+ 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 Eastern 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 Eastern Asia. This data set is derived from imagery taken in 2004 by the MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite.    This animation shows seasonal landcover changes over Northeastern China (left) and Southeastern Russia (right), viewed from the vantage point of the Sea of Japan. The black line marks the border between China and Russia. Duration: 18.0 seconds Available formats:   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   2 MB   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   9 MB   320x240     JPEG         11 KB   160x80       PNG           16 KB   80x40         PNG           4 KB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   15 MB   720x486 (29.97 fps) Frames (Landcover) How to play our movies    This animation shows seasonal landcover changes over Northeastern China (left) and Southeastern Russia (right), viewed from the vantage point of the Sea of Japan. The black line marks the border between China and Russia. This version has a date bar to indicate the month being shown. Duration: 18.0 seconds Available formats:   320x240     JPEG         11 KB   160x80       PNG           16 KB   80x40         PNG           4 KB   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   2 MB   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   9 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   15 MB   720x486 (29.97 fps) Frames (DateOverlay)   720x486 (29.97 fps) Frames (LandcoverWdate) How to play our movies    This animation shows seasonal landcover changes over Northeastern China (left) and Southeastern Russia (right), viewed from the vantage point of the Sea of Japan. The black line marks the border between China and Russia. This version is in HD widescreen format. Duration: 20.0 seconds Available formats:   640x360 (59.94 fps) MPEG-1   9 MB   1280x720 (59.94 fps) Frames (DateOverlay)   1280x720 (59.94 fps) Frames (Landcover)   1280x720 (59.94 fps) Frames (LandcoverWdate)   320x180     PNG           74 KB   1280x720 (60 fps) MPEG-2   44 MB How to play our movies    This image shows landcover over Northeastern China (left) and Southeastern Russia (right) in August 2004, viewed from the vantage point of the Sea of Japan. The black line marks the border between China and Russia. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 5 MB   320 x 240         JPEG 11 KB   80 x 40             PNG   7 KB   160 x 80           PNG 20 KB Animation Number: 3278 Animators: Cindy Starr (SVS) (Lead)   Jeff de La Beaujardiere (SVS) Completed: 2005-10-12 Scientist: Reto Stockli (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: