation shows landcover changes as we zoom over Western Asia. Duration: 20.0 seconds Available formats:   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   2 MB   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   10 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   17 MB   320x240     JPEG         13 KB   160x80       PNG           18 KB   80x40         PNG           5 KB   720x486 (29.97 fps) Frames (Landcover) How to play our movies    This animation shows landcover changes as we zoom over Western Asia. This version has a date bar indicating the month being shown. Duration: 20.0 seconds Available formats:   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   2 MB   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   10 MB   320x240     JPEG         14 KB   160x80       PNG           18 KB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   12 MB   80x40         PNG           5 KB   720x486 (29.97 fps) Frames (DateOverlay)   720x486 (29.97 fps) Frames (LandcoverWdates) How to play our movies    This animation shows landcover changes as we zoom over Western Asia. This version is in HD widescreen format. Duration: 22.0 seconds Available formats:   640x360 (59.94 fps) MPEG-1   12 MB   1280x720 (59.94 fps) Frames (DateOverlay)   1280x720 (59.94 fps) Frames (Landcover)   1280x720 (59.94 fps) Frames (LandcoverWdates)   320x180     PNG           87 KB   1280x720 (60 fps) MPEG-2   48 MB How to play our movies    This still image shows landcover over Western Asia in January 2004. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 5 MB   320 x 240         JPEG 15 KB   160 x 80           PNG 20 KB   80 x 40             PNG   5 KB Animation Number: 3269 Animators: Cindy Starr (SVS) (Lead)   Jeff de La Beaujardiere (SVS) Completed: 2005-10-07 Scientists: Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC)   David Herring (NASA/GSFC) Instrument: Terra/MODIS Data set: Blue Marble Next Generation Seasonal Landcover Data Collected: 1/1/2004 - 12/31/2004 Series: Blue Marble Next Generation Goddard TV Tape: G2007-002HD -- NASA’s HD Blue Marble Resource Tape Keywords: SVS >> HDTV GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Land Surface >> Land Use/Land Cover >> Land Cover     Please give credit for this item to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: SVS Contact: Curator: