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Images & Animations
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Credit
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Great Zoom out of 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 datasets used. This animation was produced to accompany the NASA/Columbia tribute during the Super Bowl XXXVIII pregame show.
View of Houston metro area
Metadata
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Sensor
Terra/MODIS -
Animation ID
2887 -
Video ID
NONE -
Start Timecode
00:00:00:00 -
End Timecode
00:00:00:00 -
Animator
Greg Shirah, Horace Mitchell, Marte Newcombe, Alex Kekesi, Stuart A. Snodgrass, Cindy Starr, Kevin Mahoney, Randall Jones, Eric Sokolowsky -
Studio
SVS -
Visualization Date
2004/01/24 -
Scientist
Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC) -
Keywords
Zoom, Houston, Texas, Super Bowl, HDTV -
DLESE Subject
Human geography, Physical geography -
Data Date
Terra/MODIS: 2002/11/17, Landsat-7/ETM+: 1999-2000, IKONOS:2004/01/19, QuickBird: 2002/12/22 -
Pao ID
G03-046 similar, G04-006 similar -
Animation Type
Regular -
Other Credits
Digital Globe/QuickBird; Space Imaging/IKONOS; MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC